Principal Tech Program Manager, Alexa Daily Essentials Job at Amazon.com Services LLC, Sunnyvale, CA

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  • Amazon.com Services LLC
  • Sunnyvale, CA

Job Description

DESCRIPTION

As a Principal Technical Program Manager you will investigate solutions to complex problems, design solutions and work closely with the technical team to implement them. You will play a leadership role by working closely with business teams, technical teams and operational teams alike. You'll need to work well cross functionally, have strong interpersonal and written communication skills, be able to operate successfully both strategically and tactically, and have a strong bias for action.

You should be comfortable with a degree of ambiguity that’s higher than most projects and relish the idea of solving new problems. You will encounter challenging, novel situations every day and you’ll have the opportunity to work with multiple technical teams at Amazon in different locations. We’re looking for people who are passionate about innovating on behalf of customers, can demonstrate a high degree of ownership, and want to have fun while they build excellent products.

Key job responsibilities
Define and deliver critical program for Alexa+
* Establish mechanisms necessary for delivery and management
* Influence and drive technical decisions
* Assess and mitigate risks, handle escalations, and provide concise and transparent updates to stakeholders at all levels
* Dive deep to understand complex problems and break them down into small pieces with straight forward solutions
* Mentor individuals in the community on advanced technical issues, and help them grow their careers

A day in the life
This role will test your skills across the board, including
Massive cross-group coordination
Ability to deeply understand platform level technologies
Hard-core data analysis and reporting
Influence technical architecture/design decisions, advocate for awesome user experiences, put in place useful processes, rip out useless processes, and always be inventing a better way to do things

About the team
The Alexa Daily Essentials team's mission is to reinvent how customers interact with Alexa as part of the rhythm of daily life, from Timers, Alarms, Calendar, Food, and News, to even more new experiences to come. Our experiences include critical time saving techniques, ad-supported news audio and video, and in-depth kitchen guidance aimed at serving the needs of the family from sunrise to sunset. We are reinventing our technology stack and working hard, having fun, making history; come join us!

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- 10+ years of engineering experience
- 7+ years of technical product or program management experience
- 5+ years of software development experience
- Experience managing programs across cross functional teams, building processes and coordinating release schedules

Job Tags

Daily paid, Full time,

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