Sr. Technical Program Manager, IMDb Mobile Apps

IMDb is the worlds most popular and authoritative source for information on movies TV shows and celebrities reaching an audience of more than 250 million unique visitors per month. IMDb sits at the intersection of entertainment media and technology inside the worlds most innovative and consumer-centric company Amazon. IMDb employees enjoy the benefits of working for Amazon with the autonomy of working on a small nimble team.

We are looking for a Sr Technical Program Manager (TPM) to manage the lifecycle of a complex cross-functional mobile apps program for IMDb. The Engagement & Community team supports a suite of iOS and Android mobile apps for both entertainment fans and professionals. This person will create plans with clear measurable success criteria and will clearly communicate progress and outcomes to stakeholders across product marketing engineering design testing and advertising partners.

Key job responsibilities
1) Provide technical oversight for all major mobile initiatives acting as a client-architect for incoming projects evaluate feasibility clarify requirements surface risks and align dependencies before development begins.

2) Own the end-to-end delivery of large high-impact and cross-functional initiatives across native iOS and Android apps while simultaneously tracking and unblocking a portfolio of smaller projects.

3) Lead cross-functional planning and prioritization by closely partnering with product managers engineering leads and backend teams to build roadmaps sequence work and secure resources.

4) Drive intake and discovery processes for new feature requests and partner projects recommend alternative technical approaches when appropriate and ensure smooth handoff into execution.

5) Orchestrate monthly and ad hoc mobile releases across both platforms coordinate QA manage phased rollouts and monitor post-release health to ensure quality and timely delivery.

6) Act as the primary technical liaison for the mobile apps team representing mobile considerations to business marketing design and operational partners.

7) Communicate plans status and risks clearly and effectively to executive management ensuring stakeholders are aligned on priorities and trade-offs.

8) Champion operational excellence driving improvements to mobile CI/CD pipelines testing strategies and release processes.

About the team
The IMDb Community & Engagement team delivers experiences and original content that empower our current and next-generation customers to express and share their passion for consuming and creating entertainment. We fuel our customers passion for entertainment and strive to deliver on the customer promise - IMDb is for me.

- 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 system-level 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 multi-million dollar businesses and reporting to senior leadership
- Hands-on experience with native mobile development across iOS and/or Android apps

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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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