Snr Technical Program Manager, AWS

Amazon Inc.; Oxford; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Inc. is seeking a Technical Program Manager to lead multi-discipline, highly technical projects in the AWS UC space.

You will collaborate with systems engineers, software developers, and product managers to coordinate launches across regional deployments. The ideal candidate has proven experience in technical program management, cross-functional coordination, and building system-level designs, with familiarity with AWS products.

Qualifications

• Experience in technical program management with software engineering teams.
• Ability to manage cross-functional programs and release schedules.
• Experience defining KPI's/SLA's and reporting to senior leadership.
• Experience building and evaluating system-level designs.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate launch of services into regions with engineers and product managers.
• Identify process improvements and high-risk areas.
• Produce and evaluate launch, resource, and compliance metrics.
• Develop innovative solutions with service owners.
• Manage build and deployment of tooling for security, testing, and launches.
• Support process improvement projects with service teams.

Skills

Technical program management

Cross-functional leadership

Effective communication

Release planning & scheduling

System design & architecture

AWS product familiarity

Stakeholder management

Tools

PM tools

Job description

In this role, you will:

• Work with systems engineers, system developers, technical product managers and software developers to coordinate the launch of different services into special regions.
• Identify process improvement opportunities and high-risk areas.
• Produce and evaluate launch, resource, and compliance metrics.
• Work with service owners to develop innovative solutions to complex technical challenges.
• Manage the build and deployment of new tooling to streamline and automate security, testing, and region launch related initiatives.
• Support process improvement projects in coordination with service teams.

Our team is seeking a Technical Program Manager (TPM) to join us. The successful candidate will be an exceptionally strong communicator both written and verbally, and will lead multi-discipline, highly technical project initiatives. The ideal candidate will be familiar with one or more AWS products, and will have successfully managed multiple technology projects.

The TPM will be fully competent in project management tools and techniques for all phases of the project lifecycle. If you join us, you'll be part of a world‑class team in a dynamic environment that has the entrepreneurial feel of a start‑up. This is an opportunity to operate on a massive scale, and to gain world class experience in cloud computing. You'll be surrounded by people who are passionate about cloud computing, believe that first class service is critical to customer success, and are committed to improvement.

• Experience in technical program management working directly with software engineering teams
• Experience managing cross-functional programs and release schedules
• Experience building and evaluating system-level technical design
• Experience developing and executing/delivering product and technical roadmaps
• Experience managing technical programs across cross-functional teams, building processes and coordinating release schedules
• Experience working directly with engineering teams
• Experience in system design

Preferred Qualifications

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

AWS Utility Computing (UC) provides product innovations - from foundational services such as Amazon's Simple Storage Service (S3) and Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), to consistently released new product innovations that continue to set AWS's services and features apart in the industry. As a member of the UC organization, you'll support the development and management of Compute, Database, Storage, Internet of Things (Iot), Platform, and Productivity Apps services in AWS, including for customers who require specialised security solutions for their cloud services., Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world's most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating - that's why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.

Inclusive Team Culture AWS values curiosity and connection. Our employee-led and company-sponsored affinity groups promote inclusion and empower our people to take pride in what makes us unique. Our inclusion events foster stronger, more collaborative teams. Our continual innovation is fueled by the bold ideas, fresh perspectives, and passionate voices our teams bring to everything we do.

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Work/Life Balance We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there's nothing we can't achieve.

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