Principal Technical Program Manager, Ad Measurements Science

Amazon Inc.; New York, Northern (NY, KY); Hybrid; USD 195,000 - 263,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

RSUs (restricted stock units)

Sign-on payments

Job summary

Amazon Advertising LLC seeks a Principal Technical Program Manager for Ad Measurements Science to own end-to-end programs across multiple teams. You will drive strategy, oversee cross-functional execution, and partner with engineering, science and product leaders to deliver scalable measurement solutions.

You will mentor TPMs, drive governance, and ensure reliability and performance of large-scale ad systems while communicating with senior stakeholders across Amazon Ads and AWS.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of collaboration with engineering teams and technical product/program management experience.
• Experience owning/driving roadmap strategy and definition.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end program management for strategic advertising technology initiatives spanning multiple teams and organizations.
• Drive technical strategy and roadmap alignment across engineering, product, science, and business teams.
• Lead cross-functional teams through complex technical challenges in areas such as ad serving, campaign management, measurement, and optimization.
• Establish program governance, metrics, and reporting mechanisms to ensure visibility and accountability at the VP level.
• Identify and mitigate technical and operational risks across large-scale distributed systems serving billions of ad requests daily.
• Partner with engineering leaders to influence architecture decisions and ensure scalability, reliability, and performance.
• Build and maintain relationships with senior stakeholders across Amazon Ads, AWS, and Retail organizations.
• Drive operational excellence through process improvements, automation, and best practices.
• Mentor and develop other TPMs across the organization.

Skills

Roadmap ownership

Cross-functional leadership

Program management

Software development exposure

Job description

Principal Technical Program Manager, Ad Measurements Science

Job ID: 10459552 | Amazon Advertising LLC

Application deadline: Oct 9, 2026

The Ads Measurement Science team in the Measurement, Ad Tech, and Data Science (MADS) team of Amazon Ads serves a centralized role developing solutions for a multitude of performance measurement products. We create solutions which measure the comprehensive impact of advertiser's ad spend, including sales impacts both online and offline and across timescales, and provide actionable insights that enable our advertisers to optimize their media portfolios. We also own the science solutions for AI tools that unlock new insights and automate high-effort customer workflows, such as custom query and report generation based on natural language user requests. We leverage a host of scientific technologies to accomplish this mission, including Generative AI, classical ML, Causal Inference, Natural Language Processing, and Computer Vision.

Key job responsibilities

• Own end-to-end program management for strategic advertising technology initiatives spanning multiple teams and organizations
• Drive technical strategy and roadmap alignment across engineering, product, science, and business teams
• Lead cross-functional teams through complex technical challenges in areas such as ad serving, campaign management, measurement, and optimization
• Establish program governance, metrics, and reporting mechanisms to ensure visibility and accountability at the VP level
• Identify and mitigate technical and operational risks across large-scale distributed systems serving billions of ad requests daily
• Partner with engineering leaders to influence architecture decisions and ensure scalability, reliability, and performance
• Build and maintain relationships with senior stakeholders across Amazon Ads, AWS, and Retail organizations
• Drive operational excellence through process improvements, automation, and best practices
• Mentor and develop other TPMs across the organization
• Represent Amazon Ads technical programs in executive-level reviews and planning sessions

A day in the life

You will solve real-world problems by getting and analyzing large amounts of data, generate business insights and opportunities, design simulations and experiments, and develop statistical and ML models. The team is driven by business needs, which requires collaboration with other Scientists, Engineers, and Product Managers across the advertising organization. You will prepare written and verbal presentations to share insights to audiences of varying levels of technical sophistication.

Team video https://advertising.amazon.com/help/G4LNN5YWHP6SM9TJ

About the team

We are a team of scientists across Applied, Research, Data Science and Economist disciplines. You will work with colleagues with deep expertise in ML, NLP, CV, Gen AI, and Causal Inference with a diverse range of backgrounds. We partner closely with top-notch engineers, product managers, sales leaders, and other scientists with expertise in the ads industry to build scalable modeling and software solutions.

Basic Qualifications

• 7+ years of working directly with engineering teams experience
• 7+ years of technical product or program management experience
• 5+ years of software development experience
• Experience designing or architecting (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems
• Experience managing programs across cross functional teams, building processes and coordinating release schedules
• Experience owning/driving roadmap strategy and definition

Preferred Qualifications

• 8+ years of hands-on work managing complex technology projects experience
• Experience managing projects across cross functional teams, building sustainable processes and coordinating release schedules

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits .

Preferred Qualifications

• 8+ years of hands-on work managing complex technology projects experience
• Experience managing projects across cross functional teams, building sustainable processes and coordinating release schedules

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSU). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits .

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Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status. Veterans, military spouses, and people with disabilities are encouraged to apply.