Logistics Technical Program Mgr., AWS Cloud Logistics
Austin, TX - USA
Job Summary
The TIPM acts as project owner for PO-less payment systems infrastructure driving both near-term operational excellence and long-term digital transformation. You will operate with highly visible projects influence roadmaps across partner engineering teams and represent ACL Procurement at the design level. This role requires equal parts technical depth and business acumen; you must be as comfortable diving into system architecture as you are presenting trade-off decisions to senior leadership.
Key job responsibilities
- Define and maintain the multi-year roadmap for ACL P2P systems aligning priorities with business objectives
- Translate complex procurement and finance workflows into product requirements functional specifications and technical designs
- Drive partner adoption of PO-less payment processes coordinating onboarding of new spend categories and customer programs
- Serve as the single point of contact for P2P system integration programs coordinating across 10 cross-functional teams including engineering finance controllership legal and operations
- Lead end-to-end system integrations from functional design and technical parameter definition through UAT coordination and security approvals
- Provide informed feedback on deployment scenarios technical designs and build-vs-buy decisions in partnership with engineering teams
- Identify and eliminate inefficiencies in invoice processing payment approvals and exception handling through structured process mapping and failure mode analysis
- Design automated workflows leveraging AWS-native services and third-party tools incorporating compliance checkpoints threshold-based approvals and audit trails
- Build and maintain strong relationships with technical partners (engineering teams platform vendors such as Blue Yonder and Coupa) finance stakeholders and leadership
- Conduct impact assessments for system changes proactively identifying risks to payment continuity compliance posture and system dependencies
- Implement risk mitigation strategies including process audits automated validation checkpoints and structured exception escalation paths
A day in the life
You start the day triaging payment system exemptions and syncing with finance on aged invoices. Mid-morning youre in back-to-back sessions with engineering teams reviewing a a system integration design aligning on a UAT plan and unblocking a stalled payment pipeline. After lunch youre drafting business requirements for a new PO-less pay onboarding. The afternoon wraps with an MBR prep. Some days skew technical wth architecture reviews and UAT scripts. Others are strategic with roadmaps and vendor negotiations. Whats constant: youre always the one connecting business needs to technical execution.
About the team
AWS Cloud Logistics (ACL) manages a continuously evolving portfolio of shipments through a worldwide supply chain ensuring the right product lands at the right place at the right time and at the right cost. Our scope spans finished server racks loose gear spares and emerging programs driving efficiency across AWS logistics operations. The ACL Procurement team enables this network by sourcing cost-efficient transportation and warehousing solutions developing financial forecasts managing contracts with favorable terms and delivering cost visibility to stakeholders through metrics and reporting.
- Bachelors degree in supply chain business engineering finance or related technical or quantitative field or 4 years of industry work experience
- 5 years of program management logistics operations supply chain transportation or related field experience
- 7 years of working cross functionally across several teams experience or a MBA and 4 years of program or project management experience
- Experience with procure-to-pay (P2P) platforms transportation management systems (TMS) or enterprise logistics technology.
- Experience defining program strategy requirements and success metrics for infrastructure or technology initiatives.
- Experience communicating with and influencing senior leadership (Directors VPs) through written narratives and presentations.
- Masters degree in a related technical field
- Familiarity with enterprise procurement platforms (e.g. Coupa SAP Ariba) and source-to-pay processes.
- 8 years of technical program management experience in logistics transportation or global supply chain environments.
- Experience managing end-to-end procure-to-pay lifecycle programs including supplier onboarding contract management purchase order workflows and invoice automation.
- Experience with TMS platforms (e.g. Blue Yonder Oracle TM SAP TM) including carrier onboarding rate management load optimization and freight audit/settlement.
- Experience with EDI integrations (e.g.transaction sets) and carrier connectivity 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 TX Austin - 148700.00 - 201200.00 USD annually
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