Sr. Technical Program Manager, Amazon Selection and Catalog Systems

Socket.dev; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 148,700 - 201,200; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Amazon Selection and Catalog Systems (ASCS) seeks a Technical Program Manager to drive AI/ML powered product classification across the world’s largest catalog. You will partner with scientists and engineers to productionize ML-based systems, handling large data sets and cross-market deployments.

The role focuses on delivering end-to-end solutions from inception to production, with a track record of building scalable systems and data-driven decision making.

Qualifications

• 7+ years working directly with engineering teams.
• 5+ years of technical product or program management experience.
• 3+ years of software development experience.
• Experience managing programs across cross functional teams, building processes and coordinating release schedules.

Responsibilities

• Help build systems powered by AI and ML for catalog classification and search.
• Lead cross-functional collaboration with scientists and engineers to productionize ML-based solutions.
• Scale classification systems across marketplaces and languages while driving data-driven decisions.

Skills

Engineering collaboration

ML systems experience

Cross-functional leadership

Job description

Amazon Selection and Catalog Systems (ASCS) builds the systems that host and run
the world’s largest e-Commerce products catalog. Within this organization the
Product Knowledge and Browse Node Classification team is seeking an experienced
Technical Program Manager to drive solutions for classifying all products into
the Catalog. The problem space consists on developing systems capable of
identifying what a product is, mining product information to determine how a
product across its different functions should be classified for browsing and
searching purposes at high precision, scaling across marketplaces and languages.

Key job responsibilities

You will help build systems that are partially or entirely powered by AI and ML.
The systems are responsible for handling continuous incoming traffic of products
entering the catalog, building applications for analyzing product composition,
mining product signals such as images, text and unstructured data to drive true
understanding of product knowledge. As a TPM you will work to build solutions to
real world problems, partnering closely with Scientists. The ideal candidate has
worked on systems productionizing ML-based systems in one or several of the
following fields: Web search, Deep Neural Networks, Classification Systems,
Clustering, Natural Language Processing, Personalization, Artificial
Intelligence. A successful candidate will have an established background in
building innovative systems from inception to production, scaling systems with
large data sets, developing customer-facing experiences, and making data-driven
decisions.

About the team

The Product and Browse Node Classification team classifies products into the
optimal Product Type, and Browse Node within Amazon’s Catalog and MP Taxonomy to
ensure that they are discoverable when customers are searching or browsing. Owns
Autoclassification systems, Misclassification detection, related services,
interfaces and protections to reduce Seller contacts and friction.

Basic Qualifications:

• 7+ years of working directly with engineering teams experience
• 5+ years of technical product or program management experience
• 3+ years of software development 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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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 determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits [https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits].

USA, WA, Seattle - 148,700.00 - 201,200.00 USD annually