Sr. Technical Program Manager, Amazon

Amazon; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in e-commerce is looking for a Senior Technical Program Manager to oversee product lifecycle management in online payment systems. The role involves leading cross-functional teams, defining strategies, and ensuring project delivery. Ideal candidates possess strong technical and program management skills and are passionate about driving innovation in payments.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of relevant work experience in product management.
• Experience with service-oriented architecture and product development.
• Experience with cross-functional teams and release schedules.

Responsibilities

• Drive the entire product lifecycle from definition through launch.
• Coordinate with engineering teams and manage project risks.
• Communicate status and changes to senior management.

Skills

Technical program management

Agile project management

Problem-solving

Analytical abilities

Communication

Education

Undergraduate degree in software-product management or computer science

Tools

Java

XML

Web Services

Messaging protocols

Job description

Want to participate in building the next generation of online payment system that supports numerous countries and payment methods? We are seeking talented Technical Program Managers to join one of the fastest growing areas in Amazon’s e-commerce services platform. We offer competitive salary and benefits, career and growth opportunities and an exciting and team-oriented atmosphere.
We want to move all the money in the world! We deliver game-changing financial processing power for the some of the world’s largest technology platforms including Amazon.com, Amazon Kindle, and Amazon Web Services.
We build systems that process payments at an unprecedented scale, with accuracy, speed, and mission-critical availability. We innovate to improve customer experience across the globe, with support for currency choice, in-store payments, pay on delivery, credit and debit payments, seller disbursements, gift cards, and many new exciting and challenging ideas are in the works.
The Amazon Payments processes millions of transactions every day across numerous countries and payment methods. Over 100 million customers and merchants send tens of billions of dollars moving at light-speed through our systems annually. Come challenge yourself in our team-oriented atmosphere, and watch yourself grow with one of the fastest growing areas of the Amazon e-commerce services platform.



Key job responsibilities
Payments Acceptance and Experience org is looking for super star Senior TPM to join the team. You will get an opportunity to influence Amazon technical architecture across multiple Directors, establish and own a roadmap. This role requires working with across product teams to define strategy and requirements, and lead cross functional development teams from design through delivery. You will be accountable for driving the entire product lifecycle, from product definition through specification, coding, quality assurance and launch to the world. This position involves regular communication with senior management on status, risks and change control. Cross-team coordination, agile project management and executive presentation skills are essential.
The ideal candidate is a creative, demonstrated leader/manager with superior analytical abilities. This opportunity requires excellent technical, problem-solving, and communication skills. The candidate is not just a policy maker/spokesperson but drives to get the right things done. At the core of the position is delivery.

Qualified candidates have experience defining projects, collecting requirements, writing detailed functional and test specifications, coordinating efforts to scope, schedule, and deploy new features sets as well as analyzing cost/benefit of feature selection and communicating results throughout the organization.

Knowledge of the following is required - service-oriented architecture, product development (including Java, XML, messaging protocols, and Web Services), build processes, agile project management and release schedules. The ideal candidate will have 8 or more years of relevant work experience in internet-related project and/or technical product management in a software applications environment. An undergraduate degree in software-product management, computer science, or equivalent experience is required.

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

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