Principal Technical Program Manager, Amazon LEO

Amazon•Redmond, WA

21d

About The Position

Join Amazon Leo as a Principal Technical Program Manager driving innovative eCommerce solutions from concept to launch in a fast-paced, startup-like environment. You'll lead critical user acceptance testing and product launch initiatives for Amazon Leo, working at the intersection of technology, product development, and business operations. This role requires exceptional technical program management skills to navigate complex cross-functional dependencies while maintaining rapid delivery cadence. Your expertise in driving 0-1 product launches will be instrumental as you collaborate with engineering teams, product managers, and business stakeholders across Amazon's ecosystem. You'll leverage strong product sense and technical acumen to resolve ambiguities, create scalable processes, and ensure successful delivery of foundational eCommerce features and customer experiences that define Amazon Leo's future. Your day begins with coordinating UAT execution activities across engineering, product, and business partners for upcoming Leo product launches. You'll participate in technical and product meetings to disambiguate complex functional requirements and ensure test readiness. Afternoons involve status reporting to executive leadership, creating documentation for program reviews and monthly business / roadmap reviews, and planning exercises with your team. Throughout the day, you'll establish mechanisms to unblock cross-functional dependencies and maintain the rapid delivery pace essential in this startup-like environment. Our team sits at the heart of Amazon Leo's product and services organization, responsible for supporting Leo product development from general availability launch through international expansion. We drive foundational eCommerce features, enhance Leo customer experiences, and manage overall user acceptance testing and launch readiness activities. The team collaborates extensively across engineering, business operations, product, marketing, and external Amazon organizations including accounting, legal, finance, compliance, and AWS. We work in an inclusive environment with a startup mentality, focused on driving innovation at Amazon scale while maintaining agility and speed.

Requirements

10+ years of technical product or program management experience
10+ years of hands-on work managing complex technology projects experience
5+ years of working directly with engineering teams experience
Experience managing programs across cross functional teams, building processes and coordinating release schedules
Experience owning/driving roadmap strategy and definition

Nice To Haves

Experience in architectural design or system design independent of an architect

Responsibilities

Define business and technical requirements while clarifying ambiguities, establishing delivery scope, timeline, roadmap and milestones for Amazon Leo product launches
Drive user acceptance testing execution and launch readiness across engineering, product, and business partners including accounting, legal, finance, and compliance teams
Make appropriate trade-offs between opportunity, resources, and timeline while optimizing return-on-investment in a fast-paced, evolving environment
Communicate project status and technical decisions to senior leadership through executive forums, working backward reviews, and bi-weekly business reviews
Proactively identify risks, bottlenecks, and roadblocks; initiate technical deep dives and organize working sessions to solve problems and unblock teams.