Sr. Technical Program Manager, Infrastructure, Amazon Leo

Amazon • Arlington, VA

23h

About The Position

Amazon Leo is Amazon’s low Earth orbit satellite broadband network. Its mission
is to deliver fast, reliable internet to customers and communities around the
world, and we’ve designed the system with the capacity, flexibility, and
performance to serve a wide range of customers, from individual households to
schools, hospitals, businesses, government agencies, and other organizations
operating in locations without reliable connectivity.

Export Control : This position requires that the candidate selected be a U.S.
Citizen in order to comply with U.S. government-imposed requirements related to
the nature of the work and/or where it will be performed.

We are seeking a highly experienced technical program manager to drive the
development and deployment of critical enterprise infrastructure across our
rapidly scaling operations. This role will be instrumental in establishing
standardized infrastructure deployment practices, managing complex
cross-functional programs, and ensuring operational readiness across multiple
facilities and technical environments.

A successful candidate is a self-starter who thrives in a start-up environment,
has a passion for scaling operations, and possesses a strong background in
technology infrastructure program management, network systems,
telecommunications, security systems, and communications distribution design and
delivery.

This role requires 25-50% travel.

Requirements

• 5+ years of program management or technical project management experience
• Experience using data and metrics to determine and drive improvements
• Experience owning program strategy, end to end delivery, and communicating results to senior leadership

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

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end infrastructure readiness programs across solution development and deployment initiatives
• Develop and maintain comprehensive infrastructure deployment roadmaps aligned with business milestones
• Drive standardization of infrastructure deployment processes and technical specifications.
• Create and manage integrated project schedules across multiple workstreams
• Establish and track program KPIs, ensuring visibility and accountability
• Provide feasibility assessment, scoping, and requirements definition across projects
• Lead technical due diligence, risk assessment, and programming for infrastructure delivery
• Manage WAN service feasibility studies, bid analysis, and last-mile construction
• Drive network, server, and wireless infrastructure design, hardware planning, and commissioning
• Oversee security systems deployment and integration
• Ensure infrastructure requirements are met during facility design, permitting, and construction
• Lead communications distribution design and low voltage integration efforts
• Act as technical liaison between internal engineering teams and project engineering vendors
• Lead quarterly business reviews with engineering vendors
• Partner with product managers and engineering teams on infrastructure systems development
• Build and maintain strong relationships with cross-functional teams including facilities, networking, security, and operations
• Drive evolution of program management procedures and design standards
• Implement best practices for infrastructure deployment and scaling
• Develop and maintain documentation for deployment processes and technical standards
• Lead operational readiness reviews and system acceptance testing
• Establish metrics and reporting frameworks for infrastructure programs

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