Sr. Technical Program Manager , Amazon’s Worldwide Design and Engineering (WWDE) - Advanced Concept Team

Amazon.com Services LLC; Bellevue (WA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, and Vision Coverage

Paid Time Off (PTO)

401(k) Plan

Maternity and Parental Leave Options

Job summary

Amazon.com Services LLC in Bellevue, WA seeks a Senior Technical Program Manager to join the WWDE Advanced Concept Team and drive early-stage fulfillment concept design, from ideation through implementation.

You will own end-to-end programs, coordinate across engineering and partner teams, present strategies to senior leadership, and ensure scalable, high-impact fulfillment solutions for our network.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of technical product or program management experience.
• 6+ years of working directly with engineering teams experience.
• Experience managing programs across cross functional teams, building processes and coordinating release schedules.
• Experience leading highly technical programs involving infrastructure, complex systems, systems engineering.
• Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end program management of complex, multi-team concept development initiatives across automation and fulfillment technology domains.
• Drive program execution across engineering organizations, resolving conflicts and building consensus on key program objectives.
• Partner with engineering teams to translate business objectives into actionable technical requirements and specs.
• Manage program dependencies, risks, and critical path across diverse technical workstreams; identify and resolve blockers.
• Facilitate design reviews and architectural discussions, ensuring cost/schedule/performance trade-offs align with goals.
• Build executive-level program documentation (business cases, concept approvals) and present to senior leadership.
• Drive stakeholder alignment across partner technology teams from ideation through design approval.
• Establish team mechanisms (WBRs, cadences, gates) that create rhythm and accountability.

Skills

Technical product management

Engineering team collaboration

Cross-functional program management

Infrastructure programs

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or computer science

Job description

Amazon's Worldwide Design & Engineering (WWDE) organization is seeking a Senior Technical Program Manager to join our Advanced Concept Team. This team drives system-level design for early-stage fulfillment center concepts - defining next-generation automation solutions before they enter traditional design phases, at the intersection of business strategy, product development, and engineering feasibility.

You will lead complex, cross-functional program initiatives that transform early-stage concepts into executable programs - coordinating across multiple engineering organizations and partner technology teams. This role requires navigating highly ambiguous problem spaces where business problems, program strategy, and technology solutions are not yet defined. You will own the organizational mechanisms and operational processes that enable the team to execute effectively - driving rhythm, accountability, and resource alignment. You will present program strategies to senior leadership and manage the full lifecycle of concept-to-implementation programs, ensuring next-generation fulfillment systems are feasible, scalable, and deliver measurable business impact.

Key job responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end program management of complex, multi-team concept development initiatives across multiple automation and fulfillment technology domains
• Drive program execution across engineering organizations, resolving conflicts and building consensus on key program objectives
• Partner with engineering teams to ensure business objectives are translated into actionable technical requirements and functional specifications
• Manage program dependencies, risks, and critical path across diverse technical workstreams; proactively identify and resolve blockers
• Facilitate design reviews and architectural discussions, ensuring cost/schedule/performance trade-offs align with organizational goals
• Build executive-level program documentation (business cases, concept approvals) and present to senior leadership
• Drive stakeholder alignment across partner technology teams from ideation through design approval
• Establish team mechanisms (WBRs, program cadences, design review gates) that create operational rhythm and accountability
• Lead strategic planning and resource allocation - defining priorities, balancing headcount, and deploying capacity against highest-impact opportunities

A day in the life

Your mornings involve facilitating deep dives into technology trade-offs and partner team execution plans - resolving conflicts and aligning teams to deliver on senior leadership goals. Afternoons shift between concept approval meetings, unblocking cross-team dependencies, and working sessions refining program requirements. You also serve as the operational backbone of the team - running weekly syncs, maintaining the portfolio tracker, flagging resource conflicts, and partnering with leadership on strategic planning and prioritization. No two days are the same.

Amazon offers a full range of benefits that support you and eligible family members, including domestic partners and their children. Benefits can vary by location, the number of regularly scheduled hours you work, length of employment, and job status such as seasonal or temporary employment.

Benefits that generally apply to regular, full-time employees include:

• 1. Medical, Dental, and Vision Coverage
• 2. Maternity and Parental Leave Options
• 3. Paid Time Off (PTO)
• 4. 401(k) Plan

At Amazon, we value people with unique backgrounds, experiences, and skillsets.

About the team

The WWDE Advanced Concept Team defines and develops next-generation fulfillment center concepts before they enter firm engineering and construction phases. We drive network-impacting initiatives, develop functional requirements, and build the business cases that shape Amazon's fulfillment infrastructure investment. We integrate system-level thinking across process flow, automation, building systems, and associate experience - partnering with engineering and product teams to evaluate emerging technologies and validate feasibility. Our work directly shapes the template architectures deployed across Amazon's global network.

Basic Qualifications

• 6+ years of technical product or program management experience
• 6+ years of working directly with engineering teams experience
• Experience managing programs across cross functional teams, building processes and coordinating release schedules
• Experience leading highly technical programs involving infrastructure, complex systems, systems engineering
• Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science or equivalent

Preferred Qualifications

• 5+ years of project management disciplines including scope, schedule, budget, quality, along wit