Sr. Technical Program Manager, AWS Marketing Demand Services

Join AWS as a Sr. Technical Program Manager and scale the design system that powers customer experiences across AWS digital this role youll connect product engineering design and partner teams across the organization driving alignment to deliver experiences that millions of AWS customers use daily.

Design systems sit at the intersection of design engineering and product which means navigating multiple stakeholders competing priorities and complex dependencies. Youll bring it all together by working closely with engineers to drive features to completion building the processes and mechanisms that enable the team to scale and communicating the impact of what were building to the broader organization.

Were seeking someone who influences without authority and navigates complex organizational dynamics. Youll align stakeholders across multiple teams manage dependencies that span organizations and build consensus among groups with different priorities.

Key job responsibilities
- Partner with engineering to drive features to completion removing blockers and ensuring timely delivery
- Dive deep into technical implementations to understand constraints and drive clarity with engineering and product teams
- Establish scalable mechanisms and processes that enable the team to operate efficiently as it grows
- Own communications about the teams work from release notes to leadership updates to organizational announcements
- Drive cross-functional alignment and facilitate decision-making among stakeholders with competing priorities
- Serve as the primary coordinator between design system consumers and contributors building relationships that drive adoption
- Lead cross-organizational initiatives managing dependencies and driving consensus across team boundaries
- Identify and mitigate risks through proactive stakeholder engagement and transparent communication

A day in the life
Your primary focus is keeping the design system moving forward and making sure the right people know about it. Most days start with engineering whether thats a standup working through a blocker or reviewing a technical approach. From there youre often in cross-team conversations aligning stakeholders on priorities or brokering decisions when teams disagree. Youll spend time writing too from release notes to leadership updates to Slack messages that keep partners informed. Some days youll go beyond the usual and find yourself presenting to senior leadership onboarding a new partner team evangelizing the design system to a new area of the organization or troubleshooting an urgent issue that just came up. The work varies but youre always connecting people driving clarity and making sure nothing falls through the cracks.

About the team
We build and maintain the design systems and platforms that power AWS Marketings digital presence serving millions of customers worldwide. We also support key events and experiences across the organization. The team is composed of front-end engineers QA engineers and design technologists and we work closely with product and design partners in the same organization. Were constantly learning and experimenting with new technologies to bring the latest and greatest to customers. We value speed autonomy delivery and delightful customer experiences.

- 5 years of technical product or program management experience
- 6 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
- Experience working with design systems component libraries or front-end platform teams

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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 NY New York - 163600.00 - 221300.00 USD annually
USA WA Seattle - 148700.00 - 201200.00 USD annually