Sr. Technical Program Manager, Amazon Payment Products

Amazon; London; On-site; GBP 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a seasoned Technical Program Manager to lead complex projects within their payment products division. This role involves collaborating with engineering teams and driving strategic initiatives from concept to delivery. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in program management, agile methodologies, and a proven track record of delivering results across cross-functional teams. Join a dynamic environment where your leadership will shape innovative solutions and contribute to the company's mission of providing exceptional service to customers.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of technical product or program management experience.
• 7+ years of experience working directly with engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Own complex programs with broad organizational impact.
• Drive large engineering efforts and manage risks.

Skills

Technical Program Management

Agile Methodology

Software Development

Cross-Functional Team Collaboration

Risk Management

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Project Management Software

Job description

Sr. Technical Program Manager, Amazon Payment Products

We're seeking a seasoned Technical Program Manager, who can work closely with product, tech and other business partners to define strategy and requirements, and help lead teams from concept through delivery and subsequent operation. You can do regular communication with senior management on status, risks and execution strategy. You have excellent listening, writing skills and very strong technical competency. You're a thought leader, but you don't just know how to solve the problem, you prove it by leading team to build the solution. Last but not the least; you have a high bar for quality and passion for design and architecture.

As the ideal candidate you will be experienced in working closely with a team of software development engineers and have a proven track record of working on complex software solutions using an agile methodology. You will have the ability to dive deep into the understanding of problems in order to help your team make the right decisions for the product and the business. You will have a proven track record of working across organizational lines. You will also be a strong communicator and will have proven abilities in managing through ambiguous situations.

Key job responsibilities
• Own programs with significant complexity with broad cross-organizational and/or deep architectural impact.
• Drive large engineering efforts that solve significantly difficult problems for internal team and external partners
• Identify risks/opportunities in technical strategies, architecture(s), in engineering organization structure(s).
• Scope, plan, implement and deliver projects and programs, and collaborate with program managers and senior leaders to align with strategic vision and goals
• Drive projects cross functionally, build partnerships with other organizations, and work proactively with business teams to ensure security objectives are met
• Establish metrics and regular reporting mechanisms
• Support deep dive assessments and ad-hoc data analysis requests
• Deliver findings, recommendations and remediation steps for all activities

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- 5+ years of technical product or program management experience
- 7+ years of working directly with engineering teams 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

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- 5+ years of project management disciplines including scope, schedule, budget, quality, along with risk and critical path management experience
- 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

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