Prime Video is disrupting traditional media with an everincreasing selection of movies TV shows Emmy Award winning original content addon subscriptions including HBO and live events like Thursday Night Football. Our architecture operates at Amazonscale and raises the bar for playback reliability video start time and image quality. Prime Video runs on thousands of device types in over 200 territories worldwide.
The mission of the Localization & Accessibility team in Prime Video is to Delight Prime Video customers worldwide with relevant language options and accessibility assists from Day 1. As Content Localization and Accessibility team we obsess over making Prime Video the most inclusive streaming platform providing content with accessibility assists like closed captions audio description industryfirst Dialogue boost while improving the coverage of subtitles (subs) and dubbed audio (dubs) so that customers can stream content in the language of their preference.
With PVs 3Y goal to acquire and retain the next 100MM customers from international territories it is imperative that our selection is made available to international customers in their preferred language. Generating such assets using Localization Service Providers (LSPs) takes multiple weeks to turn around and becomes cost prohibitive when scaled to our entire Catalog across the breadth of languages we support 32 UI languages). With increased focus from regulatory bodies from several territories and mandating minimum bar for accessibility in terms of closed captions & audio descriptions coverage the team is propelled to innovate for the customers in need. As such to achieve Catalog scale and localization velocity the team is investing on combination of Artificial Intelligence (AI) automation LSP tooling and optimized Human In The Loop.
As a Senior Technical Program Manager (TPM) you will define own and drive technical programs that span multiple engineering/science teams and organizational boundaries. You will help identify new areas of investment and work to align engineering/science roadmaps to deliver on these opportunities and optimize delivery outcomes. You will help the manage roadmap through crossfunctional influence in priorotization. As a technical leader you will influence strategy and outcomes across different Amazon organizations.
This role is inherently crossfunctional and requires a strong ability to communicate influence and earn the trust of software engineers technical and business leadership.
Key job responsibilities
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
5 years of technical product or program management experience
3 years of working directly with engineering teams experience
Bachelors degree in engineering computer science or equivalent
Experience managing programs across cross functional teams building processes and coordinating release schedules
Experience building and evaluating systemlevel technical design
Experience developing and executing/delivering product and technical roadmaps
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
Experience managing projects across cross functional teams building sustainable processes and coordinating release schedules
Experience in managing LLM or AI programs.
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 systemlevel technical design
Experience developing and executing/delivering product and technical roadmaps
5 years of project management disciplines including scope schedule budget quality along with risk and critical path management experience
Experience defining KPIs/SLAs used to drive multimillion dollar businesses and reporting to senior leadership
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Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees supervisors and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees supervisors and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal state and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct adverse and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies exercise sound judgment effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism and safeguard business operations and the Companys reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $133900/year in our lowest geographic market up to $231400/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on jobrelated knowledge skills and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered equity signon 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 This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.