Senior Technical Program Manager
Description
Alexa is seeking exceptional talent to help develop the next generation of advanced robotics systems that will transform automation at Amazon's scale. We're building revolutionary robotic systems that combine cutting-edge AI, sophisticated control systems, and advanced mechanical design to create adaptable automation solutions capable of working safely alongside humans in dynamic environments. This is a unique opportunity to shape the future of robotics and automation at an unprecedented scale, working with world-class teams pushing the boundaries of what's possible in robotic manipulation, locomotion, and human-robot interaction.
About the Role
The Senior Technical Program Manager (TPM) will manage the complexity and vast technical workstreams across all aspects of the program. They will audit, evaluate, and escalate risk to the functional leader when technical decisions or delivery statuses are risk drivers to schedule or the overall technical vision. They will coordinate across internal teams to ensure alignment and enablement of delivering deployment services.
Responsibilities
- Establishing and contributing to a mechanism and cadence to manage the Amazon industrial robotic program
- Managing escalations or misalignments when there are risks to delivering committed services with high quality
- Facilitating/leading tradeoff decisions with customers, stakeholders, and partner teams when there are conflicting priorities
- Determining whether a decision is a one-way or two-way door
- Managing necessary discussions with customer and partner teams to manage expectations, impacts, and risks associated with said decisions
- Contributing to and publishing a clear RACI to create transparency with customer teams and drive ownership and accountability
- Coordinating across internal teams to ensure alignment and enablement of delivering deployment services
- Exercising strong technical judgement to influence and drive deployment methodology expertise to program level decisions
Requirements
- 5+ years of technical product or program management experience
- 3+ years of software development, or 3+ years of relevant technical position experience
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field
- 3+ years of hands-on work managing cross-functional and complex technology projects experience
Qualifications
- Experience building sustainable processes across hardware, software, and science
- Experience working in Scaled Agile Frameworks across HW/SW teams
Skills
- Strong technical judgement to influence and drive deployment methodology expertise to program level decisions
- Ability to understand scalability requirements and determine feasibility of technology deployments at scale
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. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.
Pay
The base salary range for this position is listed below. 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.
- USA, MA, N.Reading - 148,700.00 - 201,200.00 USD annually
- USA, TX, Austin - 148,700.00 - 201,200.00 USD annually
- USA, WA, Seattle - 148,700.00 - 201,200.00 USD annually
Schedule
Full-time