The AWS Demand Planning team is looking for a Technical Program Manager to facilitate planning S3 storage infrastructure. This role will require the candidate to deep dive the individual steps that are required to take an instance from idea to delivery and ensure that AWS maintains a valid plan for these produts at all times. Specifically this individual will impact the overall AWS CapEx plan by: planning the required servers needed to launch in an AWS region/new product understanding demand shaping options for internal customers to cost/power efficient hardware and helping compare S3s forecast against the approved CapEx plan. The ideal candidate is one who has worked at the intersection of software engineering teams finance and supply chains; who can understand constraints from each group and work between worlds to create strategic plans to ensure S3s continued growth while optimizing for longterm efficiency.
Key job responsibilities
Working with S3 PMs to understand the launch roadmap
Matching supply of S3 positions and servers from AIS to the types of demand that fit within those positions
Quickly responding to changes in the roadmap based on supply availability customer demand or hardware engineering constraints.
A day in the life
Our team operates on a bimonthly planning cycle so we expect to spend 2 weeks creating a new plan 2 weeks adjusting the plan based on feedback from our downstream partners and 4 weeks monitoring tuning and evaluating the plan. In addition we expect this role to work closely with SDE teams that are concurrently developing new software to help increase planning effectiveness.
About the team
The AWS Demand Planning team is responsible for building forecasts/plans that drive almost all of the CapEx spend for AWS and will directly impact the purchase of $billions of server components data center power and networking equipment. The team is primarily composed of TPMs but we are the primary customer of several SDE teams in EC2 and AWS Infrastructure who software to improve the planning process.
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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 schedules
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 KPIs/SLAs used to drive multimillion dollar businesses and reporting to senior leadership
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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.