Senior Technical Program Manager, Amazon
$223.6k
Office located in Cambridge, MA
The largest online retailer and technology provider
Be an early applicant
The largest online retailer and technology provider
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$223.6k
Office located in Cambridge, MA
1001+ employees
Company mission
To be Earth's most customer-centric company.
Role
Who you are
- Requires a Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field plus two (2) years of experience as a Project Lead, Project Manager, Program Manager, Software Engineer, or a related occupation
- Experience may be gained concurrently and must include two (2) years in each of the following:
- At least one of the following: .NET technologies, MVC, XML, Web Services, WCF, Ajax, SQL, Oracle, JavaScript, or jQuery
- Programming in Java, JavaScript, or C#
- Managing cross-functional teams
- Project management, resource management, or resource planning
- Alternatively, will accept a Bachelor’s degree and five (5) years of experience
What the job involves
- Conduct requirements analysis by gathering requirements and working with software development teams to convert requirements into technical design specifications and develop architecture to meet business objectives
- Write functional and technical specifications for software
- Analyze change specifications and their impact. Drive software development efforts and manage priorities for project or program completion
- Understand service interdependencies and lead cross-functional teams towards technical solutions for multi-tiered systems
- Create schedules, identify, and communicate risks to stakeholders, define risk mitigation strategies, and facilitate appropriate software engineering solutions
- Manage cross-functional teams and third party-vendors for implementation of project or program requirements
- Articulate program goals, desired outcomes, risks/issues, and mitigation plans. Communicate with senior management and cross-organizational leadership regarding complex project management
- Partial telecommuting permitted; employees will be required to report to office multiple days per week
Our take
Amazon is the world's largest online retailer, and is well-known for its disruption of well-established industries. The company is present in numerous verticals, including cloud computing with Amazon Web Services, AI with its range of Alexa devices and a global marketplace more commonly referred to as 'the everything store'. Acquisitions include Ring, Twitch, Whole Foods Market, and IMDb.
More recently, Amazon has been focused on leading the "third wave in digital advertising". Many businesses are now shifting ad dollars to retailers, which before would have been spent with online media platforms. Amazon's seen great success in the space, with its revenue from advertising now higher than its Amazon Prime membership scheme, audiobooks and digital music combined. This growth is particularly impressive considering its digital ad rivals (like Snap, Alphabet, and Meta) have suffered declines due to wider macroeconomic factors and Apple's iOS privacy changes.
Despite its dominant market position, Amazon will continue to be challenged over the next decade, including sustaining AWS's cloud dominance in the face of Google and Microsoft. On top of this, the company's e-commerce division is facing profitability problems despite its 2023 post-IPO debt funding of 8 billion. It will need to find new ways to stay above their competitors.
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Insights
16% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company HQ
South Lake Union, Seattle, WA
Leadership
Jeff Bezos
(Founder & Executive Chairman)Jeff is an American business magnate, media proprietor, and investor. As well as founding Amazon, Jeff founded Blue Origin, an aerospace manufacturer and sub-orbital spaceflight services company and also owns The Washington Post.
Andy Jassy
(President & CEO)Joined Amazon as a Marketing Manager in 1997. Developed AWS with Jeff Bezos, and became CEO of Amazon in 2021.
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