I specialize in technical program and product management. I'm focused on building features that improve the reading experience for Kindle. My past experience includes leading Amazon's country expansions into Brazil and Mexico and category expansions in Japan.
Specialties: E-commerce, engineering management and operations, large cross-functional program management, product management
Sr. Technical Program Manager @ Lead TPM for large scale, cross-functional projects at Amazon.com From August 2013 to Present (2 years 3 months) Greater Seattle AreaSr. Technical Program Manager @ Lead country launch PM for the launch of Amazon.com in Mexico - Amazon.com.mx. Owned company wide program management from incorporation to launch of Amazon in Mexico. From April 2013 to August 2013 (5 months) Greater Seattle AreaTechnical Program Manager - Kindle @ Lead technology & platform TPM for Amazon.com's expansion into Brazil - www.amazon.com.br. Owned company wide program management involving 50+ engineering and business teams for defining, developing and launching Amazon.com's e-commerce platform in Brazil.
Press Coverage:
http://goo.gl/V9u4L From October 2011 to August 2013 (1 year 11 months) Greater Seattle AreaTechnical Program Manager - Digital Software and Video Games @ Lead technical program manager for Amazon's PC and Mac digital download store. I defined and owned the product roadmap and drove software development.
Product launches include:
1. Amazon.com Mac games and software store in the United States
2. International expansion of software and games store to Japan
3. Numerous software improvements over 2 years that delight customers to this day
Press Coverage:
Amazon Launches Mac Software, Game Download Store - Macworld
Source: http://goo.gl/iikfY
"Amazon on Thursday quietly unveiled its Mac Software Downloads, a selection of around 250 Mac applications and games that you can purchase and install without ever having to open a box. "
Amazon Introduces Mac Download Store, a Mac App Store Competitor, Giga Om, The Apple Blog
Source: http://goo.gl/ucW2K
"…much of the user input required for installation is taken out of the process, making it remarkably easy for even beginner users to buy and use titles. Unlike the Mac App Store, though, Amazon’s offering is part of its existing website, and requires no software beyond a web browser to operate."
Amazon Launches PC Game Download Store in Japan, Nikkei
Source: http://goo.gl/pNK0B
Amazon to offer preorders of digital PC games
Source:http://goo.gl/icVW7 From January 2010 to October 2011 (1 year 10 months) Greater Seattle AreaTechnical Program Manager - Enterprise Services @ Drove large cross-functional projects that provided new features to Amazon's large e-commerce clients like Target.com. Product launches included:
1. Video and audio streaming features for Target.com's multi-media store front
2. Improved search capabilities, product discovery pages and reverse logistics portal for product returns From September 2008 to December 2009 (1 year 4 months) Greater Seattle AreaProgram Manager - Enterprise Services @ Raised the visibility into project execution across a 300 person engineering organization across 3 countries through reports, weekly reviews, standardized tools and common project execution practices From December 2007 to September 2008 (10 months) Greater Seattle AreaProduct Manager @ Defined product roadmap for Appian's federal procurement product
Maintained relationships with vendors, partners and analysts From July 2007 to November 2007 (5 months) Washington D.C. Metro AreaConsultant @ - Launched Appian’s first federal procurement product at the SEC
- Worked closely with the SEC and gathered requirements for product definition
- Wrote technical specifications, built wire frames and product mockups
- Wrote code to implement a new financial systems integration between the Appian procurement manager and the SEC’s financial systems
- Developed training programs and webinars to onboard customers From July 2006 to July 2007 (1 year 1 month) Washington D.C. Metro AreaAssociate Consultant @ Worked closely with World Bank clients to gather requirements and align development with customer needs
Developed wireframes, mockups and technical designs for The World Bank's new activity management system From July 2005 to July 2006 (1 year 1 month) Washington D.C. Metro AreaFuture Leaders Program - Operations Technology Intern @ Developed business requirements and user interface designs for the home depot corporate portal serving over 7000 users` From May 2004 to August 2004 (4 months) Greater Atlanta Area
B.S., Management Information Systems @ Georgia Institute of Technology From 2000 to 2005 High School, Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Mathematics @ Indian School Muscat From 1996 to 2000 Arjun Subramanian is skilled in: Scrum, Product Management, Engineering Management, Agile Project Management, E-commerce, Enterprise Software, Cross-functional Team..., Software Consulting, Agile Methodologies, Distributed Systems, SaaS, Mobile Applications, Cloud Computing, Sales Engineering, Technology Management, Software Project..., Software Development, Perl, Ownership, Delivering Results, Scalability, Analytics, Program Management, User Interface Design, Software Design, Software Engineering, Amazon Web Services..., Management