Please note that this is a contract role providing services to Amazon via Allegis Global Solutions. If you are selected for this role, you will be employed by AGS and will not be an employee of Amazon.

Job Description:

Are you looking to apply your education, partnership management, and/or program and event management expertise to impact the lives of Puget Sound students?

As Amazon’s philanthropic education team, we are responsible for leveraging Amazon's unique assets for good and to address select education barriers facing students from low-income or underrepresented communities. We design and build against what a child needs each day to show up at school, ready to learn and be prepared to pursue careers of the future. Learn more about our offerings through our flagship program, Amazon Future Engineer.

Amazon is seeking a Program Manager, ideally with a background in education-related partnerships and program management to support local on-the-ground education and career exploration experiences for K-12 students. This role will collaborate with our local education partners, including school districts and non-profits, as well as internal team members to manage and execute education-based events and programs that reach local underserved and underrepresented students.

Imagine coming to work to collaborate with passionate partners and provide local students with access to impactful educational experiences. If this sounds interesting to you, apply today! If interested, send resume to afe-contact@amazon.com with subject “Program Manager Job Inquiry”.

Key Responsibilities

Manage day-to-day program and project management for the team’s priority partnership programs, such as Amazon Career Quest High School Externship program, Amazon Career Discovery Days, and Hour of Code. Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Collaborating with internal and external partners to drive successful planning and execution of local education events and programs

• Leading overall project plans, including requirements gathering, event logistics, volunteer recruitment and training, on-site support, budget, payments, etc.

• Identifying any risks to program success, removing roadblocks, and escalating as needed

• Representing the team at in-person events, such as teacher trainings and school-based programs

• Collecting, analyzing, and reporting on engagement, satisfaction, and impact metrics of locally led programming, including providing inputs for internal review documents and budgets

• Updating internal and external stakeholders on progress and results

Basic qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree

• 5 years of experience in program and/or event management

• Experience with end to end program delivery

• Experience with customer service and stakeholder management.

• Passion for STEM/CS education and educational equity

• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills

• Strong analytical and quantitative skills; ability to use hard data and metrics to back up assumptions and evaluate outcomes

• Ability to deliver results in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment

• Self-starter, with proven experience of working on program/projects independently with minimal oversight.

• Innovative; loves to challenge status quo and improve on behalf of our customers and partners

Preferred Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience working in education or in supporting educational non-profits, especially those with a focus on equity.

• Demonstrated experience working with school district and non-profit partners.

Location: Seattle (Hybrid)

Contract Length: 10 months

Pay Range: $60-$67 per hour

AGS is an equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer (M/F/Disability/Veterans). We Will consider all applications without regard to race, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, genetic information or any other status protected by applicable law.