Senior Program Manager, Material Handling & Automation

Amazon Inc.; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 149,000 - 201,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon is seeking an innovative Technical Program Manager to lead the cross-functional design and deployment of material handling solutions across multiple building types. You will own complex programs from concept through field delivery, collaborating with internal customers to write technical specifications and drive budgets and schedules.

You will partner with engineering teams to evaluate vendor capabilities, manage risk, and coordinate release across North America, including 50% travel and

Qualifications

• 5+ years of technical product or program management experience.
• 7+ years of working directly with engineering teams experience.
• 3+ years of software development experience.
• Experience managing programs across cross functional teams, building processes and coordinating release schedules.
• Bachelor's degree or above in Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or other STEM field.
• 5+ years of experience in material handling equipment (MHE) or automation environments or similar.
• Experience managing end-to-end project lifecycles including scope definition, scheduling, risk management, vendor coordination, and delivery.
• Experience with project management tools and reporting frameworks (e.g., MS Project, Smartsheet, or equivalent) and data-driven decision-making.
• Position includes travel up to 50% (Nationwide). Travel involves air travel to regional airports and driving to site locations.

Responsibilities

• Own multiple large, complex programs through the full development and deployment lifecycle.
• Partner with internal customers to define ambiguous problem statements and translate them into clear technical requirements and specifications.
• Contribute to Amazon's MHE sourcing and integration strategy by evaluating vendor capabilities, performing technical assessments, and generating data-driven recommendations.
• Understand product integration requirements across mechanical, electrical, and controls functions at a systems level.
• Critique and debate technical designs, assess viability of proposed solutions, and help engineering teams make appropriate trade-offs.
• Drive project schedules from design through release, managing dependencies and risks across internal and external stakeholders.
• Generate multiyear budgets and track program financials.
• Identify engineering standards and drive consistent application of changes across North America.
• Synthesize complex technical and business inputs into clear documentation and specifications.
• Lead weekly Team Leads Sync meetings — facilitate agenda, surface hot topics, and track open action items.
• Facilitate bi-weekly Team All Call meetings, coordinating topic shares across the team.
• Compile and distribute bi-weekly Lookahead/Flash reports covering highlights, lowlights, key meetings, FAT testing schedules, and vendor POCs.
• Manage monthly document reviews, ensuring working papers are reviewed internally before leadership submission.
• Support quarterly business reviews by compiling executive summaries, sub-pillar updates, FAQs, and appendices.
• Prepare quarterly Big Rocks updates for leadership review.
• Coordinate annual Charter/Strategy and Headcount Reviews, maintaining documentation in SharePoint and WorkDocs.
• Support annual goal-setting processes and provide monthly goal update reminders.
• Manage the Team Request Tracker — assign and track action items across team members.
• Maintain and optimize operational mechanisms in Smartsheet and Slack to support team workflows.

Skills

Technical program management

Cross-functional teamwork

Vendor management

Engineering mindset

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree in STEM

Master’s degree in engineering or STEM

Tools

MS Project

Smartsheet

PMP

Scrum

Job description

Amazon is seeking an innovative Technical Program Manager to lead the cross-functional design and deployment of material handling solutions across multiple building types. You will own complex programs from concept through field delivery, collaborating with internal customers to write technical specifications and drive budgets and schedules.

You will partner with engineering teams to evaluate vendor capabilities, manage risk, and coordinate release across North America, including 50% travel and