Senior Program Manager - Hardware Operations & Contracts

Amazon Inc.; Jessup (MD); On-site; USD 116,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Amazon Inc. is seeking a Senior Program Manager to own contractor operations, vendor management, and lab/manufacturing coordination for a high-assurance hardware program within AWS Infrastructure Services.

This hands-on leadership role consolidates contractor hiring, manages vendor and license agreements, and serves as the operational backbone across engineering, security, and external manufacturing partners.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in a technical or quantitative field is required.
• 7+ years of program or project management experience.
• Experience owning program strategy, end-to-end delivery, and communicating results to senior leadership.
• Experience managing contractors, vendors, and/or external manufacturing partners.
• Experience managing vendor and license agreements and purchasing/procurement coordination.
• Active US Government Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility or higher (TS/SCI) with polygraph preferred.

Responsibilities

• Consolidate contractor hiring and management responsibilities.
• Own the end-to-end contractor lifecycle — sourcing, onboarding, performance tracking, and off-boarding.
• Reduce key-person dependencies by establishing repeatable contractor management processes.
• Manage vendor and license agreements and take ownership of the unclassified lab.
• Own contract manufacturing for the program and onboarding of a new CM.
• Coordinate purchasing and procurement with supply chain and manufacturing teams.
• Partner with engineering, security, and leadership to keep operational execution tight.
• Provide program status, risk, and resourcing visibility to engineering leads and program leadership.

Skills

Program management

Contractor management

Vendor management

License agreements

Contract manufacturing

Security clearance

Education

Bachelor's degree in supply chain, business, engineering, or related field

Job description

Amazon Inc. is seeking a Senior Program Manager to own contractor operations, vendor management, and lab/manufacturing coordination for a high-assurance hardware program within AWS Infrastructure Services.

This hands-on leadership role consolidates contractor hiring, manages vendor and license agreements, and serves as the operational backbone across engineering, security, and external manufacturing partners.