Principal Technical Program Manager, AWS Mantle

About the role

We are seeking a Principal Technical Program Manager to drive the delivery of significantly complex, cross-organizational programs for AWS Mantle—the next-generation distributed inference engine powering Amazon Bedrock. In this role, you will operate with complete independence across VP organizations, defining program strategy, driving clarity where none exists, and making trade-offs between business opportunity, resources, and long-term sustainability.

Responsibilities

• Define and own very large programs spanning multiple engineering teams, product organizations, and VP orgs—driving cross-functional alignment on Mantle's most critical technical initiatives
• Operate in deep ambiguity where the business and architectural strategy may not yet be defined; drive clarity and create the path forward
• Identify risks and opportunities in technical strategies, architectures, and engineering organization structures, influencing decision-makers at the VP level
• Make strategic trade-offs between business opportunity, resource allocation, and system sustainability while remediating critical and endemic problems
• Effectively force-multiply across the Mantle organization—accelerating delivery, managing escalations, and aligning teams toward simple, coherent approaches

Qualifications

• 7+ years of technical product or program management experience
• 10+ years of working directly with engineering teams experience
• 5+ years of software development experience
• Experience managing programs across cross-functional teams, building processes and coordinating release schedules

Preferred Qualifications

• 8+ years of hands-on work managing complex technology projects experience
• Experience managing projects across cross-functional teams, building sustainable processes and coordinating release schedules

About The Team

The AWS Mantle team is building the next-generation inference engine that powers Amazon Bedrock—providing secure, enterprise-grade access to high-performing foundation models from the world's leading AI companies. Our mission is to simplify and accelerate how models are served at global scale, with an unwavering commitment to customer trust through innovations like our Zero Operator Access architecture.

Pay

The base salary range for this position is $177,000.00 - $239,400.00 USD annually. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage)
• 401(k) matching
• Paid time off
• Parental leave