Senior Technical Program Manager, Amazon

• You thrive at the heart of the action
• At work, change is the only constant – and you wouldn’t have it any other way
• Transparency and consistency define your communication skills
• You see the bigger picture, letting it guide you, from project risks to retrospectives
• “Meticulous” doesn’t do justice to your critical eye
• You’re looking for the balance of an energizing start-up culture with the influence of a global e-commerce leader
• 5+ years of technical product or program management experience
• 7+ years of working directly with engineering teams experience
• 3+ years of software development 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

Desirable

• Senior Technical Program Managers (TPMs) are Audible’s relay sprinters, taking projects over the finish line like a champion from concept to launch
• As a Senior TPM, you’ll be responsible for the relationship and integration of multiple orgs within Audible and Amazon products
• This team designs and builds architectures for products that deliver Audible content to users in all sorts of new application domains using back-end services as well as our content on end-user devices and platforms such as iOS, Android, and Web
• The team we’re specifically hiring for focuses on tapping the unrealized opportunity landscape, where the Audible listening experience still remains unknown to many of our potential customers
• We need your help to lead and manage projects and processes that will help bring more customers to Audible
• We're a part of Amazon, they are our parent company and it's a great partnership
• You'll get to play with all of Amazon's technologies like EC2, SQS, S3 etc
• There's a LOT to learn!
• Play a leading role in running the delivery of large cross functional projects spanning teams and divisions in Audible and outside of Audible (Amazon teams)
• Collaborate to define core business objectives in order to deliver the best product, program or project with the most efficient use of company resources
• Work with cross functional teams – technology, business and operations to lead multiple projects that have conflicting needs / priorities, from concept to launch
• Work with technical astuteness, be detailed oriented and proactive in seeking opens in the projects and drive subsequent closure
• Communicate project risks, progress, launches and retrospectives across all stakeholders and teams – consistently and transparently
• Strive constantly to improve and establish a new bar in performance (using objective metrics) in project execution