The AWS Sales Marketing and Global Services (SMGS) Planning Tools team is seeking a passionate innovative results-oriented Sr. Technical Program Manager (TPM) to deliver solutions that make it simpler for our field team to manage and operate at scale. As a Sr. TPM on the team youll contribute to defining and building the next go-to-market (GTM) platform for the AWS Sales addition to working with the latest AWS technologies youll have the opportunity to innovate in the space of Sales Planning and Management.
Our team manages a portfolio of complex high-impact and intelligent planning tools with an exciting multi-year product roadmap. These are global enterprise-level applications that are early and mid-stage in their lifecycle and include both first-party and third-party products. Our team is seeking a talented innovative Sr. Technical Program Manager with exceptional invent and simplify skillset problem-solving abilities clear communication skills think big mindset and the ability to translate customer and business needs into inventive software solutions.
This role offers a challenging and highly visible position responsible for managing multiple projects and driving results across teams. You will be responsible for identifying stakeholders working with leadership to develop a vision executing projects and delivering on our goals.
Successful candidates will have a strong technical background be detail-oriented have excellent problem-solving and communication abilities and possess a deep understanding of product design and implementation details. The candidates technical expertise and operational excellence will raise the bar influence the teams decisions and drive secure and robust solutions with excellent customer experience.
Key job responsibilities
Understand project requirements by partnering closely with product managers engineers and key stakeholders
Collaborate with engineering teams to assess level-of-effort requirements
Build project plans and sprint schedules based on engineering team bandwidth
Manage dependencies both inside and outside the team to provide timely answers unblock the team and execute according to the aligned project plan and business deadlines
Identify and escalate risks while managing issue resolution
Implement project management best practices establish appropriate processes and align with existing processes to deliver results
Earn trust from engineering teams stakeholders and leadership
Set up Jira and other tools for capturing requirements and managing projects
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- 5 years of technical product or program management experience
- 7 years of working directly with engineering teams 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
- 5 years of project management disciplines including scope schedule budget quality along with risk and critical path management experience
- Experience managing projects across cross functional teams building sustainable processes and coordinating release schedules
- Experience defining KPIs/SLAs used to drive multi-million dollar businesses and reporting to senior leadership
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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience qualifications and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical dental vision prescription Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans EAP Mental Health Support Medical Advice Line Flexible Spending Accounts Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage) 401(k) matching paid time off and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at TX Dallas - 148700.00 - 201200.00 USD annually
USA VA Arlington - 148700.00 - 201200.00 USD annually
USA WA Seattle - 148700.00 - 201200.00 USD annually