What are the responsibilities and job description for the Sr. Technical Program Manager - Photos on Devices, Amazon Photos position at Amazon?
DESCRIPTION
Amazon Photos is looking for a Sr Technical Program Manager (TPM) to lead Photos on Devices programs.
Amazon Photos helps consumers preserve and re-live their memories. The service comes with unlimited photo storage for Prime members and apps are available on iOS, Android, Web, Desktop, Fire Tablet & Fire TV. The service is also integrated into Alexa devices such as Echo Show. We have ambitious goals to scale growth and adoption of the service around the world and delight our customers with a great product.
WHO YOU ARE
You love inventing on behalf of customers and collaborating with creators of many disciplines to deliver experiences which are loved by millions of people. You are looking for a place to apply your technical and program management expertise, filling a critical role along side mission-driven engineering, QA, product, marketing and UX teams. You know how to improve the quality and speed of delivery by gathering high quality requirements, driving toward the right architectural outcomes, and by identifying, tracking and communicating the path to delivery within and across the organization. Always looking for ways for us to improve, you identify and create mechanisms which will help us raise the bar on the next release.
YOUR SKILLS
As a Sr. TPM, you will anticipate bottlenecks, provide escalation management, anticipate and make tradeoffs, and balance customer and business needs against technical constraints. An ability to take large, complex projects and break them down into manageable pieces, develop functional specifications, then deliver them in a successful and timely manner. Maturity, high judgment, negotiation skills, ability to influence, analytical talent and leadership are essential to success in this role.
Key job responsibilities
- You will lead the collaboration between the Amazon Photos team and our colleagues in the Devices organization, inventing and delivering delightful Photos experiences on world-changing products like the Echo Show, Fire TV, Fire Tablet, and new products yet to be invented.
- You will work with our engineering, product and QA teams to make sure we are architecting, planning, and on track to deliver high quality customer experiences, making scalable long-term technical decisions while meeting our commitments.
- Your role will require coordinating and planning across multiple teams, finding technical solutions which span backend and client applications.
- In becoming the organization’s expert on how we deliver products on Amazon Devices, you will lead Think Big processes, making sure we are looking around corners and planning to make the right investments.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- 5 years of technical product or program management 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 building and evaluating system-level technical design
- Experience developing and executing/delivering product and technical roadmaps
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience leading highly technical programs involving infrastructure, complex systems, systems engineering
- Experience defining KPI's/SLA's used to drive multi-million dollar businesses and reporting to senior leadership
- Experience designing and developing robust and scalable software and services in multimedia areas
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. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.
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
