Sr Technical Program Manager, Prime Video Personalization and Discovery

Prime Video & Amazon MGM Studios; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 171,000 - 231,000; Full time

Job summary

Prime Video is seeking a Senior Technical Program Manager to own end-to-end design, implementation, and delivery of large-scale recommendation systems powering all Prime Video surfaces.

You will lead cross-functional teams of software engineers, shape product and technical roadmaps, and coordinate releases across Tech, Product, and business groups in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of technical product or program management 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.
• Experience building and evaluating system-level technical design.
• Experience developing and executing/delivering product and technical roadmaps.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, implementation, and delivery of large-scale recommendation systems.
• Coordinate across teams of software engineers and bridge Tech, Product, and business.
• Drive initiatives across engineering, product, and leadership to deliver impactful results.

Skills

Technical PM experience

Software development experience

Cross-functional collaboration

Release planning

System design

Roadmaps

Job description

Description

Are you interested in shaping the future of entertainment? Prime Video's technology teams are creating best-in-class digital video experience.

Description

Are you interested in shaping the future of entertainment? Prime Video's technology teams are creating best-in-class digital video experience. As a Prime Video technologist, you’ll have end-to-end ownership of the product, user experience, design, and technology required to deliver state-of-the‑art experiences for our customers. You’ll get to work on projects that are fast-paced, challenging, and varied. You’ll also be able to experiment with new possibilities, take risks, and collaborate with remarkable people. We’ll look for you to bring your diverse perspectives, ideas, and skill-sets to make Prime Video even better for our customers. With global opportunities for talented technologists, you can decide where a career in Prime Video Tech takes you! Prime Video is a premium streaming service that offers a vast collection of digital videos—all with the ease of customers finding what they love to watch in one place. Included with Prime: Watch thousands of popular movies and TV shows, including our critically‑acclaimed Amazon Originals such as the Emmy Award‑winning comedies Fleabag and Fallout, The Rings of Power, and The Summer I turned pretty, exclusives live sports including Thursday Night Football and licensed content available in more than 200 countries and territories worldwide.

Key job responsibilities

As a Senior Technical Program Manager, you will work deeply with engineering and science teams on the design, implementation, and drive the delivery of large scale recommendations systems that power all Prime VIdeo surfaces. You will be responsible for leading initiatives spanning across teams of software engineers, designing and building innovative software solutions for our customers. You will need to be an excellent leader and bridge across various parts of Tech, Product, and business.

A day in the life

• Craft a goal update for a key goal that goes up to our VP
• Attend an engineering standup and help unblock a key milestone
• Update the experimental roadmap with updates on hundreds of experiments in flight across the org
• Work through a launch-blocker with some engineers
• Talk with Product managers about the requirements for an upcoming project
• Respond to some emails and work through the release strategy for an upcoming project

About The Team

We are a team that is passionate about using Machine Learning and experiments to recommend the right content to every customer at the right time. We love experimentation and learning how we can improve the quality of our recommendations. As a TPM, you will work across the team and the broader PV organization to deliver meaningful change. We move fast, seek impact and don't forget to have fun on the way. Come help shape this important business for Prime Video and change the streaming industry.

Basic Qualifications

• 5+ years of technical product or program management 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
• Experience building and evaluating system-level technical design
• Experience developing and executing/delivering product and technical roadmaps

Preferred Qualifications

• 5+ years of project management disciplines including scope, schedule, budget, quality, along with risk and critical path management experience
• 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 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.

USA, CA, Sunnyvale - 171,000.00 - 231,400.00 USD annually

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Company - Amazon.com Services LLC