Sarah Funk

About

I enjoy building products and teams dedicated to delighting customers. I'm at my best when solving ambiguous problems or thinking of bold new ideas (or helping grow team members to do the same). Over the past 17+ years, I've led multiple product launches and built editorial, design, and product teams. I've crafted tech & product strategies for global businesses and led presentations for CEOs and New York Times best-selling authors. Specialties: Technology and product strategy, organizational management, product management, data-driven decision making, DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion), user research, UI/UX design, content strategy, business development, vendor management, project/program management, product planning, building consensus.

Experience

• Director, Product Management · Chewy10-01-2022 – 05-01-2025

  Led a team of product managers, technical program managers, and machine learning engineers at Chewy. Managed product vision of proprietary enterprise-wide platforms including CMS, customer segmentation, A/B testing, Product Catalog, and more. Achieved significant efficiency improvements (5X for new CMS launch) and revenue growth through innovative product management strategies.

• Sr Manager, Product Management; Books DEI & Next Billion Readers teams · Amazon06-01-2021 – 10-01-2022

  Led a team of product managers and product strategy for both the customer-facing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and Next Billion Readers teams within the worldwide Books organization.

• SVP Strategy & Purchasing · Outsider Comics and Geek Boutique07-01-2016 – 09-01-2022

  Consulted on business development, strategy, product sourcing, marketing, and operations for independent comic shop and boutique focused on fostering inclusion in fandom.

• Principal Product Manager; Kindle International Expansion · Amazon10-01-2018 – 06-01-2021

  Led a team of product managers and vision to launch multiple pilots for literacy, writing, and education-centered tech products in five countries, partnering with non-profit organizations.

• Sr Product Manager; Kindle International Expansion · Amazon12-01-2017 – 09-01-2018

  Led product vision for Kindle international expansion programs that supported the non-US customers in over 200 countries who shopped for Kindle eBooks on the Amazon.com marketplace.

• Manager, Content Innovation & Product Management · Amazon12-01-2014 – 12-01-2017

  Led a team (designers, editors, product managers), product vision, and execution for Kindle in Motion (a new type of eBook experience) designed for the native iOS and Android Kindle app; wrote strategy documents that gathered multi-VP and SVP consensus and led two Bezos presentations; managed a team of product managers, designers, editors, and content producers. Led product execution of net new CMS development as well as editorial vision and operations for a books-centered advertorial content program.

• Senior Product Manager; Amazon Publishing · Amazon03-01-2012 – 12-01-2014

  Led product vision for Amazon’s in-house book publisher’s end-to-end production system; launched instances of a 3P SaaS customer relationship management system, metadata and royalties database, and homegrown title acquisition tool.

• Kindle Content QA Manager · Amazon03-01-2010 – 03-01-2012

  Led a team for new content launches, including kids books and graphic novels on the original Fire tablet and multiple global marketplace launches.

• Program Manager; Kindle Operations · Amazon03-01-2008 – 03-01-2010

  Managed operations and technical roadmap for proprietary eBook format.

Education

• University of WashingtonMasters, Digital Media/Communications Leadership
• The University of New MexicoBA, Journalism & Mass Communications
• Skidmore College

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