Sr. Technical Program Manager, Amazon Leo

Amazon Kuiper Manufacturing Enterprises LLC; Redmond (WA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Leo in Redmond, WA seeks a Senior Technical Program Manager to lead the end-to-end customer terminal release, shaping scope, schedules and deliverables to deploy software on millions of devices.

You will drive risk management and coordinate across engineering, test, and operations, while streamlining processes to improve velocity and quality of releases. This IC role emphasizes leadership, collaboration, and data-driven decision making.

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.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end delivery of cross-functional programs spanning multiple engineering teams and business units; define strategy and success criteria.
• Identify risks early and resolve blockers with data-driven solutions; make trade-offs when required.
• Challenge proposals and timelines when necessary, using data to justify decisions and drive execution.
• Build transparency mechanisms to accelerate decision-making and prevent recurring failures.
• Influence stakeholders without formal authority through clarity and results.
• Define and drive operational excellence with metrics, cadences, and escalation paths.

Skills

Technical program management

Engineering collaboration

Software development

Cross-functional coordination

Release management

Job description

Amazon Leo is Amazon's low Earth orbit satellite network. Our mission is to deliver fast, reliable internet connectivity to customers beyond the reach of existing networks. From individual households to schools, hospitals, businesses, and government agencies, Amazon Leo will serve people and organizations operating in locations without reliable connectivity.

We are seeking a Senior Technical Program Manager (TPM) to lead customer terminal release program to build, test, and deploy software to millions of customer devices. In this role, you will drive customer terminal software release from planning through execution, including: define the release scope, qualification schedules and dependencies, software deliverables, test coverage auditing, test readiness reviews, test bed support, and venue logistics coordination. You will influence feature delivery schedule, qualification criteria, and test design across multiple teams in the release path, while managing work streams across internal and external teams, proactively addressing risks to the critical path, removing roadblocks through stakeholder coordination and escalation, and tracking actions to closure. You will also be responsible for streamlining the process, and building mechanisms to improve each step in the process.

This is an individual contributor role with broad organizational influence. Your technical domain knowledge, program management fundamentals, and trusted partnerships will enable you to drive organizational alignment and help teams deliver faster with higher quality.

This position requires direct technical experience developing and software release relevant experience. You will create and drive high-level strategic initiatives, streamline the process and build mechanisms to improve process efficiency and transparency.

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.

Key job responsibilities

• You will own the end-to-end delivery of cross-functional cross-organizational programs spanning multiple engineering teams and business units. You define program strategy, establish success criteria, and hold yourself and others accountable for outcomes, not just activities.
• You will identify risks and blockers early and act immediately to resolve them, escalating with data and proposed solutions rather than waiting for direction. When trade-offs are required, you make the call, communicate the rationale, and move forward.
• You will challenge proposals, timelines, and technical approaches when you believe they are wrong, even when it is uncomfortable or unpopular. You bring data, earn trust through your judgment, and once a decision is made, you commit fully and drive execution without hesitation.
• You will build mechanisms that create transparency, accelerate decision‑making, and prevent recurring failures. You do not accept "that's how we've always done it" as a reason to maintain the status quo.
• You will influence stakeholders and partner teams without formal authority, earning credibility through your depth of understanding, clarity of communication, and track record of delivering results.
• You will define and drive operational excellence across your programs, establishing metrics, review cadences, and escalation paths that ensure sustained delivery velocity.

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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