Senior Technical Program Manager, Global Transportation Technology Services

Amazon; London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Technical Program Manager to lead complex initiatives across engineering teams. This role offers the opportunity to drive strategic projects that enhance a global transportation network. You will work closely with product and engineering teams, balancing business needs with technical constraints, while fostering a culture of continuous improvement. This dynamic position combines the agility of a startup with the scale of a major corporation, allowing you to make a significant impact on logistics operations and software solutions. If you're passionate about technology and innovation, this is the role for you.

Qualifications

• Experience in technical product or program management is essential.
• Proven track record of working with engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex cross-functional initiatives from initiation to delivery.
• Create mechanisms for timely and accurate project execution.

Skills

Technical Program Management

Software Development

Cross-Functional Team Management

Agile Development

Project Management

Job description

DESCRIPTION

GTTS (Global Transportation Technology Services) is seeking an experienced Senior Technical Program Manager (TPM) to lead complex technical programs across multiple engineering teams. You'll drive strategic initiatives that impact Amazon's global transportation network.

GTTS powers Amazon's worldwide transportation network through robust software solutions built on AWS. We create scalable systems that optimize complex logistics operations, incorporating machine learning and optimization models where it adds value.

Key job responsibilities

1. Lead multiple, complex cross-functional initiatives simultaneously from initiation through delivery, anticipating bottlenecks, providing escalation management, and communicating status broadly across all levels.
2. Make tradeoffs while balancing business needs with technical constraints.
3. Work closely with product and engineering teams to define near-term and long-term product roadmaps.
4. Create mechanisms to drive timely, accurate, and comprehensive project execution. Create clarity, eliminate obstacles, and drive issue resolution to ensure deliverables and timelines are met. Drive continuous improvement efforts to ensure delivery mechanisms get better over time.
5. Serve as a trusted advisor to product and engineering teams.

About the team
What makes us unique: We combine startup mentality with Amazon-scale responsibilities. Our team embraces agile development, works directly with customers, and moves quickly from idea to implementation. We maintain and modernize existing systems while building new solutions when business needs demand it.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

1. Experience in technical product or program management.
2. Experience working directly with engineering teams.
3. Experience in software development.
4. Experience in technical program management working directly with software engineering teams.
5. Experience managing programs across cross-functional teams, building processes and coordinating release schedules.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

1. Experience in project management disciplines including scope, schedule, budget, quality, along with risk and critical path management.
2. Experience managing projects across cross-functional teams, building sustainable processes and coordinating release schedules.
3. Experience defining KPI's/SLA's used to drive multi-million dollar businesses and reporting to senior leadership.

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