Senior Technical Program Manager, GenAI Games, Amazon Games GenAI & Strategic Initiatives

Amazon • Seattle, WA

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About The Position

The Amazon Games GenAI team is seeking a hands-on Senior Technical Program
Manager to help us deliver innovative Gen AI games that unlock new types of
gameplay. In this role, you will work across a portfolio of AI games at
different phases of the production lifecycle, acting as the connective tissue
across GenAI tooling and capabilities, AWS, and studio teams. Your role will
include helping onboard developers to our AI services with playbooks and clear
guidelines on responsible AI usage, shaping our product roadmap, and assessing
the partner landscape as we identify the best models and tools to power our use
cases.

The ideal candidate has technical game development or adjacent experience and is
passionate about the potential of GenAI in the creative space. They can operate
in highly complex and ambiguous environments that involve cross-functional
partnership, knowledge of industry trends, and comfort defining new products
with new technology. This is an exciting opportunity to work in a dynamic
environment where you’ll shape the future of gaming with AI.

Requirements

• 7+ years of working directly with engineering teams experience
• 5+ years of technical product or program management experience
• 3+ years of software development experience
• 5+ years of technical program management working directly with software engineering teams experience
• Experience managing programs across cross functional teams, building processes and coordinating release schedules
• Experience in Games Industry (supporting title Development, Release, or Live Ops)

Nice To Haves

• 5+ years of project management disciplines including scope, schedule, budget, quality, along with risk and critical path management experience
• Experience managing projects across cross functional teams, building sustainable processes and coordinating release schedules
• Experience defining KPI's/SLA's used to drive multi-million dollar businesses and reporting to senior leadership
• Strong technical fluency in Generative AI, including a deep understanding of large language models (LLMs), AI model behavior, and trade-offs (e.g., model size, latency, cost, and output quality).

Responsibilities

• Program Management: Lead end-to-end program management across a portfolio of Gen AI-powered game launches
• Stakeholder Coordination: Coordinate with game studios, external vendors, and cross-functional partners (Product, Engineering, Legal, Marketing, PR and more) ensuring alignment on project milestones, timelines, and deliverables.
• Technical Integration: Oversee technical integration of Gen AI features into game development pipelines as well as internal workflows ensuring compatibility and optimal performance.
• Developer Support: Help onboard developers to our AI tools and services by providing guidance and creating launch playbooks
• Launch Strategy: Develop and execute launch strategies, including marketing collaboration, user feedback loops, and post-launch support.
• Vendor Analysis and Management: Maintain a pulse on the AI tooling landscape and continually analyze best tools for our use cases and manage the vendor partnership process
• Performance Monitoring: Establish metrics and dashboards for performance and cost management

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