Sr Technical Program Manager, Device OS

Job description

Description
The Device OS Team builds the OS Components which enable internal and external partners to launch Applications, Services, and Devices that our customers love.

As a Technical Program Manager you will engage with an experienced cross-disciplinary staff to conceive and design innovative consumer products.

The Role:

- Work with key stakeholders in product management and executive teams to define strategy and requirements.
- Lead cross functional development on new technology from design through delivery.
- Work with remote teams to deliver supporting software and services in sync with launch timelines.

Communicate regularly with senior management on status, risks and change control.

Key job responsibilities
- Lead multiple, complex cross-functional initiatives simultaneously from initiation through delivery.

Involves anticipating bottlenecks, providing escalation management and communicating status broadly across all levels.
- Make tradeoffs while balancing the business needs with technical constraints.
- Work closely with product and engineering teams to define near term and long term product roadmap.
- Create mechanisms to drive timely, accurate, and comprehensive project execution.
- Create clarity, eliminate obstacles and drive issue resolution to ensure deliverables & timelines are met.
- Drive continuous improvement efforts to ensure delivery mechanisms get better over time.
- Serve as a trusted advisor to product and engineering team.

About the team

The Device OS team invents ways to help customers develop complex applications deployed on multiple device types.

Developer experience ensures the software product is fully usable, well-designed, functional, and easy to navigate.

This role interacts with multiple teams and will be responsible for external developers management including the product externalization process and the developer portal to cover learning materials and tutorials, well-written documentation, reference apps etc.
Basic Qualifications
- 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
Preferred Qualifications
- 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.

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If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets.

The base pay for this position ranges from $133,900/year in our lowest geographic market up to $231,400/year in our highest geographic market.

Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

Amazon is a total compensation company.

Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits.

For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits .

This position will remain posted until filled.

Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.

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