Senior Technical Program Manager, Business Data Technologies

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

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Parental leave

Job summary

Amazon is seeking an innovative Technical Program Manager to own, build, and grow multiple BDT solutions. You will lead a team that designs, develops, tests, and operates large-scale distributed systems impacting Amazon’s business functions.

This strategic role requires hands-on TPM experience and strong communication to drive results in a fast-paced environment. You will guide a high-performing team to build, scale, monitor, and optimize software solutions for AWS cloud, mentoring engineers and

Qualifications

• 7+ years of working directly with engineering teams experience
• 5+ years of technical product or program management 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

Responsibilities

• Working backwards from customer requirements into detailed architecture and design.
• Deliver systems and features on schedule with high quality
• Stay current on technical knowledge to adopt new technologies
• Mentor of junior engineers
• Work across teams to drive overall technical strategy
• Build a high performing engineering team that delivers results
• Design and develop approaches for big data problems
• Establish technical vision and metrics for the team
• Collaborate with senior leadership and stakeholders to define vision and requirements

Job description

We are looking for an innovative technical program manager to own, build, and grow multiple BDT solutions. In this role, you will grow and help a team that will design, develop, test, and operate large scale distributed systems that fulfill critical business functions with impact across Amazon. As a member of the BDT leadership team you will help set and meet goals and you will shape our long term technical and business strategy.

In this strategic, high-visibility role you will lead your team of high performing engineers to build, scale, monitor, and optimize the software solutions for AWS cloud. We are looking for a hands-on TPM with an established background in developing high volume and highly available services, strong technical ability, great communication skills, and a motivation to achieve results in a dynamic fast paced environment.

Key job responsibilities

• Working backwards from the customer translation complex functional and technical requirements into detailed architecture and design.
• Deliver systems and features on schedule with high quality
• Stay current on technical knowledge to keep pace with rapidly changing technology, and work with the team in bringing new technologies on board
• Mentor of junior engineers
• Work across teams to drive overall technical strategy

A day in the life

• Build a best-in-class engineering team that delivers excellent results through rapid iterations
• Design and develop state-of-the-art approaches to solving complex and ambiguous big data problems
• Cultivate engineering and operational excellence through metrics and continuous learning
• Provide thought leadership and establish technical vision for the team
• Think big and work with Senior leadership, business stakeholders and engineering teams to define vision, strategy and requirements.
• Own all metrics around initiative goals you will define. We make decisions based on data.
• Manage the agile development process and methodology to deliver tech requirements on time and with a high-degree of precision.

This is a role suitable for someone who wants to influence across organizations, work on high profile, high impact initiatives that impact Amazon's bottom line.

About the team

Amazon’s eCommerce Foundation (eCF) organization is responsible for the core components that drive the Amazon website and customer experience, serving millions of customer page views and orders per day.

As an organization within eCF, the Business Data Technology (BDT) group is no exception. BDT organization is at the center of Amazon’s data-driven culture, with responsibility for the business analytics platform, providing data and data curation capabilities to thousands of internal and external customers worldwide.

Basic Qualifications

• 7+ years of working directly with engineering teams experience
• 5+ years of technical product or program management 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.

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

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, Seattle - 148,700.00 - 201,200.00 USD annually