Principal Technical Program Manager

We are building the future of AI assistance with Generative AI (AGI) advancements. Alexa Audio is is hiring a Principal Technical Program Manager to lead key MLP features on this technology and own our launch execution strategy. This position requires an experienced, customer-obsessed leader capable of leading and managing a cross organizational program, diving-deep, working through ambiguity, forging cross-discipline relationships, and influencing senior leaders. This position has a direct impact on customers and developers, and advances our business.

Key job responsibilities

-Operate a large scale program with science, engineering, product and design developing towards a customer bar that you will help to define and own

-Establish the right mechanisms to operate and inspect at scale

-Identify opportunities for simplification; invent methods to drive efficiencies in development.

- Interface with science and engineering leaders to help stitch together technologies into meaningful offerings for customers.

-Drive business and system-level reviews, align development teams toward coherent technology strategies and effective engineering processes

-Work with leadership to build consensus, and represent complex decisions, trade-offs, and potential solutions, verbally and in writing to understand the decisions they need to make and the options they have

-Set organization priorities, system owners, business direction

We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:

Bellevue, WA, USA | Irvine, CA, USA | Portland, OR, USA | Seattle, WA, USA | Sunnyvale, CA, USA

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- 7+ years of technical product or program management experience

- 10+ years of working directly with engineering teams experience

- 5+ years of software development experience

- Experience managing programs across cross functional teams, building processes and coordinating release schedules

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- 8+ years of hands-on work managing complex technology projects experience

- Experience managing projects across cross functional teams, building sustainable processes and coordinating release schedules

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 $159,300/year in our lowest geographic market up to $275,300/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.

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