Sr. Technical Program Manager, Alexa Smart Home
Amazon.com Services LLC•3h ago
United StatesOnsite$171K–$231.4KFull-timeSenior Level7+ yrs exp
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Program ManagerTechnical Program Manager
- The Alexa Smart Home team is looking for a passionate, results-oriented Technical Program Manager who will be responsible for delivering engaging and innovative smart home features for our customers. Do you enjoy the challenge and ownership that comes from driving complex, cross-functional and cross-organizational projects? Are you equally comfortable digging into business requirements, product planning
- drilling into technical architecture and design? This job may be for you! Key job responsibilities This role requires hands-on project management skills, deep technical expertise
- excellent leadership skills. You will be responsible for collecting requirements from internal and external customers, driving projects from design to release
- managing the production launch. In this role, you will: - Work with engineers and technical leaders to identify best practices for building resilient systems - Develop and maintain strong working relationships with technical and non-technical teams and stakeholders - Drive effective cross-functional teamwork, communication, collaboration
- commitments across multiple disparate groups with competing priorities - Participate in and support system design - Own successful delivery of large, impactful
- highly cross-functional program initiatives while simultaneously tracking a set of smaller projects - Lead and contribute to weekly, monthly and quarterly business reviews, able to create, maintain and disseminate clear and concise program updates to stakeholders across multiple organizations - Anticipate bottlenecks, provide escalation management, anticipate and make tradeoffs
- balance business needs with technical constraints - Collaborate with business stakeholders to develop program and product requirements A day in the life You will work with product and partner stakeholders to define customer facing features. You'll manage feature delivery from end to end by guiding product, engineering, QA and partners. You'll dive into customer experience, requirements, engineering plans. You'll guide the product, engineering, science and operations teams to develop experiences at the edge, in the cloud
- integrate them into consumer services.
- 7+ years of working directly with engineering teams experience - 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
- 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 KPI's/SLA's 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 Company’s reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner. 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 https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits . USA, CA, Sunnyvale - 171,000.00 - 231,400.00 USD annually
Required skills
project managementsoftware developmentprogram managementcross-functional teamworkstakeholder management