Project Kuiper is Amazons low Earth orbit satellite broadband network. Its mission is to deliver fast reliable internet to customers and communities around the world and weve designed the system with the capacity flexibility and performance to serve a wide range of customers from individual households to schools hospitals businesses government agencies and other organizations operating in locations without reliable connectivity.
Export Control Requirement: Due to applicable export control laws and regulations candidates must be a U.S. citizen or national U.S. permanent resident (i.e. current Green Card holder) or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.
The ideal candidate will have a proven track record in supplier development contract negotiations and performance management with the ability to address supplier performance issues and drive results in new and ambiguous environments. This role requires strong program management expertise technical depth and the ability to influence and collaborate effectively across diverse cross-functional stakeholders to advance Kuipers mission.
Key job responsibilities
Specifically in this role you will:
Monitor and resolve supply chain challenges including material availability capacity constraints and logistics to ensure on-time delivery.
Track supplier performance to cost quality and schedule targets; identify risks early and implement mitigation plans to maintain program commitments.
Lead supplier readiness for production by ensuring manufacturing processes tooling and resources are capable of meeting program requirements for large composite structures.
Partner with internal engineering operations and quality teams to resolve technical and production issues ensuring supplier alignment with Kuiper program needs.
Drive supplier improvement initiatives in yield throughput and cycle time implementing best practices to enhance efficiency and reliability.
Work with a range of stakeholders including business leaders engineering leaders legal program management and supply chain to negotiate a variety of agreements and contracts including term sheets MOUs NDAs SOWs development agreements component purchase agreements and others.
Build strong relationships with supplier leadership and cross-functional stakeholders enabling transparent issue resolution and alignment on program objectives.
Act as the primary interface between Kuiper operations engineering and supply chain team resolving production and technical issues to ensure reliable on-time delivery
About the team
Here at Amazon we embrace our differences. We are committed to furthering our culture of inclusion. Amazon has ten employee-led affinity groups reaching 40000 employees in over 190 chapters globally. We have innovative benefit offerings and host annual and ongoing learning experiences. Amazons culture of inclusion is reinforced within our 16 Leadership Principles which remind team members to seek diverse perspectives learn and be curious and earn trust.
Mentorship & Career Growth
Our team is dedicated to supporting new members. We have a broad mix of experience levels and tenures and were building an environment that celebrates knowledge sharing and mentorship. We care about your career growth and strive to assign projects based on what will help each team member develop into a better-rounded professional and enable them to take on more complex tasks in the future.
Innovation is part of our DNA! Our goal is to be Earths most customer-centric company and we are just getting started. We need people who want to join an ambitious program that continues to push the state of the art in space based systems design and wireless systems.
- 7 years of people management experience
- 5 years of technical program management experience
- Bachelors degree in Engineering Computer Science or a related technical field
- 5 years experience in Supply Chain Operations
- Knowledge of data center infrastructure design operations or delivery
- Experience communicating across technical and non-technical audiences including executive level stakeholders or clients
- Experience managing projects across cross functional teams building sustainable processes and coordinating release schedules
- Experience with Agile or other program management methodologies
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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $147200/year in our lowest geographic market up to $254500/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.