Senior Technical Program Manager - Material Handling & Automation

Amazon Inc.; Irving (TX); On-site; USD 177,000 - 239,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Amazon is seeking an innovative Technical Program Manager to lead cross-functional design and deployment of material handling systems across multiple building types. You will own programs from concept through field delivery, influencing sourcing strategy, defining technical specifications, and delivering turnkey deployments in North America.

50% travel, relocation support, and close collaboration with internal customers are expected.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of technical product or program management experience.
• 8+ years of working directly with engineering teams.
• Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or other STEM field.
• Experience managing programs across cross functional teams, building processes and coordinating release schedules.
• Position includes travel up to 50% (Nationwide). Travel involves air travel to regional airports and driving to site locations. A valid driver's license is required.

Responsibilities

• Own multiple large, complex programs through the full development and deployment lifecycle — you are the accountable driver from concept through field delivery.
• 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 considering business goals, throughput, quality, maintainability, and operability.
• 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

Engineering collaboration

Cross-functional leadership

Project management

Data-driven decisions

Education

Bachelor's degree in Industrial/Mechanical Engineering or STEM

Tools

MS Project

Smartsheet

Job description

Amazon is seeking an innovative Technical Program Manager to lead cross-functional design and deployment of material handling systems across multiple building types. You will own programs from concept through field delivery, influencing sourcing strategy, defining technical specifications, and delivering turnkey deployments in North America.

50% travel, relocation support, and close collaboration with internal customers are expected.