Senior Technical Program Manager, Amazon Redshift

Want to make database history Come and join the team that is building the most popular cloud data warehousing service in the world with tens of thousands of customers - Amazon Redshift. We are building the next generation data warehouse systems creating an impact on its hundreds of thousands of users and looking for top engineers to help shape the future. Amazon Redshift is the leading fully managed petabyte-scale data warehouse in the cloud. Using Amazon Redshift makes it simple and cost-effective to analyze all your data seamlessly.

As a Senior Technical Program Manager working with across all Redshift teams you will have the opportunity to drive programs related to Redshift releases customers tooling operations and infrastructure to support Redshift customers improve developer productivity and quality assurance across the AWS Redshift organization. You will take ownership on our overall strategy to drive engineering productivity ensure quality and security streamline builds and deployments and spearhead the organizations best practices. You will also enable building automation of critical operational functions that ensure thousands of servers across all AWS regions worldwide operate smoothly at massive scale and at lowest cost.

In this role you will collaborate with the engineering teams to deliver the best solutions with efficient use of resources and technologies. You will make strong business cases for project prioritization and investment. You will also assess risks anticipate bottlenecks make tradeoffs balance the business needs versus technical constraints and inspire risk-taking behavior to maximize business this role you will:
- Drive programs for various components and deployment of Redshift releases
- Drive programs related to Redshift customer management
- Drive programs related to Redshift development quality improvement release management and operations
- Clarify prioritize and drive project commitments as well as establish and maintain clear chains of accountability
- Articulate program goals desired outcomes risks and mitigation plan clearly
- Work closely with project stakeholders to understand their schedule cost functionality and quality requirements
- Assist engineering team managers in building accurate development schedules that account for cross-team dependencies and minimize delays
- Maintain and communicate the master cross-team project schedule. Collect analyze and report metrics that clearly and accurately reflect progress against planned goals and deliverables
- Ensure that schedule changes are tracked and communicated efficiently to the right people at the right cadence using regular weekly status reports daily updates during critical periods etc.
- Lead retrospectives that maximize learning and ensure that appropriate improvements are incorporated into our development processes.
Joining the Amazon Redshift team gives you the opportunity to:

- Work on a disruptive product thats still in its early stages
- Solve challenging problems that will revolutionize database computing in the cloud
- Build a product that will leverage the scale of resources available in the cloud
- Help enable the digital transformation of our 1000s of customers businesses which is at the forefront of leading CEOs minds

This is a unique and rare opportunity to get in on the ground floor with Redshift and work in an exciting startup environment. Come join us in reinventing database systems for the cloud!


About the team

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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

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status disability or other legally protected status.

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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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 CA East Palo Alto - 171000.00 - 231400.00 USD annually