Sr. Technical Program Manager - Amazon Photos, Amazon Photos

Amazon • Seattle, WA

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About The Position

We are seeking an experienced Senior Technical Program Manager to drive critical
initiatives across Amazon Photos services. The right candidate will have both a
strong technical background and demonstrated experience in technical management
or program/product management. You will partner with engineers, TPMs, Product
Managers, and senior leadership to create world-class solutions that delight
millions of customers globally.

You love inventing on behalf of customers and thrive in both start-up and mature
business environments. You are truth-seeking, willing to operate strategically
while also rolling up your sleeves to get the job done. You demonstrate a high
degree of product ownership and are passionate about innovation. No idea is too
big for you to consider, and no task is too small for you to deliver on.

As a Senior TPM, you will lead collaboration across multiple teams and
organizations, driving the planning, architecture, and delivery of high-quality
customer experiences. You will work on initiatives spanning backend services,
client applications, and integrations with Amazon's broader device ecosystem
including Echo Show, Fire TV, Fire Tablet, and future products. Your role
requires coordinating across engineering, product, QA, marketing, and UX teams
to ensure we are building scalable, long-term technical solutions while meeting
our commitments.

Amazon Photos helps consumers preserve and re-live their memories. The service
comes with unlimited photo storage for Prime members and apps are available on
iOS, Android, Web, Desktop, Fire Tablet & Fire TV. The service is also
integrated into Alexa devices such as Echo Show. We have ambitious goals to
scale growth and adoption of the service around the world and delight our
customers with a great product.

Requirements

• 5+ years of technical product or program management 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 building and evaluating system-level technical design
• Experience developing and executing/delivering product and technical roadmaps

Nice To Haves

• Experience leading highly technical programs involving infrastructure, complex systems, systems engineering
• Experience defining KPI's/SLA's used to drive multi-million dollar businesses and reporting to senior leadership
• Experience designing and developing robust and scalable software and services in multimedia areas

Responsibilities

• Lead cross-functional program execution, partnering with engineering, product, and business teams to deliver customer-facing features and foundational services
• Drive architectural decisions and technical planning for complex, large-scale systems handling massive data sets and ML model serving
• Anticipate bottlenecks, provide escalation management, and make tradeoffs balancing customer needs, business requirements, and technical constraints
• Break down large, complex projects into manageable pieces, develop functional specifications, and deliver them successfully and on time
• Coordinate and plan across multiple teams, finding technical solutions that span services and applications
• Cultivate relationships and earn trust with teams both inside and outside your organization, using diverse unblocking tools and mechanisms
• Lead Think Big processes, ensuring the organization looks around corners and plans the right investments
• Identify and create mechanisms that raise the bar on quality and speed of delivery
• Gather high-quality requirements and drive toward optimal architectural outcomes
• Track and communicate the path to delivery within and across the organization

Benefits

• Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $133,900/year in our lowest geographic market up to $231,400/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits [https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits]. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed