2026 Amazon Leadership Accelerator (ALA) Product Manager Internship
Job Description
Building Tomorrow's Innovations Today What if you could sit at the table where AWS was first suggested? Or be in the room when Amazon Prime was just an ambitious idea? At Amazon, most of our innovations started with leaders who dared to think differently. Through the Amazon Leadership Accelerator (ALA), you could be next.ALA is our selective MBA leadership development program designed to cultivate the next generation of transformative product leaders. The program provides a multi-year pathway for ambitious MBA graduates to work on high-impact initiatives, receive mentorship from senior executives, and accelerate their journey toward becoming future senior leaders and CEOs at Amazon and elsewhere. ALA participants work directly with senior executives to identify customer needs and scale innovative solutions into transformative businesses. This multi-year pathway combines deep product management fundamentals with technical aptitude - the same combination that built game-changing products like AWS, Alexa, Prime, and Kindle.This isn't a typical MBA role – it's an opportunity to shape the future of how millions of customers live, work, and play. As a Product Manager in the ALA program, you'll work shoulder-to-shoulder with senior leaders who've built billion-dollar businesses, tackling challenges that stretch beyond your comfort zone while receiving the mentorship to help you succeed.You'll lead working backwards sessions, write and refine PRFAQs, dive deep into metrics, and make data-driven decisions about future priorities. Regular touch-points with your leadership team will help shape your strategic thinking, while collaboration with architects and engineers will strengthen your technical judgment.Key job responsibilitiesWhether you're conducting customer research, developing business cases, or presenting to senior leadership, each day offers opportunities to impact our customers. Throughout your journey, you'll be supported by a community of peers and mentors who share your passion for building what's next.Customer & Business Impact• Identify and analyze customer pain points and unmet needs• Define clear success metrics for your project• Conduct market analysis and customer research• Build compelling business cases showing value creationProduct Development• Own a significant product initiative from ideation to prototype• Create working backwards documentation (PR/FAQ)• Design and validate prototype solutions with customers• Define business requirements and implementation roadmap• Make data-driven decisions about feature designStrategic Thinking & Innovation• Develop product strategy based on market analysis• Explore innovative solutions to customer problems• Create competitive positioning recommendations• Contribute to go-to-market planningTechnical & Stakeholder Collaboration• Work across functions to drive project execution• Present recommendations to senior leadership• Build understanding of technical architecture and constraintsYour 12-week internship will focus on delivering meaningful impact through a project with clear customer benefits and business outcomes, while providing exposure to core product management responsibilities.A day in the lifeYour day might begin with analyzing customer feedback and usage data, collaborating with senior leaders to identify unmet needs that could become Amazon's next breakthrough product. You'll regularly engage with stakeholders across functions to drive your product vision forward, while spending significant time with engineering teams to define technical requirements and ensure scalable solutions.About the teamWhat if you could sit at the table where AWS was first suggested? Or be in the room when Amazon Prime was just an ambitious idea? At Amazon, most of our innovations started with leaders who dared to think differently. Through the Amazon Leadership Accelerator (ALA), you could be next.
Locations
- United States, WA, Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Salary
Salary not disclosed
Estimated Salary Rangehigh confidence
90,000 - 120,000 USD / yearly
Source: ai estimated
* This is an estimated range based on market data and may vary based on experience and qualifications.
Required Qualifications
- - Are 18 years of age or older (experience, 18 years)
- - Work 40 hours/week minimum and commit to 12 week internship maximum (experience)
- - Currently enrolled in MBA program with expected graduation conferral date between December 2026 – June 2027 (experience)
- - Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities (experience)
- - Data-driven decision-making skills (experience)
- - Customer-centric mindset with bias for action (experience)
- - Tech-savvy with ability to engage in technical discussions (experience)
Preferred Qualifications
- - 3+ years of relevant full-time industry or military experience, which occurred between the conferral date from your undergraduate program and prior to starting your MBA or master’s program (experience, 3 years)
- - Background in product management, technology, or related field (experience)
- - Experience with AI/ML technologies (experience)
- - Track record of leadership impact across diverse experiences (experience)
- - Strong stakeholder management and communication skills (experience)
- - Demonstrated ability to thrive in ambiguous environments (experience)
- - History of driving innovation and challenging status quo (experience)
- Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $65.38/hr in our lowest geographic market up to $102.21/hr in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site. (experience)
Responsibilities
- Whether you're conducting customer research, developing business cases, or presenting to senior leadership, each day offers opportunities to impact our customers. Throughout your journey, you'll be supported by a community of peers and mentors who share your passion for building what's next.
- Customer & Business Impact
- • Identify and analyze customer pain points and unmet needs
- • Define clear success metrics for your project
- • Conduct market analysis and customer research
- • Build compelling business cases showing value creation
- Product Development
- • Own a significant product initiative from ideation to prototype
- • Create working backwards documentation (PR/FAQ)
- • Design and validate prototype solutions with customers
- • Define business requirements and implementation roadmap
- • Make data-driven decisions about feature design
- Strategic Thinking & Innovation
- • Develop product strategy based on market analysis
- • Explore innovative solutions to customer problems
- • Create competitive positioning recommendations
- • Contribute to go-to-market planning
- Technical & Stakeholder Collaboration
- • Work across functions to drive project execution
- • Present recommendations to senior leadership
- • Build understanding of technical architecture and constraints
- Your 12-week internship will focus on delivering meaningful impact through a project with clear customer benefits and business outcomes, while providing exposure to core product management responsibilities.
Benefits
- general: and business outcomes, while providing exposure to core product management responsibilities.
- general: A day in the life
- general: Your day might begin with analyzing customer feedback and usage data, collaborating with senior leaders to identify unmet needs that could become Amazon's next breakthrough product. You'll regularly engage with stakeholders across functions to drive your product vision forward, while spending significant time with engineering teams to define technical requirements and ensure scalable solutions.
- general: About the team
- general: What if you could sit at the table where AWS was first suggested? Or be in the room when Amazon Prime was just an ambitious idea? At Amazon, most of our innovations started with leaders who dared to think differently. Through the Amazon Leadership Accelerator (ALA), you could be next.
