Principal TPM, Delivery Drone Program Management, Prime Air

About the role

Our teams of hundreds of scientists, engineers, aerospace professionals, and futurists have been working hard to deliver items to customers quickly, cost-effectively, and safely. If you are seeking an iterative environment where you can drive innovation, apply state-of-the-art technologies to solve real-world delivery challenges, and provide benefits to customers, Prime Air is the place for you.

Amazon Prime Air (PA) has been rapidly expanding this year both nationally and establishing our first international site. We are seeking a Principal TPM to oversee the development hardware and software integration within our ultra-fast drone delivery operations.

Responsibilities

• Hardware & Software Coordination - Serve as the integration point between hardware engineering and software development teams, ensuring dependencies are identified, tracked, and resolved.
• Schedule & Critical-Path Management - Maintain the integrated master schedule, identify critical-path risks, and drive mitigation actions.
• Cross-Functional Integration - Facilitate program-level mechanisms (status reviews, design reviews, TRBs) to maintain alignment across disciplines.
• Risk & Issue Management - Proactively surface risks, coordinate tiger-team responses, and track issues to closure.
• Stakeholder Communication - Deliver concise, decision-ready program updates to senior leadership.

A day in the life

As the Drone Program TPM, your day revolves around keeping hardware, software, and flight-test teams moving in sync. Mornings start with stand-ups and schedule checks, followed by coordination meetings with manufacturing, flight sciences, and safety stakeholders. Afternoons are spent in program reviews, resolving blockers, and updating leadership on schedule health and risks.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of technical product or program management experience
• 10+ years of working directly with engineering teams 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.

Benefits

Amazon offers 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, and parental leave.

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.