Principal Technical Program Manager, Sponsored Products and Brands

Amazon • Seattle, WA

23h

About The Position

The Sponsored Products and Brands team at Amazon Ads is re-imagining the
advertising landscape through industry leading generative AI technologies,
revolutionizing how millions of customers discover products and engage with
brands across Amazon.com and beyond. We are at the forefront of re-inventing
advertising experiences, bridging human creativity with artificial intelligence
to transform every aspect of the advertising lifecycle from ad creation and
optimization to performance analysis and customer insights. We are a passionate
group of innovators dedicated to developing responsible and intelligent AI
technologies that balance the needs of advertisers, enhance the shopping
experience, and strengthen the marketplace. If you're energized by solving
complex challenges and pushing the boundaries of what's possible with AI, join
us in shaping the future of advertising.

The Sponsored Brands team at Amazon is building the next generation of brand
advertising products and platforms for advertisers. This role presents an
opportunity to join us at the ground floor of this transformation, which is
becoming a core part of Amazon's overall business strategy. You'll have
opportunities to deliver at the highest technical level, working with high
transactional loads, big data, modeling, and cross-stack product and UX design,
all directly connected to a marketplace of supply and demand. In this highly
visible role, you'll collaborate across multiple stakeholders within Ads and
Retail.

We are seeking an entrepreneurial TPM who has experience managing large-scale
global products, with a proven track record in developing visions, defining
strategies, and building programs and features from the ground up. You should
have experience creating product visions and roadmaps, along with a demonstrated
ability to develop strategic visions based on rigorous analytics. Beyond
defining, developing, and driving the roadmap and three-year plan for
brand-focused commerce products, you will be responsible for leading new product
ideation and development that impacts millions of creators and viewers daily.
You will manage the lifecycle of complex cross-functional technology
initiatives, balancing both tactical and strategic work while unblocking teams,
increasing delivery speed, and negotiating resources and priorities.

Requirements

• 7+ years of working directly with engineering teams experience
• 7+ years of technical product or program management experience
• 5+ years of software development experience
• Experience designing or architecting (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems
• Experience managing programs across cross functional teams, building processes and coordinating release schedules
• Experience owning/driving roadmap strategy and definition

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
• Experience in an online advertising role and have familiarity with advertising products and ad serving technologies

Responsibilities

• You will play a pivotal role in managing projects at all stages: inception, design, development, deployment and subsequent improvements.
• You will tackle challenging problems and coordinate high profile projects across multiple teams to ensure customer and business goals are met.
• You will interface across product, science, and engineering teams within the advertising and retail organizations.
• You will drive mechanisms that allow the team to move quickly and deliver strong results.
• You will operate with a high degree of autonomy and efficiency.
• You'll be responsible for project management - prioritize, plan projects and features, manage partners, and track external commitments.
• You will recommend alternative technical approaches and partner with product, science, and engineering teams to meet timelines.
• You will actively role model the use of GenAI to make the team more efficient.

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