Amazon Photos helps consumers preserve organize share and relive their memories. The service comes with unlimited photo storage for Prime members with apps available on iOS Android Web Desktop. The service is also integrated into Alexa devices such as Echo Show and Fire TV. We have ambitious goals to scale growth and adoption of the service around the world and delight our customers with a great memories product.
We are seeking a Sr. Design Program Manager with strong organizational skills great drive and bestinclass ownership to join our growing Amazon Photos Design team. As part of the team you will work collaboratively with designers engineers product management and other program managers leading projects throughout the planning design and development lifecycle. As a Sr. Design Program Manager your emphasis will be on planning and prioritization of design deliverables schedule tracking mitigating project risks and collaborating with design leads to deliver innovative solutions across work streams.
Are you interested in joining the team to lead Amazon Photos next innovation
Key job responsibilities
Partner closely with designers leads and managers to advocate for user centered design
Anticipate bottlenecks provide escalation management anticipate and make tradeoffs and balance the business needs versus technical constraints
Put repeatable processes in place that help us plan and manage multiple parallel projects and run our business
Create and manage team backlogs communicate status and coordinate reviews with stakeholders and senior management
Working across teams to create strong relationships with stakeholders and senior leadership teams
Work proactively to clarify requirements and use cases actively seeking clarification when there is ambiguity
Seek opportunities to make improvements to team efficiency and process.
Primary point of contact for design working closely with design leads and directors to proactively clarify requirements and use cases actively seeking clarification when there is ambiguity.
A day in the life
Our design team is looking for a Sr. Design Program Manager to join our growing team. As a Sr. Design Program Manager your emphasis will be on collaborating with design leads to deliver innovative solutions across work streams. You will do that by partnering with design research and product teams to plan and deliver projects bringing new ideas and experiences to our customers.
About the team
As part of the team you will work collaboratively with designers engineers product management and other program managers leading projects throughout the planning design and development lifecycle. Youll have the chance to advocate for design excellence contribute to product vision and shape next generation experiences.
Have an available online portfolio
7 years of design program management experience
5 years of design experience
3 years of experience leading project delivery for large crossfunctional project teams.
Bachelors degree or equivalent professional experience
Knowledge of project management tools and methodologies (agile to waterfall)
Experience working and contributing to project playbooks building schedules managing issues/risks establishing communication plans and stakeholder management
Background working in a collaborative multidisciplinary UX team
Excellent communication presentation and storytelling skills
Understanding of UX design and software development
Ability to identify and mitigate risk on projects
Experience with Agile/Scrum
Experience building/delivering consumer electronic products
Ability to work effectively with tight deadlines in a fastpaced environment
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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $116500/year in our lowest geographic market up to $192600/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.