Senior TPM: Lead Cross-Functional, Low-Latency Systems

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

Benefits offered by this job

RSUs

Sign-on payments

Health insurance

Job summary

Amazon is seeking a Senior Technical Program Manager to lead cross-functional delivery of high-scale, low-latency systems that determine buyability of catalog items. You will drive roadmaps, write user stories, and work with multiple teams to deliver scalable, high-impact solutions for diverse markets.

The role requires strong collaboration with customers and engineers, and the ability to translate ambiguous business goals into robust software platforms that enable multiple Amazon businesses.

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.
• Experience owning/driving roadmap strategy and definition.

Responsibilities

• Interact with Project Sponsors, other Technical Program Managers, and multiple development teams to define and deliver complex cross-functional projects.
• Drive large scale projects spanning teams across Amazon from inception to conclusion, create the roadmap, define user stories, research appropriate technical solutions.
• Clearly communicate roadmap, plans and project status to management and key technical and business stakeholders.
• Work closely with the software development team on delivering high-quality solutions, and provide guidance regarding architecture, design, and priorities.
• Engage with other teams across Amazon to evangelize the team and your projects, to build relationships and help identify existing technologies that can be leveraged to meet your team’s goals.
• Identify, assess and mitigate risks, provide escalation management, anticipate and make trade-offs balancing the business needs versus constraints.
• Create, maintain and disseminate project information to stakeholders.

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science or equivalent

Job description

Amazon is seeking a Senior Technical Program Manager to lead cross-functional delivery of high-scale, low-latency systems that determine buyability of catalog items. You will drive roadmaps, write user stories, and work with multiple teams to deliver scalable, high-impact solutions for diverse markets.

The role requires strong collaboration with customers and engineers, and the ability to translate ambiguous business goals into robust software platforms that enable multiple Amazon businesses.