Senior Technical Program Manager, WW Books & Kindle Content, Kindle Royalty Costing, Publisher Experience
Amazon.com Services LLC•4h ago
United StatesOnsiteFull-timeSenior Level5+ yrs exp
H-1B verified · 2310 LCAs
Top focus
Program ManagerTechnical Program Manager
- Kindle has changed the way books are published, sold
- read across the globe. Independent authors are now able to publish and sell direct to readers through Kindle and print-on-demand offerings, enabling them to reach audiences never before available. Kindle readers are able to download any book in any language in sixty seconds. The Kindle Finance & Accounting Tech Engineering team is responsible for providing accurate and timely royalty calculations and accounting entries for all Kindle and print-on-demand book sales. Publishers and authors of all shapes and sizes rely on Amazon to correctly account for all book sales so that they are paid correctly. As a Senior Technical Program Manager, You will work closely with product managers, software development teams
- business teams to understand the domain and ensure that the design meet the requirements. You will need to be able to articulate technology choices and decisions to a diverse group and be able to influence them. In all, this role is an exciting mix of solid technical complexity, partnering with the business team
- delivery excellence. You will be ably supported by a team of engineers, product manager, program manager and senior leaders. There will be leadership growth opportunity. Successful candidates will have a technical background, be detail-driven, excellent program management capabilities
- have excellent problem solving abilities. You should not only be passionate about delivering effective, on-time solutions, but should also be obsessed with contributing to the development of high-performance teams through rigorous goal-setting, disciplined attention to performance metrics, continuous process improvement
- mentorship. This is a high impact position that will directly contribute to customer satisfaction in an area of incredible growth.
- 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 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
- other legally protected status. 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.
Required skills
program managementsoftware developmentproject management