Production Technical Program Manager, Amazon Leo

Amazon Leo is Amazons low Earth orbit satellite network. Our mission is to deliver fast reliable internet connectivity to customers beyond the reach of existing networks. From individual households to schools hospitals businesses and government agencies Amazon Leo will serve people and 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.

This role includes direct responsibility for program management of planning manufacturing integration and test of production value stream. This is a highly technical role requiring experience with data analytics data modeling integrated hardware and software as well as some appreciation for complex applications and manufacturing systems. Candidate superpowers should include bias for action ownership insist on high standards stakeholder management innovation creating clarity out of ambiguity and enabling productive collaboration across different organization.

Key job responsibilities
As a Technical Program Manager you will

* Own the production roadmap for production value streams that delivers the end-to-end solutions necessary to source build test and integrate satellites using existing software applications and enterprise systems.
* Establish the linkage between production roadmap and annual goals & objectives creating data models building measurement and analysis tools as well as mechanisms to measure monitor and optimize these value streams.
* Drive daily execution working across supply chain planning fullfillment and production teams.
* Represent the overall production roadmap in assessing technical trades related to innovation speed manufacturability cost stability and trust.
* Translate strategic goals into actionable plans for specific projects and operations.
* Understand dependencies between roadmap projects synchronize milestones identify constraints and dive deep where necessary to unblock and deliver the roadmap.
* Create new tools and business processes that simplify standardize and enable operational excellence across the entire production value stream.
* Identify potential risks in manufacturing processes and develop mitigation strategies and recovery plans.
* Drive the creation documentation and adoption of scalable standardized and highly visible processes across all supply chain manufacturing and launch functions.
* Drive executive communication cadence and deliver artifacts that provide insight into the activities accomplishments challenges and risks of operations to senior leadership.
* Measure analyze improve and control KPIs across all aspects of the operation.
* Work with software and analytics teams to develop reporting tools and applications that support operating rhythms.
* Analyze production data to identify trends issues and opportunities for improvement.
* Support implementation training on new processes or improvements identified through PDCA cycles.
* Provide feedback/escalate systemic concerns to tech teams regarding approaches that are cost-inefficient or detrimental to scaling.
* Create new tools and business processes that simplify standardize and enable operational excellence across the entire production value stream.
* Perform internal audits to assess adherence to procedures systems and standards.

A day in the life
This role will be highly collaborative requiring partnerships with cross-functional production stakeholders to drive positive results using data centered tooling. This role requires in-depth capability to navigate data warehouses and cloud environments to build data pipelines for visualization and analytics.

This role will be supporting production of satellite operations across our facilities in Redmond and Kirkland WA. A typical day for this role will be working directly with production teams and value stream owners on plan execution and check process adherence. Throughout the day a Production TPM for satellite manufacturing must balance strategic planning with hands-on oversight of project execution. Communication skills are crucial as they interact with various stakeholders including customers suppliers and internal teams. The role requires strong leadership to motivate and coordinate teams towards achieving project goals while maintaining a focus on quality efficiency and adherence to timelines.

Overall this role will collaborate with software developers data scientists and enterprise architects to design and implement data pipelines analytics platforms and monitoring systems that enhance operational efficiency and decision-making processes. The TPM would be responsible for gathering requirements from various stakeholders prioritizing features and creating roadmaps for data tools that integrate seamlessly with existing enterprise systems. Additionally they would oversee the implementation of data governance policies and continuously evaluate and optimize the performance of data-centered tools in the production environment.

About the team
Amazon Leo is an initiative to launch a constellation of Low Earth Orbit satellites that will provide low-latency high-speed broadband connectivity to unserved and underserved communities around the world. To deliver these complex solutions as the Technical Program Manager you will partner with peers across all Amazon Leo teams including hardware software supply chain manufacturing launch facilities finance compliance and HR.

This role includes direct responsibility for program management of planning manufacturing integration and test of production value stream. This is a highly technical role requiring experience with integrated hardware and software as well as some appreciation for complex applications and manufacturing systems. Candidate superpowers should include bias for action ownership insist on high standards stakeholder management innovation creating clarity out of ambiguity and enabling productive collaboration across different organization.

- 3 years of technical product or program management experience
- 3 years of project management disciplines including scope schedule budget quality along with risk and critical path management experience
- Experience managing programs across cross functional teams building processes and coordinating release schedules
- 3 years of analytical quantitative communication and presentations experience

- 3 years of working directly with engineering teams experience

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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $114500/year in our lowest geographic market up to $197800/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.