Senior Technical Program Manager, Amazon Global Data Center Ops Central Insight and Analytics Team

About the Role

We are looking for a Senior Technical Program Manager to establish and lead delivery management for GDCOs Data & Analytics organization. This is a foundational role you will be the dedicated TPM on a team of data engineers analytics engineers BI engineers applied scientists and SDEs who provide data intelligence for Amazons global data center operation organization.

This is not a program management role where you own a specific technical deliverable. This is a delivery leadership role where you own the *system* by which the team ships work reliably communicates proactively and earns trust from operational leaders across the globe.

## What Youll Do

**Delivery Management & Execution:**
- Establish and own the end-to-end delivery framework: intake process prioritization methodology capacity planning sprint/delivery cadence and release management for the full data & analytics team
- Define and track SLA commitments for all major workstreams ensuring the team delivers on time or communicates proactively when timelines shift
- Manage the teams backlog driving prioritization decisions with leadership and ensuring high-value work is not blocked by low-value requests

**Stakeholder Management & Communication:**
- Serve as the primary delivery interface between the data team and its customers
- Own the stakeholder communication cadence: proactive status updates escalation paths and expectation management when priorities shift or timelines change
- Translate technical delivery status into business-relevant updates for non-technical leaders

**Cross-Team Coordination:**
- Coordinate across several functional pods (Embedded Analytics Self-Service Platform Engineering Data Quality Science) to manage dependencies resolve blockers and ensure cross-pod work ships cohesively
- Partner with the Embedded Analytics Manager to define the operating rhythm between embedded analysts and program teams they serve


Key job responsibilities
- **Intake & Prioritization Framework** how work enters the team how its prioritized and how decisions are made when demand exceeds capacity
- **Delivery SLAs & Quality Standards** the commitments we make to customers and the gates that ensure we meet them
- **Stakeholder Communication Cadence** the rhythm and channels through which customers get transparency into our work
- **Dependency & Risk Management** tracking cross-team dependencies (especially Boost migration) and surfacing risks before they become blockers
- **Delivery Metrics & Reporting** measuring and reporting on the teams delivery health to leadership
- **Backlog Health** ensuring the backlog is prioritized sized and aging is managed


About the team
GDCO (Global Data Center Operations) operates Amazons worldwide fleet the physical infrastructure that powers AWS Prime Alexa and every Amazon service. Our Data & Analytics team as a thought partner with all stakeholders and customers - provides the intelligence layer: operational metrics diagnostic analytics predictive models and AI-ready data infrastructure that drives critical business decisions.


- Bachelors degree in Computer Science Engineering a related field or equivalent experience
- 5 years of working directly with engineering teams experience
- Experience establishing delivery processes for mid-to-large size technical teams (intake prioritization SLAs quality gates)
- Experience managing programs with multiple concurrent workstreams and cross-functional dependencies
- Experience communicating technical delivery status to senior non-technical stakeholders (Director/VP level)
- Experience with data engineering or analytics ecosystems (ETL pipelines data warehouses BI tools dashboards)

- Masters degree in a technical field or Master of Business Administration
- Experience in data center operations infrastructure or field operations environments
- Experience managing delivery for teams undergoing organizational transformation (new operating models new team structures)
- Experience with embedded analytics or data science teams understanding how to measure impact beyond artifact delivery
- Familiarity with Amazon data tools (QuickSight Athena Redshift SageMaker Glue) or equivalent
- Experience with agile delivery at scale (SAFe Scrum of Scrums or similar)
- Experience with capacity planning and resource optimization across multiple concurrent programs

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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 WA Seattle - 148700.00 - 201200.00 USD annually