Sr. Technical Program Manager, Audio + Podcast Ads

Description:
Want to work in a start-up environment with the resources of Amazon behind you This is your chance to have a positive impact on millions of Amazon customers worldwide while working with industry-leading technologies. Were building an engineering team in New York to support our new Podcast Advertising business Were looking for a passionate team-oriented and talented Senior Software Engineer with experience leading and building innovative sophisticated platforms and experiences that customers love. This is a unique opportunity to get in early and drive significant portions of the technical roadmap.

About Us:
Podcast Ads is an exciting new program that is pioneering new experiences to help brands (sellers vendors influencers) have a presence on digital audio services. We help advertisers reach Amazon customers across our owned and operated and other leading high-quality services across millions of Alexa mobile and desktop devices. If youre interested in joining a rapidly growing team working to build a unique world-class advertising group with a relentless focus on the customer youve come to the right place.

About the role:
As a Sr. TPM you will influence the software development process across multiple engineering teams working in parallel. Successful candidates will have a strong technical background be detail-oriented have excellent communication skills and pose a deep understanding of system or service architecture and implementation details. You will have a consistent record of ownership of complex projects and demonstrated the ability to earn the trust of your partners. Candidates technical expertise and operational excellence will raise the bar and influence the teams decisions and drive secure and robust solutions which have great customer experience.



- Bachelors degree in engineering computer science or equivalent
- 5 years of technical product or program management 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
- Experience building and evaluating system-level technical design
- Experience developing and executing/delivering product and technical roadmaps

- 5 years of project management disciplines including scope schedule budget quality along with risk and critical path management experience
- 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 NY New York - 163600.00 - 221300.00 USD annually