Vivek Rao
Head of Autonomous Fleet, Amazon Middle Mile Operations. Impactful. Effective. Human.
- Role
- Senior Manager, Product Management at Amazon
- Location
- Seattle, WA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Vivek Rao
Entrepreneurial Product leader with 15+ years experience at startups, mid-size, and Fortune 10 companies. Specializes in building high-performing teams and bringing to market early-stage, customer-centric, complex/ambiguous ideas. Thrives in resource-constrained situations, drives decision-making with executives, executes across cross-functional teams, builds strong Product culture, iterates rapidly, and leads with clarity and empathy. Builds bold Product visions, strategic roadmaps, quick prototypes, and effective go-to-market plans. Strong Design, UI/UX background. Key recent accomplishments:* Founded the Autonomous Delivery Vehicle team and developed the long-term vision, strategic partnerships, and implementation plan to incorporate self-driving tech into Amazon Last Mile delivery operations.* Pitched the idea, secured funding, and led a cross-functional team to develop a new fast-scaling prefabricated version of Amazon Go stores that cut costs and build time by ~90%.* Raised funds to eliminate medical debt for ~900 US families (personal project).
Experience
Senior Manager, Product Management
Apr 2025 — Present · US
Autonomous Driving Systems, Middle Mile Fleet
Education
Maryland Institute College of Art
M.A, Digital Arts with concentration in Animation
2001 — 2002
Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee
B.Arch, Architecture
1995 — 2000
Babson F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business
M.B.A, Business, Entrepreneurship
2010 — 2012
University of Roorkee
B.Arch, Architecture
1995 — 2000
IE Business School
Master of Business Administration (MBA)
2012 — 2012
Kendriya Vidyalaya
High School
1983 — 1995
Skills
- Entrepreneurship
- SEO
- Strategy
- E-Commerce
- User Experience Design
- Start-Ups
- Interaction Design
- Web Analytics
- Css
- User Experience
- Information Architecture
- Product Management
- User-Centered Design
- User Interface Design
- User Scenarios
- Wireframes
- Google Analytics
- Web Applications
- Agile Methodologies
- Email Marketing
- User Interface
- Content Management
- Analytics
- Business Strategy
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