Senior Technical Program Manager (ADBL176)

Socket.dev; Newark (NJ); Hybrid; USD 190,000 - 201,000; Full time

Job summary

Audible, Inc. is seeking a Senior Technical Program Manager in Newark, NJ to lead multi‑project initiatives across technology, product, marketing, and operations. You will translate requirements into specifications and drive delivery from design to deployment in an Agile environment.

You will communicate risks and progress to stakeholders, set performance targets, and push for continuous improvements. This fixed-location role may allow telecommuting from a home office under certain conditions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field required.
• 10+ years of experience in Technical Program Management or related role.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with stakeholders and product managers to translate requirements into technical specs and drive execution from design to deployment.
• Manage multiple projects across cross-functional teams using Agile methodology.
• Communicate project risks, progress, launches, and retrospectives to all stakeholders transparently.
• Strive for performance improvements using objective metrics and raise execution standards.

Skills

Software development

Agile

Project management

Java/J2EE/Tomcat

Mobile apps

SOA distributed systems

Leadership across orgs

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

Microsoft Project

Job description

Employer: Audible, Inc.
Title: Senior Technical Program Manager
Location: 1 Washington Street, Newark, NJ 07102

Duties

Collaborate with stakeholders and product managers to translate requirements into technology specifications and drive the execution of software development from design to deployment. Manage multiple projects across cross‑functional teams (technology, business, marketing, and operations) using an Agile development framework, from concept to launch. Communicate project risks, progress, launches, and retrospectives transparently to all stakeholders and teams. Continuously strive for performance improvement and set higher standards in project execution using objective metrics. Position is fixed location based in Newark, NJ office; however, telecommuting from a home office may also be allowed.

Requirements

Requires a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field plus ten (10) years of experience as a Technical Program Manager or a related occupation which involves working with a wide range of technology platforms utilizing software engineering skills and project management to deliver complex solutions for customers.

Experience may be gained concurrently and must include:

• Ten (10) years in the following:
  • Managing, coding, testing, or designing software solutions.
• Eight (8) years in the following:
  • Utilizing project management tools including Microsoft Project or similar tools.
• Five (5) years in each of the following:
  • Building or managing the development of service oriented (SOA) distributed systems
  • Leading initiatives across multiple organizations
  • Building or managing the development of mobile device software or applications.
• Three (3) years in each of the following:
  • Managing Agile software projects
  • Building or managing the development of web-based systems using Java, J2EE, and Apache Tomcat.

#0000 Basic Qualifications

Requires a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field plus ten (10) years of experience as a Technical Program Manager or a related occupation which involves working with a wide range of technology platforms utilizing software engineering skills and project management to deliver complex solutions for customers.

Experience may be gained concurrently and must include:

• Ten (10) years in the following:
  • Managing, coding, testing, or designing software solutions.
• Eight (8) years in the following:
  • Utilizing project management tools including Microsoft Project or similar tools.
• Five (5) years in each of the following:
  • Building or managing the development of service oriented (SOA) distributed systems
  • Leading initiatives across multiple organizations
  • Building or managing the development of mobile device software or applications.
• Three (3) years in each of the following:
  • Managing Agile software projects
  • Building or managing the development of web-based systems using Java, J2EE, and Apache Tomcat.

#0000 Preferred Qualifications

Please see job description and the position requirements above.

Salary

$189,592 - $201,200/year. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign‑on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits.

USA, NJ, Newark - 163,600.00 - 221,300.00 USD annually

Benefits

• 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
• Parental leave

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