Sr. Technical Program Manager, Amazon Leo Country Expansion

Amazon • Redmond, WA

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About The Position

Amazon LEO is an initiative to increase global broadband access through a
constellation of 3,236 satellites in low Earth orbit (LEO). Its mission is to
bring fast, affordable broadband to unserved and underserved communities around
the world. Amazon LEO will help close the digital divide by delivering fast,
affordable broadband to a wide range of customers, including consumers,
businesses, government agencies, and other organizations operating in places
without reliable connectivity.

The Amazon LEO team is looking for a Sr. Technical Program Manager with
experience in driving Global expansion of products/business units. The role will
interface with cross-functional product, business, and engineering teams to
develop robust solution to expand to new geographies that will go into
Satellites and Ground equipment/terminals. Join us and make a difference in the
lives of people around the world.

Requirements

• 5+ years of technical product or program management experience
• 7+ years of working directly with engineering teams 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
• Due to applicable export control laws and regulations, candidates must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e., current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.

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

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with engineering leaders both within Leo and broader Amazon to create project execution plans for international expansion.
• Work with business, legal, accounting, and go-to-market teams to develop clear test and readiness criteria and plans.
• Work with engineering and product/program management to track and report out launch status.
• Drive engineering project execution, make technical trade-off recommendations, understand the technical challenges, enable solutions, track and report on status, and resolve blocking issues.
• Own visibility into launch status by proactively communicating progress, risks, and blockers to key stakeholders and leadership.

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