Principal Tech Business Development Manager, Devices Business Development, Tech Licensing Business Development
Seattle, WAFull-timePosted Jul 26, 2026
Amazon Devices and Digital Services, the team behind the best-selling Amazon Echo, Alexa, Kindle E-reader, Fire Tablet, Fire TV, and Home Security product lines, is seeking an innovative, collaborative, customer-centric Principal Tech Business Development Manager to help deliver great experiences to our millions of devices customers.
The ideal candidate will have experience working with technical products and teams along with excellent negotiation and relationship building skills. The candidate should also demonstrate strong executive verbal and written communication skills, detail-orientation, good business judgment, and the ability and willingness to tackle processes and related improvements for the team.
Key job responsibilities
- Lead cross-functional efforts across Product, Engineering, Legal, Finance, Operations, and executive level leadership to negotiate inbound technology licenses in support of multiple Amazon product teams and programs
- Drive quarterly roadmap reviews with internal and external partner teams
- Manage executive- and working-level relationships with key technology licensing partners
- Seek innovative ideas and technologies to further product team goals
- Drive process-improvements across the team
About the team
The Tech Licensing Business Development (TLBD) team negotiates agreements in support of current and future Amazon Devices and Services programs and manages existing licensing partners. These agreements span complex new technology license and support agreements with unique and creative business models, to basic agreements and new technology amendments as our business needs expand. This role involves strong collaboration with our first-party hardware teams including Kindle E-reader, Fire Tablet, Fire TV, Echo devices, Accessories, and New Technology Initiatives to negotiate licensing agreements, drive cost reductions, and participate in strategic roadmap reviews.
- 7+ years of professional or military experience
- Bachelor's degree
- Experience developing strategies that influence leadership decisions at the organizational level
- Strong analytical orientation; comfort finding and using data to make decisions
- Demonstrated ability to champion and drive cross-functional initiatives
- Meticulous attention to detail and ability to juggle many tasks in parallel without sacrificing quality
- Ability to succeed in a fast-paced, innovative, and rapidly evolving industry and business organization
- Excellent listening, verbal, and written communication skills
- MBA
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.
USA, WA, Seattle - 176,100.00 - 238,200.00 USD annually
The ideal candidate will have experience working with technical products and teams along with excellent negotiation and relationship building skills. The candidate should also demonstrate strong executive verbal and written communication skills, detail-orientation, good business judgment, and the ability and willingness to tackle processes and related improvements for the team.
Key job responsibilities
- Lead cross-functional efforts across Product, Engineering, Legal, Finance, Operations, and executive level leadership to negotiate inbound technology licenses in support of multiple Amazon product teams and programs
- Drive quarterly roadmap reviews with internal and external partner teams
- Manage executive- and working-level relationships with key technology licensing partners
- Seek innovative ideas and technologies to further product team goals
- Drive process-improvements across the team
About the team
The Tech Licensing Business Development (TLBD) team negotiates agreements in support of current and future Amazon Devices and Services programs and manages existing licensing partners. These agreements span complex new technology license and support agreements with unique and creative business models, to basic agreements and new technology amendments as our business needs expand. This role involves strong collaboration with our first-party hardware teams including Kindle E-reader, Fire Tablet, Fire TV, Echo devices, Accessories, and New Technology Initiatives to negotiate licensing agreements, drive cost reductions, and participate in strategic roadmap reviews.
Basic qualifications
- 7+ years of developing, negotiating and executing business agreements experience- 7+ years of professional or military experience
- Bachelor's degree
- Experience developing strategies that influence leadership decisions at the organizational level
Preferred qualifications
- Strong ownership and bias for action; ability to internalize goals and work independently to create appropriate action plans for those goals- Strong analytical orientation; comfort finding and using data to make decisions
- Demonstrated ability to champion and drive cross-functional initiatives
- Meticulous attention to detail and ability to juggle many tasks in parallel without sacrificing quality
- Ability to succeed in a fast-paced, innovative, and rapidly evolving industry and business organization
- Excellent listening, verbal, and written communication skills
- MBA
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.
The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.
USA, WA, Seattle - 176,100.00 - 238,200.00 USD annually