Princ. TPM - Service Planning, AWS Demand Planning

Amazon • Seattle, WA

3d

About The Position

The AWS Demand Planning team is looking for a Technical Program Manager to
facilitate planning EC2 infrastructure. This role will require the candidate to
work with internal customers to optimize their consumption of EC2 instances.
Specifically, this individual will impact the overall Amazon CapEx plan by:
working with the hundreds of AWS services & SDO teams to adopt different/new
instances, creating new metrics to monitor the efficiency of team's use of EC2,
and partnering with SDE teams in different orgs to decrease qualification times.
This role works on a team of several other planners who divide the software
teams into portfolios which allows the candidate to dive deep into the technical
aspects of AWS products. The ideal candidate is one who has worked at the
intersection of software engineering teams, finance, and supply chains; who can
understand constraints from each group and work between worlds to create
strategic plans to ensure EC2’s continued growth while optimizing for long-term
efficiency.

The AWS Demand Planning team is responsible for building forecasts/plans that
drive almost all of the CapEx spend for AWS, and will directly impact the
purchase of $billions of server components, data center power, and networking
equipment. The team is primarily composed of TPMs but we are the primary
customer of several SDE teams in EC2 and AWS Infrastructure who software to
improve the planning process.

AWS Utility Computing (UC) provides product innovations — from foundational
services such as Amazon’s Simple Storage Service (S3) and Amazon Elastic Compute
Cloud (EC2), to consistently released new product innovations that continue to
set AWS’s services and features apart in the industry. As a member of the UC
organization, you’ll support the development and management of Compute,
Database, Storage, Internet of Things (Iot), Platform, and Productivity Apps
services in AWS, including support for customers who require specialized
security solutions for customers who require specialized security solutions for
their cloud services.
Our team is dedicated to supporting new members. We have a broad mix of
experience levels and tenures, and we’re building an environment that celebrates
knowledge-sharing and mentorship. Our senior members enjoy one-on-one mentoring
and thorough, but kind, code reviews. We care about your career growth and
strive to assign projects that help our team members develop your engineering
expertise so you feel empowered to take on more complex tasks in the future.
AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the
qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates
to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path,
or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted
cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating —
that’s why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies
trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.
Here at AWS, it’s in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employee-led
affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empower us to be proud of our
differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences, including our
Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity)
conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness.
We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the
expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for flexibility as part of
our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home,
there’s nothing we can’t achieve in the cloud.

Requirements

• 7+ years of technical product or program management experience
• 10+ years of working directly with engineering teams experience
• 5+ years of software development experience
• Experience managing programs across cross functional teams, building processes and coordinating release schedules

Nice To Haves

• 8+ years of hands-on work managing complex technology projects experience
• Experience managing projects across cross functional teams, building sustainable processes and coordinating release schedules

Responsibilities

• Influencing other engineering organizations to make changes to their infrastructure roadmap.
• Matching supply of EC2 positions and server materials from supply chain partners to the types of demand that fit within those positions
• Quickly responding to changes in the roadmap based on supply availability, customer demand, or hardware engineering constraints.

Benefits

• 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
• parental leave

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed