What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Technical Program Manager – Infrastructure Engineering, Studios Technology, Infrastructure Engineering position at Amazon?
DESCRIPTION
Are you interested in shaping the future of entertainment? Prime Video and Studios Technology is looking for entrepreneurial, innovative individuals who thrive on solving complex problems and scaling programs that directly support production workflows and the media supply chain. We're looking for a Sr Technical Program Manager that wants to shape the future of entertainment at Prime Video.
As a Prime Video technologist, you’ll have end-to-end ownership of programs, stakeholder engagement, and technical coordination required to deliver state-of-the-art experiences for our customers. You’ll work on fast-paced, high-impact initiatives that span platform reliability, cloud infrastructure, automation, and operational excellence.
Prime Video offers customers a vast collection of movies, series, and sports—all available to watch on hundreds of compatible devices. U.S. Prime members can also subscribe to 100 channels including Max, discovery , Paramount with SHOWTIME, BET , MGM , ViX , PBS KIDS, NBA League Pass, MLB.TV, and STARZ with no extra apps to download, and no cable required. Prime Video is just one of the savings, convenience, and entertainment benefits included in a Prime membership. More than 200 million Prime members in 25 countries around the world enjoy access to Amazon’s enormous selection, exceptional value, and fast delivery.
Key job responsibilities
Own the planning, execution, and delivery of highly visible, complex infrastructure programs across Studios Technology.
Define technical program goals and success metrics in partnership with engineering and product leads.
Break down large initiatives into manageable components and drive their delivery across multiple workstreams.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams globally to manage dependencies and ensure coordinated execution.
Build mechanisms that scale program delivery, including dashboards, operating reviews, communication frameworks, and risk management models.
Drive resolution of technical and operational issues through influence and judgment, escalating when needed to ensure alignment and velocity.
Use data to evaluate program health and prioritize improvements in delivery speed, quality, and reliability.
Lead and facilitate technical decision-making across multiple teams while aligning business and engineering goals.
Champion collaboration, transparency, and accountability across stakeholder groups with diverse perspectives and goals.
A day in the life
A day in the life of this Sr TPM includes driving alignment across engineering, product and operations to deliver scalable cloud infrastructure programs. You'll lead technical discussions, resolve blockers, and manage risks while keeping stakeholders informed through clear communications and metrics. Expect to dive deep into program health, prioritize competing initiatives and influence technical decisions that shape platform reliability. You'll coordinate across global teams, facilitate readiness and continuously improve how we build and deliver platforms that support the needs of our Studio.
About the team
The Studios Technology Services team supports our Media Supply Chain, business teams (production operations, post production, and marketing) and Amazon MGM Studios productions. Our Infrastructure Engineering team builds and sustains scalable platforms and solutions for our media workflows. We prioritize cloud-native patterns, scalability, security, cost-efficiency, and governance.
We're hiring a Senior Technical Program Manager to lead cross-functional programs that deliver these critical infrastructure capabilities. You’ll work across engineering, product, security, and operations teams to build and operationalize programs with long-term impact.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- 8 years of technical product or program management experience
- 3 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
- 5 years of analytical, quantitative, communication, and presentations experience
- Experience defining KPI's/SLA's used to drive multi-million dollar businesses and reporting to senior leadership
- Experience managing technical programs across cross-functional teams, building processes and coordinating release schedules
- Experience owning/driving roadmap strategy and definition
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- 8 years of project management disciplines including scope, schedule, budget, quality, along with risk and critical path management experience
- Experience leading highly technical programs involving infrastructure, complex systems, systems engineering
- Experience working directly with engineering teams
- Experience designing and developing robust and scalable software and services in multimedia areas
- Experience in project management disciplines including scope, schedule, budget, quality, along with risk and critical path management
Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status.
Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company’s reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
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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. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.
Salary : $133,900 - $231,400
