Senior Technical Program Manager, Infrastructure Reliability and Quality (IRQ)
Amazon Web Services (AWS) · Herndon, VA · 3 wk ago
Information TechnologyFull-time
About the role
This TPM will lead end-to-end quality and reliability programs for mission-critical electrical and controls products at AWS data centers — orchestrating complex product strategies, owning program-level metrics and executive reporting, and building compelling cases for internal and external leadership where both speed and quality are non-negotiable.
Responsibilities
- Own and execute end-to-end quality and reliability qualification and sustaining programs for highly complex, mission-critical mechanical and power generation products
- Learn and understand the AWS data center lifecycle specific to Data Center Engineering, globally
- Project manage the IRQ Engineering NPD portfolio across scope, schedule, budget, resources, quality, risk, and reporting
- Interface with Quality and Reliability Engineering teams to promote and standardize work-product inputs/outputs globally
- Sync with TPMs and Product Managers to align reliability and quality deliverables to major NPD program milestones
- Develop technical reliability and quality evaluation plans for mechanical and power generation product portfolios with engineering teams
- Work with external partners (reliability labs, OEMs, CMFs) to facilitate testing, qualification, and analysis
- Own product reliability and quality readiness at each NPD gate
- Own supplier readiness for NPDs
- Estimate and manage budget requirements per project; work with NPD teams to allocate resources
- Manage project timelines and report progress bi-weekly to executive leadership and key partners
- Build and present program-level metrics and status to executives on a regular cadence
- Develop business cases to align internal and external leadership on the most effective path for quality and reliability program management
- Drive internal team members and remove roadblocks for product qualification
- Build strong end-to-end team processes and mechanisms
Qualifications
- Experience managing programs across cross functional teams, building processes and coordinating release schedules
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field
- 7+ years of experience in highly technical engineering roles in quality, design, or reliability for mechanical products
- 7+ years of technical program management experience
- 5+ years of project management disciplines including scope, schedule, budget, quality, along with risk and critical path management experience
- Experience defining KPI's/SLA's used to drive multi-million dollar businesses and reporting to senior leadership
- Master's degree in Electrical Engineering
- MBA
- Lean Six Sigma Experience
- Experience building and managing program-level dashboards and reporting, with proficiency in tools such as Smartsheet, Power BI, Tableau, or equivalent platforms