Sr. Technical Program Manager, Amazon Leo

Amazon Kuiper Commercial Services LLC; Redmond (WA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Leo seeks a Technical Program Manager to drive end-to-end delivery for the Leo website launch, coordinating across engineering, finance, legal, and other teams. You will own program definition, milestones, risk management, and stakeholder communications, ensuring timely delivery in a fast-paced environment.

The role requires deep software development experience, strong cross-functional leadership, and the ability to work with senior executives.

Qualifications

• 7+ 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.

Responsibilities

• Drive alignment across multiple orgs including Engineering, Finance, Tax, Legal and Sales.
• Own end-to-end delivery of the Leo website launch and associated programs.
• Define and deliver the program scope, schedule, and milestones; communicate status to stakeholders.
• Identify and resolve blocking issues to ensure on-time delivery.
• Understand software design concepts and contribute to large-scale architectural designs.
• Coordinate communication with senior leadership across workstreams.

Skills

Technical program management

Engineering collaboration

Cross-functional leadership

Software development

Stakeholder management

Job description

Amazon Leo is an initiative to increase global broadband access through a constellation of 3,236 satellites in low Earth orbit (LEO). Its mission is to bring fast, affordable broadband to unserved and underserved communities around the world. Leo will help close the digital divide by delivering fast, affordable broadband to a wide range of customers, including consumers, businesses, government agencies, and other organizations operating in places without reliable connectivity.

Key job responsibilities

This Technical Program Manager is a highly visible role across the organization. You will drive alignment across Engineer, Finance, Accounting, Tax, Legal, Accounts Receivable, Customer Support, UX, Testing, Sales and Business teams. We are looking for a highly analytical, resourceful, customer focused, team-oriented individual who also has the ability to work independently under significant time constraints to meet deadlines. You will have a proven track record in taking on end-to-end ownership and successfully delivering results in a fast-paced and dynamic business environment. This includes owning the end to end management and implementation of the communication between customers and internal teams for Leo website launch.

You will own the definition and delivery of the program, including keeping stakeholders informed with status, holding teams accountable to their deliverables, identifying and resolving blocking issues to ensure the delivery.

You will be responsible for understanding software design concepts and contribute to large scale architectural designs. You should be comfortable diving deep and understand the mechanism of multiple complex systems.

You will be responsible for delivering the launch plans with internal and external stakeholders.

You will own communication to senior/executive leadership tracking progress across various workstreams.

You will manage new projects end-to-end and ensure our high standards.

Export Control Requirement

Due to applicable export control laws and regulations, candidates must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e., current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.

A day in the life

Here at Amazon, we embrace our differences. We are committed to furthering our culture of inclusion. Amazon has ten employee-led affinity groups, reaching 40,000 employees in over 190 chapters globally. We have innovative benefit offerings, and host annual and ongoing learning experiences. Amazon's culture of inclusion is reinforced within our 16 Leadership Principles, which remind team members to seek diverse perspectives, learn and be curious and earn trust.

About the team

Our team is dedicated to supporting new members. We have a broad mix of experience levels and tenures, and we're building an environment that celebrates knowledge sharing and mentorship. We care about your career growth and strive to assign projects based on what will help each team member develop into a better-rounded professional and enable them to take on more complex tasks in the future.

Innovation is part of our DNA! Our goal is to be Earth's most customer-centric company, and we are just getting started. We need people who want to join an ambitious program that continues to push the state of the art in space-based systems design and wireless systems.

Basic Qualifications

• 7+ 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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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 determ