Technical Program Manager III - AMZ9676930

Amazon•Seattle, WA

7d•$148,700 - $201,200•Onsite

About The Position

This role is for a Technical Program Manager III within Amazon.com Services LLC, focusing on the Peak Capacity Initiative. This high-priority program aims to increase fulfillment capacity during peak business periods, such as the 2026 Peak season. The initiative involves exploring all opportunities to add capacity quickly, including compressing execution schedules of in-flight fulfillment center launches and retrofits, deploying temporary assets, and increasing throughput in the existing fulfillment network. The Technical Program Manager III will establish the program management framework, develop integrated schedules, and coordinate internal and external execution teams, business owners, and operations teams. They will have the technical depth to resolve design, integration, and operational issues for automated material handling equipment, ensuring programs meet schedule, cost, and quality targets. This includes selecting optimal sites, mitigating schedule delays, implementing design change requests, and accommodating regulatory or safety requirement changes. The role involves organizing and leading all stages of program execution, from collecting business requirements and translating them into functional and technical specifications, through design alignment, site selection, construction, firm engineering, and installation of material handling equipment. Additionally, the employee will develop and maintain the program management framework, including goals, tenets, meeting cadence, tracking and reporting standards, and escalation protocols. They will organize project intake, vet opportunities, conduct technical feasibility reviews, and perform financial assessments for region-level capacity proposals for senior leadership. Following project selection, the employee will track progress, resolve technical and organizational issues, and prepare regular SVP-level updates and escalations, addressing issues like resource constraints, conflicting priorities, vendor capacity limitations, and adjustments to Amazon policies. The role also involves coordinating and managing technical project and program development throughout the product development lifecycle, defining projects, collecting business requirements, writing functional and technical specifications, driving product development efforts, managing priorities, creating schedules, identifying and communicating risks, defining mitigation strategies, and facilitating engineering solutions, as well as managing cross-functional teams and/or third-party vendors.

Requirements

Master's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field and one year of experience in the job offered or as a Project Lead, Product Manager, Software Engineer, or a related occupation.
Employer will accept a Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field and five years of experience in the job offered or a related occupation as equivalent to the Master's degree and one year of experience.
Must have one year of experience in managing technical projects from design to production, executing complex programs end-to-end.
Must have one year of experience in coordinating cross-functional teams in hardware or software engineering.
Must have one year of experience in building sustainable processes, developing program schedules, and driving architecture, engineering, and integration decisions and timelines.

Responsibilities

Establishes the program management framework, develops the integrated schedule, and continuously coordinates internal and external execution teams, business owners responsible for network topology, and operations teams who will run the facilities.
Has the technical depth to independently resolve design, integration, and operational issues for automated material handling equipment, ensuring programs meet schedule, cost, and quality targets.
Organizes and leads all stages of program execution, from collecting business requirements and translating them into functional and technical specifications, through design alignment, site selection, construction, firm engineering, and installation of material handling equipment.
Develops and maintains the program management framework, including goals and tenets, meeting cadence, tracking and reporting standards, and escalation protocols.
Organizes project intake, vets and shortlists promising opportunities, conducts technical feasibility reviews, and performs financial assessments to support region-level capacity proposals for senior leadership.
Tracks progress across all projects, resolves technical and organizational issues, and prepares regular SVP-level updates and escalations.
Coordinate and manage technical project and program development throughout the complete product development lifecycle.
Define projects, collect business requirements, and write functional and technical specifications.
Drive product development efforts and manage priorities for project/program completion.
Create schedules, identify and communicate risks to stakeholders, define risk mitigation strategies, and facilitate appropriate engineering solutions.
Manage cross-functional teams and/or third party-vendors for implementation of project/program requirements.