Strategic TPM Lead, AI & ML Systems

Amazon; Palo Alto (CA); On-site; USD 204,000 - 275,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon is hiring a Principal Technical Program Manager in Palo Alto, USA, CA to drive a high-visibility, multi-team technical program across Ads, Stores, AWS, and Media. You will partner with Product, Science and Engineering to plan, execute, and deliver initiatives affecting billions of daily requests.

The role demands strong leadership, deep technical acumen in distributed systems, and proven ability to align roadmaps across diverse stakeholders.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of working directly with engineering teams experience.
• 7+ years of technical product or program management experience.
• 5+ years of software development experience.
• Experience designing or architecting (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems.
• Experience managing programs across cross functional teams, building processes and coordinating release schedules.
• Experience owning/driving roadmap strategy and definition.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end program management for strategic technology initiatives spanning multiple teams and organizations
• Drive technical strategy and roadmap alignment across engineering, product, science, and business teams
• Lead cross-functional teams through complex technical challenges
• Establish program governance, metrics, and reporting mechanisms to ensure visibility and accountability at the SVP and CEO level
• Identify and mitigate technical and operational risks across large-scale distributed systems serving billions of requests daily
• Partner with engineering leaders to influence architecture decisions and ensure scalability, reliability, and performance
• Build and maintain relationships with senior stakeholders across Amazon Ads, Stores, AWS, Media and Stores organizations
• Drive operational excellence through process improvements, automation, and best practices
• Mentor and develop other TPMs across the organization
• Represent this technical program in executive-level reviews and planning sessions

Skills

Engineering collaboration

Technical program mgmt

Software development

Systems design

Cross-functional leadership

Roadmap ownership

Job description

Amazon is hiring a Principal Technical Program Manager in Palo Alto, USA, CA to drive a high-visibility, multi-team technical program across Ads, Stores, AWS, and Media. You will partner with Product, Science and Engineering to plan, execute, and deliver initiatives affecting billions of daily requests.

The role demands strong leadership, deep technical acumen in distributed systems, and proven ability to align roadmaps across diverse stakeholders.