Sr. Technical Program Manager, Amazon Leo, Ground Systems Supply Chain

Amazon Kuiper Manufacturing Enterprises LLC; Bellevue (WA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Leo Ground Systems is seeking a Sr. Technical Program Manager to drive sourcing and supply chain initiatives for ground system antennas and related hardware.

You will manage a diverse supplier base across RF/antenna systems, networking gear, and subsystems to optimize cost, lead time, quality, and delivery. The role requires coordinating cross-functional teams across engineering, legal, program management, and operations, with a track record of scaling processes in new or ambiguous

Qualifications

• 5+ years of technical product or program management experience.
• Experience managing programs across cross functional teams, building processes and coordinating release schedules.
• 7+ years of working directly with engineering teams experience.
• Experience developing and implementing KPI goals and strategies based on broader organization goals.
• 6+ years of identifying incomplete or inaccurate data, identifying the root cause and creating/implementing an escalation plan experience.
• Experience in vendor management

Responsibilities

• Lead onboarding of new systems including driving User Acceptance Testing and system integration.
• Drive team-wide prioritization and risk mitigation mechanisms.
• Negotiate a variety of agreements with business leaders, engineering leaders, legal, program management and supply chain.
• Influence and develop operations processes, technology decisions, and policies for mutual benefit and sustainability.
• Prioritize projects to deliver cost reductions and on-time delivery while meeting commitments.
• Collaborate with ground systems engineers to gain knowledge of RF electronics and antenna systems functionality.
• Manage end-to-end life cycle of supply chain operations from pre-delivery to post-delivery.

Skills

Technical Program Management

Cross-functional teamwork

Engineering collaboration

Tools

KPI tracking tools

Vendor management systems

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.

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.

The Amazon Leo Supply Chain team is seeking a Sr Technical Program Manager to drive our sourcing and supply chain initiatives for new products and systems. This team is responsible for all commercial activities for all components and hardware destined for our ground system antennas globally. This role manages a diverse supply base spanning RF/Antenna systems, networking gear, and subsystems - delivering optimized cost, lead time, quality, and availability across a global network.

Key job responsibilities

The Leo Ground Systems Supply Chain team is looking for a Sr. Technical Program Manager to support business and engineering stakeholders in developing, implementing and monitoring ground systems within our supply base. The ideal candidate will have a successful track record working with a global supply base in developing, implementing and scaling systems and process integration in order to achieve business needs. Experience working in new and ambiguous environments while solving complex problems with a broad range of cross functional stakeholders will be an advantage.

• Lead onboarding of new systems for team including driving User Acceptance Testing and overall system integration for existing processes as Subject Matter Expert
• Drive team-wide prioritization and risk mitigation mechanisms
• Work with a range of stakeholders including business leaders, engineering leaders, legal, program management, technology teams and supply chain to negotiate a variety of agreements
• Influence and develop operations processes, technology decisions, and policies in ways that are mutually beneficial and sustainable for both organizations
• Prioritize projects and activities to deliver maximum cost reductions and reliable on-time delivery
• Manage cross-functional projects against plans and objectives to meet commitments and goals
• Collaborate with ground systems engineers to gain an in-depth knowledge of RF electronics and antenna systems functionality
• Manage end to end life cycle of supply chain operations for hardware and software pre-delivery through post-delivery

A day in the life

In this role as Sr. Technical Program Manager, you will be actively working with Ground Systems Engineering team, sourcing, quality, digital operations, internal testing and security team to develop and implement manufacturing tests across global supply base for ground gateway equipment. The products will enable mission critical, high throughput communications with Leo satellites. You will engage with an experienced cross-disciplinary team to manufacture, test, and distribute solutions and products globally enabling Leo's global network.

About the team

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. At Amazon, our mission is to be the most customer-centric company on Earth. To get there, we need exceptionally talented, bright and driven people.

We're dedicated to supporting new team members. Our team has a broad mix of experience levels and Amazon tenures, and we're building an environment that celebrates knowledge sharing and mentorship. Our team also puts a high value on work-life balance.

Basic Qualifications

• 5+ years of technical product or program management experience
• Experience managing programs across cross functional teams, building processes and coordinating release schedules
• 7+ years of working directly with engineering teams experience
• Experience developing and implementing KPI goals and strategies based on broader organization goals
• 6+ years of identifying incomplete or inaccurate data, identifying the root cause and creating/implementing an escalation plan experience
• Experience in vendor management

Preferred Qualifications

• Comfortable in some scripting language of choice
• Experienced with various hardware development or manufacturing processes, supplier management, including assembly at component level, subsystem, and system level

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