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Sr. Technical Program Manager, Amazon Today

Amazon

Amazon

IT, Operations
New York, NY, USA
Posted on Monday, September 9, 2024

DESCRIPTION

How often have you had an opportunity to be a founding member of a team that is tasked with solving a huge business problem through innovative technology? If you want to join innovative team that is making history and breaking new ground for Amazon, this is the place for you.

For millions of customers worldwide, the Amazon name is synonymous with delivery – and the Delivery Experience (DEX) team provides those customers with innovative ways to get what they want and need, enabling the choices they make on every order, every day. We combine customer impact with retail invention, solving huge technical challenges along the way.

We are building a new retail platform that will enable a new business for Amazon . If you are interested in working on a team with a startup culture , influencing a transformative architectural direction for Amazon and being part of the foundational team for a new venture that will grow very fast, very soon- join us ! We will be solving some of the broadest distributed systems, analytics and system integration problems you will encounter at Amazon and creating a retail ecosystem that will help significantly expand our inventory and fulfillment capabilities.

You will lead and coordinate design/implementation efforts between internal teams. You will be expected to make appropriate tradeoffs to optimize time-to-market, clearly communicate goals, roles, responsibilities, and desired outcomes to internal cross-functional and remote project teams.

As a TPM, you will anticipate bottlenecks, provide escalation management, anticipate and make tradeoffs, and balance the business needs versus technical constraints. An ability to take large, complex projects and break them down into manageable pieces, develop functional specifications, then deliver them in a successful and timely manner is expected. Maturity, high judgment, negotiation skills, ability to influence, analytical talent and leadership are essential to success in this role.

The ideal candidate is an influential technical leader with a knack for getting things done. Who is able separate what's important from what's urgent and find the best path forward from among multiple scenarios, earn the trust of stakeholders, and improve the efficiency of our cross-functional organization.

Key job responsibilities
Responsibilities include working with product management to define strategy and requirements, identifying and securing commitment from teams across the company for new initiatives, driving consensus on the technical approach, setting timelines, and leading cross-functional development teams from design through delivery. You'll need to be a strong project manager with technical and business acumen as well as an excellent communicator -- whether working with developers or providing updates to business leadership.