Lead Alexa Devices: Senior Technical Program Manager

Amazon; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 148,700 - 201,200; Full time

Job summary

Amazon.com Services LLC is seeking a Senior Technical Program Manager to join the Alexa Devices team and lead the concept, development and launch of Alexa devices. You will work with HW, OS and software engineering, UX, finance, marketing, customer service, and leadership to ship devices globally.

You will manage end-to-end programs, drive cross-functional collaboration, and ensure high-quality products on time and within budget, with visibility at senior leadership and opportunities to

Qualifications

• 7+ years of working directly with engineering teams experience.
• 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.

Responsibilities

• Manage Operational relationships with support teams and internal operations business partners to drive increased performance
• Demonstrate analytical and quantitative skills and ability to use hard data and metrics to back up assumptions and develop business cases
• Effectively interact and collaborate with Customers, Project Sponsors, Technical Product Managers and multiple internal teams to define and deliver complex solutions
• Proactively recognize and drive opportunities to simplify processes
• Contribute to and influence technical designs
• Drive effective teamwork, communication, collaboration and commitment across multiple disparate groups with competing priorities
• Lead the effective and efficient delivery of large, complex technical projects and programs
• Anticipate bottlenecks, provide escalation management, anticipate and make tradeoffs, and balance business needs with technical constraints
• Identify, assess, track and mitigate issues and risks at multiple levels
• Create, maintain and disseminate program information to stakeholders
• Travel up to 25%

Skills

Engineering collaboration

Technical product mgmt

Software development

Cross-functional leadership

Release planning

Job description

Amazon.com Services LLC is seeking a Senior Technical Program Manager to join the Alexa Devices team and lead the concept, development and launch of Alexa devices. You will work with HW, OS and software engineering, UX, finance, marketing, customer service, and leadership to ship devices globally.

You will manage end-to-end programs, drive cross-functional collaboration, and ensure high-quality products on time and within budget, with visibility at senior leadership and opportunities to