TPM, AWS SMGS - Planning Tools, AWS SMGS Ops AFX- Planning Tools

Amazon • Arlington, VA

19d

About The Position

The AWS Sales, Marketing, and Global Services (SMGS) Planning Tools team is
seeking a passionate, innovative, results-oriented Sr. Technical Program Manager
(TPM) to deliver solutions that make it simpler for our field team to manage and
operate at scale. As a Sr. TPM on the team, you'll contribute to defining and
building the next go-to-market (GTM) platform for the AWS Sales organization. In
addition to working with the latest AWS technologies, you'll have the
opportunity to innovate in the space of Sales Planning and Management.

Our team manages a portfolio of complex, high-impact, and intelligent planning
tools, with an exciting multi-year product roadmap. These are global,
enterprise-level applications that are early and mid-stage in their lifecycle,
and include both first-party and third-party products. Our team is seeking a
talented, innovative Sr. Technical Program Manager with exceptional invent and
simplify skillset, problem-solving abilities, clear communication skills, think
big mindset, and the ability to translate customer and business needs into
inventive software solutions.

This role offers a challenging and highly visible position responsible for
managing multiple projects and driving results across teams. You will be
responsible for identifying stakeholders, working with leadership to develop a
vision, executing projects, and delivering on our goals.

Successful candidates will have a strong technical background, be
detail-oriented, have excellent problem-solving and communication abilities, and
possess a deep understanding of product design and implementation details. The
candidate's technical expertise and operational excellence will raise the bar,
influence the team's decisions, and drive secure and robust solutions with
excellent customer experience.

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

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

• Understand project requirements by partnering closely with product managers, engineers, and key stakeholders
• Collaborate with engineering teams to assess level-of-effort requirements
• Build project plans and sprint schedules based on engineering team bandwidth
• Manage dependencies both inside and outside the team to provide timely answers, unblock the team, and execute according to the aligned project plan and business deadlines
• Identify and escalate risks while managing issue resolution
• Implement project management best practices, establish appropriate processes, and align with existing processes to deliver results
• Earn trust from engineering teams, stakeholders, and leadership
• Set up Jira and other tools for capturing requirements and managing projects

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