Senior Supplier Program Manager – Supplier Performance & Manufacturing Engineering, Amazon Leo

Amazon Inc.; Bellevue (WA); On-site; USD 137,000 - 186,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Leo is seeking a senior supplier manager to own executive-level supplier relationships for critical space hardware, driving contracts, delivery performance, and long-term strategic partnerships.

You will collaborate with engineering, quality, manufacturing, and operations to resolve production challenges, expand supplier capacity, and lead cross-functional negotiations on development agreements and SOWs.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Own executive-level supplier relationships for critical space hardware and contracts.
• Monitor supply chain challenges to ensure on-time delivery across multiple production sites.
• Drive supplier performance against commitments and lead recovery plans.
• Lead supplier readiness for production and scale for high-rate production.
• Negotiate term sheets, NDAs, SOWs, and other strategic contracts with suppliers.

Skills

Technical product management

Engineering collaboration

Program management across cross‑func

Job description

Description

Amazon Leo is Amazon’s low Earth orbit satellite network. Our mission is to deliver fast, reliable internet connectivity to customers beyond the reach of existing networks. From individual households to schools, hospitals, businesses, and government agencies, Amazon Leo will serve people and organizations operating in locations without reliable connectivity.

Export Control Requirement: Due to applicable export control laws and regulations, candidates must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e., current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.

Key job responsibilities

• Own executive-level supplier relationships for critical space hardware, driving contract execution, delivery performance, cost, quality, capacity, and long-term strategic partnerships.


• Monitor and resolve supply chain challenges, including material availability, manufacturing capacity, and logistics constraints, to ensure predictable, on-time delivery across multiple production sites.


• Drive supplier performance against contractual commitments, proactively identifying risks and leading recovery plans to maintain program schedule and business objectives.


• Lead supplier readiness for production by ensuring manufacturing processes, tooling, capacity, and operational maturity support high-rate production of large composite space structures.


• Develop and execute supplier strategies that improve supply chain resilience, including identifying, qualifying, and onboarding additional suppliers, expanding manufacturing capacity, and reducing single-source dependencies.


• Partner with engineering, quality, manufacturing, and operations teams to resolve complex technical and production challenges while ensuring alignment with Amazon Leo program objectives.


• Lead strategic sourcing and supplier development initiatives, evaluating emerging suppliers, manufacturing capabilities, technology roadmaps, and investment opportunities to support future program growth.


• Drive continuous improvement initiatives across supplier operations, improving yield, throughput, cycle time, manufacturing efficiency, and overall delivery predictability.


• Lead commercial negotiations and work closely with business leaders, engineering, legal, program management, and supply chain teams to develop and negotiate term sheets, NDAs, MOUs, Statements of Work (SOWs), development agreements, purchase agreements, and other strategic commercial contracts.


• Build trusted relationships with supplier executives and cross-functional stakeholders, influencing decision-making and enabling transparent issue resolution across technical, commercial, and operational organizations.


• Serve as the executive interface between Amazon Leo and strategic suppliers, leading cross-functional efforts to resolve critical production, technical, and commercial issues while ensuring reliable execution of mission-critical deliverables.

Basic Qualifications

• 5+ years of technical product or program management experience


• 7+ years of working directly with engineering teams experience


• Experience managing programs across cross functional teams, building processes and coordinating release schedules

Preferred Qualifications

• 5+ years of project management disciplines including scope, schedule, budget, quality, along with risk and critical path management experience


• Experience managing projects across cross functional teams, building sustainable processes and coordinating release schedules


• Experience defining KPI's/SLA's used to drive multi-million dollar businesses and reporting to senior leadership

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

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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 .

USA, WA, Bellevue - 137,300.00 - 185,700.00 USD annually