Sr Technical Program Manager, Penrose Networks

Amazon • Santa Clara, CA

1d • $148,700 - $231,400 • Onsite

About The Position

AWS has been innovating on behalf of customers since 1995. Penrose Networks provide fast, reliable, and high-bandwidth connectivity inside the datacenters the power Amazon Web Services' cloud. Penrose Networks is looking for a Sr Technical Program Manager to join the team. In this role, you’ll collaborate with people across AWS to help us deliver the next generation of datacenter networking. You will own programs spanning multiple VP-level organizations, drive the development of new software components, network infrastructure designs, hardware designs, and business processes restructuring. You will directly contribute to make the next-generation of datacenter networking a reality. And you’ll experience an inclusive culture that welcomes bold ideas and empowers you to own them to completion. If are a program manager with deep technical understanding, you are never satisfied with the status quo, and you are passionate of new technologies and clean architecture, we encourage you to apply. The ideal candidate has a strong track record in technical project management, can lead deeply technical conversations about software and system development. They exhibit critical thinking, excellent problem solving, can drive outcomes independently and build effective relationship with other teams they do not have direct authority over.

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
• Deep technical understanding of system design and ability to code. Although this role does not require coding, you are expected to successfully drive highly technical conversations with engineers.

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
• Knowledge of software development practices and data center/infrastructure/networking technologies

Responsibilities

• Drive both software and network hardware programs to meet the ever-growing customer demand.
• Manage competing cross-organizational projects on a global scale.
• Interact cross-team with Software and Network Engineers, Managers, Technical Program Managers, and Data Center Technician, and Sr Leadership (Director and above).
• Run meetings, create and maintain timelines, and keep large, diverse groups informed of progress and obstacles.
• Proactively identify blockers and resolve them before they impact projects.
• Work with engineers to develop detailed and creative solutions to complex problems.
• Identify or create simple, scalable solutions for big problems.
• Drive simplification efforts in engineering and project/program management, and architectures to unblock innovation.
• Partner with multiple teams across various locations to ensure priorities are agreed and outcomes are delivered.

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
• sign-on payments
• restricted stock units (RSUs)

What This Job Offers

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