Principal Tech Program Manager - AMZ9675260

Amazon • Sunnyvale, CA

2d • $215,379 - $275,300 • Onsite

About The Position

Amazon.com is seeking a Principal Tech Program Manager to coordinate and manage technical programs across multiple cross-functional teams. This role involves leading the program development of large-scale, distributed software applications, systems, platforms, services, or technologies using Object Oriented coding and design (Java, C++, Perl, HTML) throughout the complete software development lifecycle. The position requires defining program success metrics, establishing projects, collecting business requirements, and writing functional and technical specifications. The Principal Tech Program Manager will drive software development efforts, manage priorities for project/program completion, and perform software application performance tuning. This role acts as both a builder and operator, balancing speed-to-market with sustainable mechanisms for the software development lifecycle. Responsibilities include refining processes, defining new mechanisms, identifying risks, proposing technical solutions, and managing dependencies. The role also involves creating schedules, communicating risks to stakeholders, defining risk mitigation strategies, and facilitating software engineering solutions. Additionally, the Principal Tech Program Manager will manage cross-functional teams and/or third-party vendors for implementation of project/program requirements.

Requirements

• Master’s degree or foreign equivalent degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, Information Science, Business Administration or a related field and three years of experience in the job offered or a related occupation.
• Employer will accept a Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, Information Science, Business Administration or a related field and five years of progressive post-baccalaureate experience in the job offered or a related occupation.
• Must have three years of experience in managing projects across cross-functional teams, building sustainable processes, and coordinating new product release schedules from design to release for large-scale software applications.
• Must have three years of experience with Agile Project management using Scrum, Kanban, or Scrumban.
• Must have three years of experience presenting complex technical information concisely to executives and non-technical leaders.
• Must have three years of experience driving roadmap strategy and definition.
• Must have three years of experience partnering with product and program management teams.
• Must have three years of experience managing large scale project budgets.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and manage technical programs that span across multiple cross-functional teams.
• Lead the program development of large-scale, distributed software applications, systems, platforms, services, or technologies using Object Oriented coding and design (Java, C++, Perl, HTML) throughout the complete software development lifecycle, from design through release.
• Define program success metrics, establish projects, collect business requirements, and write functional and technical specifications.
• Drive software development efforts and manage priorities for project/program completion, including software application performance tuning.
• Act as both builder and operator, balancing speed-to-market and with sustainable mechanisms for the software development lifecycle.
• Refine processes and define net-new mechanisms, identify risks and propose technical solutions to address them, and wrestle dependencies to predictable outcomes.
• Create schedules, identify and communicate risks to stakeholders, define risk mitigation strategies, and facilitate appropriate software engineering solutions.
• Manage cross-functional teams and/or third party-vendors for implementation of project/program requirements.

Benefits

• equity
• sign-on payments
• other forms of compensation
• medical
• financial
• 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: Principal