Senior Technical Infrastructure Program Manager
Amazon · Seattle, WA · 5 days ago
Information TechnologyFull-time
Key job responsibilities
- Program Leadership & Coordination
- Own manufacturing design and construction process and coordination across planning, design, construction, manufacturing integration and ramp through handover to operations teams
- 'Concept to completion' ownership of your programs with full accountability for program success
- Maintain program governance mechanisms including regular leadership reviews and cross-functional alignment
- Cross-Functional Integration
- Own scoping efforts by pulling together cross-functional teams, understanding their needs, driving technical planning, defining options/trade-offs/cost/schedule/impacts
- Secure alignment between working teams and leadership teams through effective stakeholder management
- Be the bridge that secures program alignment between large cross-functional teams: manufacturing, production, engineering, construction, facilities, material flow, and workplace spaces
- Apply 'Customer Obsession' by ensuring all stakeholders' needs are understood and integrated into program planning
- Technical Program Management
- Own program schedule, requirements, and reporting tools for visibility on progress, risks, changes, and mitigation strategies
- Understand and scrutinize technical stakeholders' requirements and translate them into project scope with clear execution plan and responsibilities
- Partner on leadership reviews, funding requests & cross-functional investigations and studies
- Drive data-driven decision making mechanisms and continuous improvement processes
- Operational Excellence
- Apply 'Deliver Results' through rigorous program management and execution discipline
- Drive 'Bias for Action' in resolving blockers and accelerating critical path activities
- Implement risk management frameworks and contingency planning
- Establish mechanisms for continuous learning and process improvement
- Bachelor's degree in engineering, physics, or equivalent
- 5+ years of manufacturing, process, industrial engineering experience
- Experience leading cross-functional projects and managing large, complicated programs
- Project management skills and demonstrated application of program management fundamentals to complex engineering problems
- Expertise in manufacturing, material flow and construction
- Understanding of manufacturing processes, equipment installation, and facility integration
- Experience with manufacturing ramp-up and production readiness activities
- Knowledge of quality systems, regulatory compliance, and safety management
- Ability to understand complex problems and distill into clear execution plans via written and verbal communication
- Experience managing conflicting objectives and compressed timelines within complex industrial project execution
- Ability to navigate ambiguous environments