Senior Technical Program Manager, Amazon

• The ideal TPM candidate will be an experienced Technical Program Manager who is skilled in driving a storage product development lifecycle including working with Hardware and Firmware teams across several geographic regions while leveraging global suppliers and development partners
• The successful candidate will be an innovative self-starter and leader
• The candidate will be familiar with the cloud computing industry and AWS offerings and will be passionate about providing the best possible customer experience at the best cost
• The candidate will have an obsession with data and precise analysis and will use these as inputs to make decisions
• 5+ years of technical product or program management experience
• 3+ years of software development experience
• Experience managing programs across cross functional teams, building processes and coordinating release schedules
• 5+ years of project management disciplines including scope, schedule, budget, quality, along with risk and critical path management experience
• 7+ years of working directly with engineering teams experience
• 3+ years of hardware development lifecycle, preferably in the storage product space

Desirable

• We are seeking an experienced Senior Technical Program Manager (TPM) to define and build the next generation of our vertically integrated NAND-based storage solution, Nitro SSD
• As a Sr. TPM on the Nitro SSD team you will be responsible for leading multiple simultaneous storage product development programs in a highly cross-functional environment which includes internal customers and hardware/software development teams, external vendors and technology partners
• You’ll provide technical leadership in the application of new technologies to large scale NAND-based storage solutions development and deployment in a continuous effort to deliver a world-class customer experience at a world-class cost point
• This is a fast-paced, intellectually challenging position, and you’ll work with thought leaders in multiple technology areas
• You’ll have high standards for yourself and everyone you work with, and you’ll be constantly looking for ways to improve your product’s performance, quality and cost
• Using data and key metrics, you will also drive and measure process improvements that enhance our operational effectiveness
• You will work independently in a dynamic, challenging, and fast-changing organization
• We’re changing an industry, and we need individuals who are ready for this challenge and who want to reach beyond what is possible today. Prior experience in building and scaling solid-state-drives or storage solutions is a definite plus
• These services run on hardware around the world. We continually need to develop and deploy newer, innovative, and more efficient and cost effective hardware solutions
• Your work will drive efficiency and significant cost savings while improving the performance and reliability of our product
• Nitro SSD is an at-scale solution with three generations of hardware deployed to the AWS fleet, so your work will touch development teams and customers around the world
• You will have exposure to teams and leaders across AWS and global customers
• You will be a part of a leading edge research and development team
• You will see many aspects of the Amazon business
• You will have a direct impact on our bottom line and the ability to improve things for our developers
• You will be part of a growing, fast paced, and fun team
• You will have ownership and responsibility for defining and executing processes that deliver both savings and productivity for AWS
• Drive full product development lifecycle for a storage solution, including design, development, qualification, launch and sustain as the program technical lead and program manager
• Lead technical engagement with design partners, contract manufactures and ODMs on product development, qualification and launch
• Partner with internal Hardware, Firmware, Software and NAND teams on product roadmap and feature definition
• Engage with NAND vendors, SoC vendors to drive long-term product roadmap and product portfolio
• Drive cross-functional continuous improvement projects to improve product quality and cost
• Lead monthly business reviews, quarterly business reviews and technical engagement forums with key partners and customers
• Drive best-practices for product development process and program management for large-scale storage solution development
• Lead engagements with key development partners
• Drive technical review with partners, vendors, tracking product development lifecycle stage and planning for product lifecycle step(s)
• Audit vendors and contract manufacturers for KPIs and drive continuous improvement
• Lead cross-functional initiative Finance, Supply-chain and development partners to improve cost, quality and continuity-of-supply
• Drive cross-functional initiatives to innovate on the product (roadmap, features and customer enablement)
• Drive customer engagement on product development, qualification and scaling
• Drive weekly, monthly program reviews for products including development milestones, update on cost, yields, technology roadmap and continuity of supply
• Nitro SSD is the fastest growing NAND flash-memory based storage solution for AWS
• The 3rd generation Nitro SSD is now available for AWS customers on both Intel and Graviton storage platforms
• This is the latest milestone in the AWS Nitro SSD strategy. We deliver industry leading performance and tail latency, while offering a cost competitive, high density storage solution for AWS customers
• We own ALL the firmware, hardware, software and telemetry/monitoring for ALL the devices in the fleet. We partner will global NAND vendors, SoC vendors and manufacturing partners to drive the full product-lifecycle for Nitro SSD