Principal Technical Program Manager

Amazon • North Reading, MA

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About The Position

We're seeking exceptional talent to help develop the next generation of advanced
robotics systems that will transform automation at Amazon's scale. We're
building revolutionary robotic systems that combine innovative AI, sophisticated
control systems, and advanced mechanical design to create adaptable automation
solutions capable of working safely alongside humans in dynamic environments.
This is a unique opportunity to shape the future of robotics and automation at
an unprecedented scale, working with world-class teams pushing the boundaries of
what's possible in robotic manipulation, locomotion, and human-robot
interaction.

Requirements

• 5+ years of hands-on work managing complex technology projects experience
• 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
• Experience working in Scaled Agile Frameworks across HW/SW teams

Responsibilities

• Establishing a mechanism and cadence to manage the Amazon Industrial Robotic program
• Managing escalations or misalignments when there are risks to delivering committed services with high quality; facilitating/leading tradeoff decisions with customers, stakeholders, and partner teams when there are conflicting priorities
• Working with teams to determine whether a decision is a one-way or two-way door. Managing necessary discussions with customer and partner teams to manage expectations, impacts, and risks, associated with said decision(s)
• Ensuring role clarity and escalating to functional leadership when there are misalignments that impact delivering on commitments
• Developing and publishing a clear RACI to create transparency with customer teams and to drive ownership and accountability
• Coordinating across internal teams to ensure alignment and enablement of delivering deployment services
• Exercising strong technical judgement to influence and drive deployment methodology expertise to program level decisions
• Ability to understand scalability requirements and determine feasibility of technology deployments at scale – acting as the voice back to Product and Engineering teams to protect for those requirements on emerging technical products

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