Lead Principal Program Manager - Satellite & Ground Ops

Amazon Inc.; Redmond (WA); On-site; USD 177,000 - 239,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

RSUs

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Amazon Inc. is seeking a Principle Program Manager for the Leo Bus & Flight Operations to lead the end-to-end program strategy for Leo satellite onboard agents and ground services.

You will align roadmaps across embedded software and AWS cloud service development, translating objectives into actionable plans with engineering, product, and operations teams. You will drive cross-team risk management, define program metrics and OKRs, and report progress to senior leadership.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of technical product or program management experience.
• 10+ years of working directly with engineering teams experience.
• 5+ years of software development experience.
• Experience managing programs across cross functional teams, building processes and coordinating release schedules.

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end program strategy for Leo satellite onboard agents and ground services, aligning roadmaps across satellite command, file transfer, telemetry, and logging workstreams
• Partner closely with engineering leaders to translate business and mission objectives into actionable program plans, driving clarity on scope, dependencies, and sequencing across embedded software (C, C++, Rust) and AWS cloud service development
• Identify, track, and resolve cross-team risks, blockers, and dependencies between Leo ground service teams and satellite agent teams to keep programs on schedule
• Define and report on program metrics/OKRs that reflect delivery health, space safety posture, and service availability for Leo satellite Internet customers
• Drive operational rigor — business reviews, roadmap planning, retrospectives — and build mechanisms that scale as the team and fleet grow
• Communicate program status, risks, and trade-offs clearly to senior leadership and stakeholders across engineering, product, and operations
• Lead process improvements that increase development velocity and quality across the software development lifecycle, from requirements through implementation, test, and operations

Skills

Program management

Cross-functional collaboration

Strategic planning

Leadership communication

Tools

C

C++

Rust

AWS

Cloud services

Job description

Amazon Inc. is seeking a Principle Program Manager for the Leo Bus & Flight Operations to lead the end-to-end program strategy for Leo satellite onboard agents and ground services.

You will align roadmaps across embedded software and AWS cloud service development, translating objectives into actionable plans with engineering, product, and operations teams. You will drive cross-team risk management, define program metrics and OKRs, and report progress to senior leadership.