Principal Engineering Program Manager, World Wide Engineering & Innovation (WWEI)

Key job responsibilities

• Define multi-year engineering roadmaps aligning with business goals and emerging technologies
• Own and manage critical strategic planning processes and documentation, including three-year plans, Big Rock Initiatives, and quarterly business reviews
• Create and implement Strategic Programs (SP) mental model, framework, and charter for the organization
• Serve as a strategic advisor to the Engineering verticals supporting in senior-level meetings and critical decision-making forums
• Lead ideation of high-priority worldwide initiatives while ensuring alignment with organizational strategy and objectives
• Lead and oversee critical engineering and technical initiatives across multiple teams, aligning projects with the organization's strategic goals and roadmap from planning to delivery
• Establish and maintain scalable program management practices that balance efficiency with appropriate oversight
• Provide engineering oversight across multiple teams of engineers, product, and process experts
• Establish and monitor key performance metrics to drive operational excellence
• Lead data-driven decision making for resource allocation, priority setting, and business case development for major initiatives
• Analyze data within Amazon and across the industry, and build trusted reports that present data-backed insights and recommendations
• Pioneer new approaches to solve complex engineering optimization problems in transportation, logistics, and fulfillment
• Collaborate with Science, Tech, and Business Intelligence teams to identify and implement innovative AI solutions that enhance operational efficiency
• Develop and deliver executive-level communications and recommendations, synthesizing complex technical and programmatic information into actionable insights
• Build and maintain strong relationships with senior leadership, key stakeholders, and engineering teams, driving consensus on complex cross-organizational challenges
• Lead the development and distribution of executive-level business reviews, with focus on continuous innovation and strategy roadmaps

Basic Qualifications

• 7+ years of managing, analyzing and communicating results to senior leadership experience
• 7+ years of working cross functionally with tech and non-tech teams experience
• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Business, Engineering, Finance, or a related technical field
• Experience in program requirements definition, together with data and metrics leveraging to drive improvements
• Experience managing programs across cross functional teams, building processes and coordinating release schedules
• Experience prior success in driving execution of large-scale project plans with multiple teams in support of business goals
• Experience delivering results for large, cross-functional initiatives/projects, or experience in building financial and operational reports/data sets that inform business decision-making
• Knowledge of diverse MHS, industrial mechanical and electrical systems and automation, controls and robotics systems
• 7+ years of program or project management or project engineering experience working with planning, engineering, and execution teams

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree, or MBA in management, business administration, economics, engineering, marketing
• 6+ years of project management disciplines including scope, schedule, budget, quality, along with risk and critical path management experience
• Experience overseeing roadmap strategy and definition throughout the product life cycle from concept to end of lifecycle
• Experience leading organizational change initiatives across multiple locations
• Experience establishing and managing engineering PMO governance frameworks and mechanisms