Junglee

Problem: Junglee.com is a sister site to the Amazon.in site in India. It started out as a price comparison engine, but went through several iterations trying to help Amazon capitalize on the growing Indian e-commerce market.

My Role(s): I was hired into the group as a senior designer. After a few months I became design lead on the Junglee Seattle team. We had a corresponding team in Bangalore with whom we worked tightly. I oversaw a team of two designers and several contractors in Seattle plus one researcher in India. I was promoted to manager at the end of 2014. It became obvious to me that my role would be better served in India, so I (reluctantly) put myself out of a job and moved to another team in Amazon.

Results: We launched multiple projects on the site, from concept to weblab to launch. As part of the Search and Discover leadership team here in Seattle - consisting of Tech, PM and UX - we managed and prioritized intake of new projects from both Bangalore and Seattle. I managed folks both here and in India. I started the research program for Junglee - at first working with vendors and then helped hire our first few internal team members.