Senior Technical Program Manager, Agentic AI, Velocity Labs

Amazon; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 149,000 - 201,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon's Velocity Labs is seeking a Senior Technical Program Manager to own complex agentic AI programs in a fast-moving Seattle setting. You will lead cross-functional teams of product, software engineers, and researchers, define mission and success criteria, and drive plans from concept to delivery.

Strong technical judgment, data-driven decision making, and experience coordinating releases across multi-disciplinary groups are essential to align stakeholders and deliver impactful AI solutions.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of technical product or program management experience.
• 7+ years collaborating directly with software engineering teams.
• 3+ years of software development experience.
• Experience leading cross-functional programs and release schedules.

Responsibilities

• Own complex, cross-functional programs end-to-end with clear success criteria.
• Understand architectures, dependencies, scaling, and engineering practices.
• Negotiate priorities and trade-offs using data to inform decisions.
• Drive alignment across product, engineering, and business stakeholders.
• Contribute to critical success metrics with external customers.

Skills

Technical program management

Engineering collaboration

Software development

Cross-functional leadership

Data-driven decision making

Tools

Jira

Agile methodology

Data analysis tools

Job description

Senior Technical Program Manager, Agentic AI, Velocity Labs

Job ID: 10545857 | Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc.

The Velocity Labs team mission is to think beyond the confines of the normal product-orientated approach and to discover new ways to apply and embrace agentic AI. We have noticed how the open-source community, and some of our competitors, experiment with new ideas, and deliver initial products fast. With Velocity Labs we are building an organization that can move faster, explore more, and make sure AWS is at the cutting edge of innovation in agentic AI.

We are looking for people who are hands-on builders, have strong curiosity, strong bias for action, and maintain high standards. If you can work collaboratively, learn quickly, and deliver results, you are likely a fit for this team.

Agentic AI drives innovation at the forefront of artificial intelligence, enabling customers to transform their businesses through cutting-edge AI solutions. We build and deliver the foundational AI services that power the future of cloud computing, helping organizations harness the potential of AI to solve their most complex challenges. Join our dynamic team of AI/ML practitioners, applied scientists, software engineers, and solution architects who work backwards from customer needs to create groundbreaking technologies. If you're passionate about shaping the future of AI while making a meaningful impact for customers worldwide, we want to hear from you.

Key job responsibilities

• Own complex, cross-functional programs end-to-end — define the program mission, vision, and tenets; set objectives; create plans with clear, measurable success criteria; and drive engineering teams inside and outside your organization to deliver.
• Operate with deep technical judgment. Understand system architectures, dependencies, scaling factors, and boundary conditions. Question proposals, test assumptions, decouple dependencies, and ensure engineering teams are focused on the right solutions for the customer. Hold teams to a high standard for both solution design and engineering practices.
• Negotiate priorities and make crisp trade-offs — time vs. scope vs. cost, short-term needs vs. long-term architecture, feature velocity vs. operational excellence. Use data relentlessly to inform decisions and communicate progress.
• Drive alignment across product, engineering, and business stakeholders. Ensure business and technical needs stay synchronized. Provide context — past, current, and future — for technology choices. When confronted with discordant views, find the best path forward and influence others to follow it.
• Key contributor to critical success metric with specific high-value external facing customers and associated opportunities.

Basic 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
• 5+ years of technical program management working directly with software 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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USA, WA, Seattle - 148,700.00 - 201,200.00 USD annually

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