Were on a journey to build
Ad products that help Advertisers reach their desired audiences and also delight our end users who use Amazon devices and bring them relevant Ads. Were looking for a talented Technical Program Manager to join our team of product managers and engineers to conceive design and develop innovative Ad experiences for our device customers.
Key job responsibilities
The right candidate will possess strong technical skills and have demonstrated experience in collaborating with teams who own medium to large distributed services. You must be able to thrive in an entrepreneurial environment and not be hindered by ambiguity or competing priorities. You must be able to communicate up down and out to both technical and business audiences. You must be able to successfully drive architect and scale services based on the program vision anticipate bottlenecks and balance business needs against technical constraints. You must take complex challenges and break them down into manageable projects then work with technologists to prototype and engineering to deliver them in a successful and timely manner. You must be able to de-risk situations by taking a pragmatic approach and be willing to take calculated bets.
This opportunity requires excellent technical problem-solving and communication skills (written and verbal) with senior management on status risks and strategy. Qualified candidates must have experience collecting requirements writing detailed functional and test specifications coordinating efforts to scope schedule and deploy new features; as well as analyze the cost/benefit of feature selection and communicating results throughout the organization. In this role you would be interfacing with your immediate multi-discipline team building relationships with partners across Amazon (ex. Advertising core stack FireTV Prime Video Alexa and other Devices) and communicate across diverse areas of the org (e.g. legal finance). You own your projects end-to-end and help build and refine exciting new Ad experiences for Amazon.
A day in the life
As a Pr. Technical Program Manager on this team you will lead the technical planning coordination architecture and implementation of multiple programs across this multiple initiatives. You will manage the lifecycle (architecture design implementation documentation and measurement) of software teams that are delivering for the programs you manage. You will work alongside Program Managers Product Managers and engineers. You will collaborate with teams across Amazon on the planning and execution of complex and highly-technical projects with high impact and visibility.
- 7 years of technical product or program management experience
- 10 years of working directly with engineering teams experience
- 5 years of software development experience
- Experience managing programs across cross functional teams building processes and coordinating release schedules
- Experience owning/driving roadmap strategy and definition
- Experience designing or architecting (design patterns reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems
- 8 years of hands-on work managing complex technology projects experience
- Experience managing projects across cross functional teams building sustainable processes and coordinating release schedules
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status disability or other legally protected status.
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 $159300/year in our lowest geographic market up to $275300/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 This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.