Principal TPM: Global Infra Efficiency & Regional Flex

Amazon; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 177,000 - 239,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Amazon is seeking a Principal Technical Program Manager to lead cross-region infrastructure efficiency and capacity optimization across AWS. You will define multi-year strategy, drive execution across hundreds of engineering teams, and balance cost, resilience, and latency with hands-on technical leadership.

The role involves prototyping solutions, applying agentic AI for fleet optimization, and communicating effectively to senior leadership.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of technical product or program management experience.
• 5+ 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

• Define and own multi-year program strategy and roadmaps for infrastructure efficiency and region flexibility initiatives spanning multiple AWS regions, hundreds of engineering teams, and thousands of services
• Partner with senior engineering leaders and project sponsors to deliver complex cross-functional programs that require fundamental architectural changes across Amazon's software stack
• Build mechanisms that scale execution (intake processes, campaign frameworks, escalation paths, and automation triggers) and iterate on them as programs mature
• Drive adoption of agentic AI capabilities to automate fleet optimization at scale, from autonomous code-level performance improvements to AI-driven capacity recommendations that reduce manual engineering effort across hundreds of teams
• Provide clear, concise communication to senior leadership and stakeholders on program status, risks, and strategic trade-offs through executive documents and program reviews
• Guide engineering teams on architecture, design, and prioritization decisions that balance cost efficiency, service resilience, and customer latency
• Build relationships across Amazon and AWS to leverage existing infrastructure capabilities, promote team initiatives, and influence organizational roadmaps without direct authority
• Manage risk assessment, escalations, and trade-offs between competing business needs, technical constraints, and timeline pressures at scale
• Leverage fleet intelligence platforms and AI-powered optimization agents to identify savings opportunities, prioritize campaigns, and measure outcomes with data-driven rigor
• Mentor and raise the bar for technical program managers in the broader organization

Skills

Technical program management

Engineering team collaboration

Software development experience

Cross-functional leadership

Job description

Amazon is seeking a Principal Technical Program Manager to lead cross-region infrastructure efficiency and capacity optimization across AWS. You will define multi-year strategy, drive execution across hundreds of engineering teams, and balance cost, resilience, and latency with hands-on technical leadership.

The role involves prototyping solutions, applying agentic AI for fleet optimization, and communicating effectively to senior leadership.