Jed Grant

Led UX strategy, vision, and execution for Amazon's internal product lifecycle management (PLM) platform powering all Private Brands product development and all internal and partner tool design work for North American Stores.

• Architected and designed a modular, flexible PLM ecosystem used by hundreds of internal stakeholders and thousands of vendors, enabling faster, higher-quality, and more accurate and manageable product delivery
• Designed a configurable workflow system allowing business admins to dynamically adjust live projects — improving agility and cutting development cycles by ~100 days annually
• Created schema management, bulk data manipulation, and self-service process tools that reduced manual work by ~250 days annually across various functions
• Drove definition and alignment of UX design system, quality bar, standards, patterns, layouts, and review processes across teams
• Designed human in the loop AI automation tools to increase efficiency of product development processes. On track to reduce the time from initial idea to awarding business to a vendor by ~150 days per product annually
• Served on both North American Stores Design and Private Brands Tech leadership teams, mentoring designers and shaping multi-org experience strategy

Built WritingHabit, a full-featured writing platform offering planning, writing, tracking, formatting, feedback, and other tools.

• Conceptualized, designed, and developed the product end-to-end — from vision and requirements to full-stack implementation (MUI, React, Firebase, Stripe API, Websockets)
• Achieved 30,000+ installs for the Google Docs proof-of-concept add-on and 3,500+ web app users, with 249% MRR growth year-over-year (2024–2025)
• Shipped over 70+ features, covering analytics, writing tools, formatting, data recovery, feedback systems, promotional ad creation and management, and more
• Enabled 27M words and 854K minutes of writing, supported by seamless UX and strong reliability
• Integrated Stripe-powered payments and built growth loops that organically increased engagement and subscriptions
• Routinely leverage Agentic Coding tools (Github Copilot) to accelerate feature planning, documentation, development, and code reviews

Progressive design leadership roles across multiple Amazon domains, including Amazon Business, Logistics, Flex, Kindle Publishing, and Supply Chain Optimization. See LinkedIn profile for more robust descriptions.

• Led design for Amazon's next-gen publishing tools, supporting enterprise and indie authors across Kindle, Print, and Comics
• Shipped Amazon Flex Instant Offers, reducing delivery costs by ~30% while improving partner experience
• Drove design system integration across Amazon Business tools, improving internal design efficiency and consistency
• Designed vendor-facing tools that cut onboarding time from 114 days to 14, dramatically accelerating partner acquisition

Earlier Roles