Sr. Technical Program Manager, Build - Seattle, WA, United States - Amazon

Description

Are you passionate about innovating on behalf of builders at Amazon? We in Kindle Builder Services are looking for talented Technical Program Managers who want to lead and deliver cross cutting programs in one of the dynamic and fast moving spaces.

Kindle is an iconic product and a thriving business adored by customers around the world – but it's still "day one" in inspiring the world to read more and get more out of reading every day, across all their devices.

We are looking for passionate, hard-working, and talented program managers who have experience building mission-critical, high volume applications that customers love.

You will have an chance to work with world-class engineers, product managers, business leaders, and other talented engineering teams as you focus on improving productivity of builders accelerating innovation.

Your primary focus will be delivering on key programs in the foundational build and developer experience landscape.

You will be working with engineering teams across Kindle to drive consensus, help bring the best technical trends that improve developer experience for 1000s of engineers in Kindle.

You will help deliver programs that save thousands of hours of productivity help Kindle lead the way across all of Amazon.

You will have the opportunity to work across a large organization, solving problems at scale, and defining new technical approaches for data handling.

This role is pivotal in driving projects that improve the scalability and efficiency of our software build environments, directly impacting the development lifecycle and productivity of our global developer teams.

Key job responsibilities1. Own a complex, cross-org programs that is transforming innovation within Kindle2.

Drive alignment across senior leaders, create and maintain detailed work backward plans including resource allocation, timelines and risk management strategies3.

Collaborate with TPMs and SDMs on roadmaps, priorities, Agile planning, dependency mapping, forecasting and tradeoffs4. Facilitate regular project meetings and provide updates to senior leadership on project status, milestones, and adjustments5. Engage with Sr. SDEs and Principal Engineers to evaluate technical designs6. Assess and implement new tools and technologies to enhance the effectiveness of the build environment7.

Design scalable solutions that solve key business problems and contribute to scaling the businessWe are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:

Seattle, WA, USABasic qualifications- 5+ years of technical product or program management experience- 7+ years of working directly with engineering teams 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 schedulesPreferred qualification - 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 leadershipAmazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace.

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status.

For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets.

The base pay for this position ranges from $119,000/year in our lowest geographic market up to $231,400/year in our highest geographic market.

Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

Amazon is a total compensation company.

Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits.

For more information, please visit Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.