Sr. Technical Program Manager, Automotive

This job is with Amazon, an inclusive employer and a member of myGwork – the largest global platform for the LGBTQ+ business community. Please do not contact the recruiter directly.DESCRIPTION:Amazon Autos is on an exciting venture to revolutionize the automotive shopping experience. Come join our team and build new automotive discovery and shopping products that connect customers with their vehicle of choice. We're looking for a talented Senior Technical Program Manager to join our team of product managers, designers, and engineers to conceive, design, and develop innovative automotive-shopping experiences for our customers.Key job responsibilitiesThe right candidate will possess strong technical skills and have demonstrated experience in leading teams who own medium to large distributed services. You must be able to thrive in an entrepreneurial environment and not be hindered by ambiguity or competing priorities. You must be able to communicate up, down, and out to both technical and business audiences. You must be able to successfully drive, architect and scale services based on the program vision, anticipate bottlenecks, and balance business needs against technical constraints. You must take complex challenges and break them down into manageable projects, then work with technologists to prototype and engineering to deliver them in a successful and timely manner. You must be able to de-risk situations by taking a pragmatic approach and be willing to take calculated bets.This opportunity requires excellent technical, problem-solving, and communication skills (written and verbal) with senior management on status, risks and strategy. Qualified candidates must have experience collecting requirements, writing detailed functional and test specifications, coordinating efforts to scope, schedule, and deploy new features; as well as analyze the cost/benefit of feature selection and communicating results throughout the organization. In this role you would be interfacing with your immediate multi-discipline team, building relationships with partners across Amazon (ex. Advertising, Consumer, AWS, Alexa and Devices) and communicate across diverse areas of the org (e.g., legal, regulatory, finance, PR). You will be leveraging a variety of technologies, own your projects end-to-end and help build and refine exciting new automotive experiences for Amazon.A day in the lifeAs a Sr. Technical Program Manager on this team, you will lead the technical planning, coordination, architecture, and implementation of multiple programs across this new automotive shopping initiative. You will manage the lifecycle (architecture, design, implementation, documentation and measurement) of software teams that are delivering for the programs you manage. You will work alongside Creatives, Designers, Program Managers, Product Managers, and engineers. You will collaborate with teams across Amazon on the planning and execution of complex and highly-technical projects with high impact and visibility.About the teamThis role is on a newly formed team with a vision to create innovative automotive discovery and shopping experiences on Amazon, providing customers better convenience and more selection.BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:- 7+ years of working directly with engineering teams experience- 5+ years of technical product or program management 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- Experience owning/driving roadmap strategy and definitionPREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:- 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 leadershipOur inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit for more information. If the country/region you're applying in isn't listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.