Sr. Technical Program Manager, MADS Traffic Reporting

Amazon Advertising Canada Inc.; Toronto; On-site; CAD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology firm in Toronto is seeking a Technical Product Manager to drive the delivery of high-impact product initiatives within big data analytics. The ideal candidate will have over 5 years of experience in product management and software development, along with strong analytical and leadership skills. This role involves cross-functional collaboration and effective communication with executive teams.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of technical product or program management experience.
• 3+ years of software development experience.
• 5+ years of technical program management experience working with engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Own delivery of large, high impact product initiatives.
• Drive cross-functional planning and develop program plans.
• Communicate effectively to executive management on plans and status.

Skills

Analytical abilities

Leadership

Problem-solving

Communication skills

Job description

Overview

Passionate about Big Data and Distributed Systems? Interested in building new state-of-the-art products at Petabyte scale? Be part of a team of industry leading experts that operates one of the largest big data analytics platforms at Amazon. We are responsible for end to end processing of impressions, views, and clicks. We are applying the latest machine learning and big data technologies available on terabytes of data a day (about 100B new events per day) operating Petabyte size clusters. Our data must always be the fastest, most high fidelity data as it is both billable, critical to checking the heartbeat of a campaign and changes to made to the campaigns while in flight, and part of the measure of success for a campaign.

Candidates for this position should, demonstrate leadership skills with analytical abilities and an drive to deliver results. This opportunity requires deep technical, problem-solving and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Own successful delivery of large, high impact and highly cross-functional product initiatives while simultaneously and accurately tracking a set of smaller projects
• Drive strategic cross-functional planning, leading discovery and prioritization by closely partnering with product managers and engineering leads to develop program plans that include roadmaps, dependency identifications, and resourcing plans
• Ascertain the true requirements underlying feature requests; recommend alternative technical approaches and lead engineering efforts to meet timelines
• Communicate clearly and effectively to executive management on plans, status, and critical issues
• Partner as a technical liaison between customers and engineering teams

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• 5+ years of technical product or program management experience
• 3+ years of software development experience
• 5+ years of technical program management working directly with software engineering teams experience
• Experience managing programs across cross functional teams, building processes and coordinating release schedules
• Experience building and evaluating system-level technical design
• Experience developing and executing / delivering product and technical roadmaps

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• 5+ years of project management disciplines including scope, schedule, budget, quality, along with risk and critical path management experience
• Experience defining KPI's / SLA's used to drive multi-million dollar businesses and reporting to senior leadership

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