Principal Program Manager, SCOT - Buying , SCOT - OSS - Buying

About the role

Want to shape how one of the world's largest retailers decides what to buy, when to buy it, and where to send it? Join our Buying Technology team and lead programs that transform Amazon's retail supply chain at massive scale.

Key job responsibilities

• Own and drive Amazon's most complex, cross-organizational technical programs that transform how buying systems integrate with supply chain, fulfillment, and vendor systems
• Develop deep expertise in our systems architecture—understand how buying decisions flow through forecasting, ordering, inbound logistics, and inventory placement systems
• Drive technical alignment across teams on system interfaces, API contracts, data schemas, and integration patterns; ensure teams build for interoperability and long-term maintainability
• Partner with engineering leaders to identify architectural gaps, technical debt, and design trade-offs; influence teams to build well, not just build fast
• Shape program strategy and influence multi-year technical roadmaps across Buying and partner organizations
• Identify systemic technical risks and dependencies across distributed systems; drive resolution and make high-judgment trade-off decisions
• Build mechanisms for tracking technical program health—not just milestones, but system quality, operational readiness, and integration completeness
• Translate complex technical architectures and trade-offs into clear narratives for executive and non-technical audiences
• Mentor other program managers on technical depth and raise the bar on how TPMs engage with engineering teams

A day in the life

Amazon offers a full range of benefits that support you and eligible family members, including domestic partners and their children. Benefits can vary by location, the number of regularly scheduled hours you work, length of employment, and job status such as seasonal or temporary employment.

About the team

We build the technology that determines how much Amazon buys, when we buy it, and where we send it—for Amazon's entire retail catalog. Our mission: ensure the right products reach customers at the lowest possible cost. We partner closely with supply chain, operations, and vendor teams to continuously improve how Amazon works with suppliers and manages inventory flow. We value ownership, curiosity, and delivering results through collaboration across organizational boundaries.

Basic Qualifications

• 8+ years of technical program management experience
• 5+ years of direct work with engineering teams experience
• Knowledge of concepts like system architecture, optimization, system dynamics, system analysis, statistical analysis, reliability analysis, and decision making
• Experience driving direction and alignment with cross-functional teams
• Experience leading complex programs with significant change impact across organizational boundaries
• Experience contributing to the architecture and design (architecture, design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and current systems, or experience leading and influencing your team or organization
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or other technical degree or related experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree, or PhD
• Experience that includes strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and effective communication abilities, or experience in software development
• Experience in supply chain
• Experience in software development, or experience driving collaborative projects from conception to delivery
• Familiarity with ML/optimization systems and how they integrate into operational decision-making workflows
• Background in systems reliability, operational excellence, or platform engineering
• Experience working with vendor or partner-facing systems and external integrations
• Track record of building or improving technical program management practices and mechanisms at an organizational level