Principal Technical Program Manager, Alexa Audio
About The Position
In Alexa Audio, we offer skillsets to enable seamless integration of 1P / 3P audio (Music, Podcast, books) with Alexa devices. We work across all verticals that Alexa Audio supports, partnering with providers such as Spotify , iheartradio , Apple , Amazon music, and many others to provide services on Alexa devices and more realize their product vision at what they do best. Alexa Audio is dedicated to ensuring that Alexa, the assistant service used by millions of customers every day, is able to provide seamless integration with Audio providers across the world. As the Principal TPM for Alexa Audio, you'll help shape the technical, product, and execution vision for one of Amazon's fastest-growing businesses. You will be a technical lead on our cross-functional projects. You will ensure quality of architecture and design of systems. Functionally decompose complex problems into simple, straight-forward solutions. Align project deliverables with target Quality and functionality and on time release. You are a person that has thrived and succeeded in delivering high quality technology products/services in a hyper-growth environment where priorities shift fast. You exert technical influence on the core platform teams , external dev teams and partners, increasing their productivity and effectiveness by sharing your knowledge and experience. In this role, you will be part of a startup like culture with the stability of an established industry leader. You will get support and resources from some of the smartest people in the industry to continue learning. You will build software that will materially improve people’s lives.
Requirements
- 10+ years of working directly with engineering teams experience
- 7+ years of technical product or program management 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
- Work across a diverse set of stakeholder organizations to prioritize and manage large development projects
- Partner with external companies to bring Alexa to their devices
- Connect the dots across many sub-teams to ensure consistent execution
- Track and report data, and manage organizational mechanisms, to help stakeholders understand the business
- Report on team status across several executive communication channels
- Ensure quality of architecture and design of systems
- Functionally decompose complex problems into simple, straight-forward solutions
- Align project deliverables with target Quality and functionality and on time release
- Exert technical influence on the core platform teams , external dev teams and partners, increasing their productivity and effectiveness by sharing your knowledge and experience
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
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Principal
Education Level
No Education Listed
