Sr. Technical Program Manager, Amazon Selection and Catalog Systems

About the role

Amazon Selection and Catalog Systems (ASCS) builds the systems that host and run the world’s largest e-Commerce products catalog. Within this organization the Product Knowledge and Browse Node Classification team is seeking an experienced Technical Program Manager to drive solutions for classifying all products into the Catalog.

The problem space consists of developing systems capable of identifying what a product is, mining product information to determine how a product across its different functions should be classified for browsing and searching purposes at high precision, scaling across marketplaces and languages.

Responsibilities

You will help build systems that are partially or entirely powered by AI and ML. The systems are responsible for handling continuous incoming traffic of products entering the catalog, building applications for analyzing product composition, mining product signals such as images, text and unstructured data to drive true understanding of product knowledge.

As a TPM you will work to build solutions to real world problems, partnering closely with Scientists. The ideal candidate has worked on systems productionizing ML-based systems in one or several of the following fields: Web search, Deep Neural Networks, Classification Systems, Clustering, Natural Language Processing, Personalization, Artificial Intelligence.

About The Team

The Product and Browse Node Classification team classifies products into the optimal Product Type, and Browse Node within Amazon’s Catalog and MP Taxonomy to ensure that they are discoverable when customers are searching or browsing.

Owns Autoclassification systems, Misclassification detection, related services, interfaces and protections to reduce Seller contacts and friction.

Requirements

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

Preferred Qualifications

• 5+ years of project management disciplines including scope, schedule, budget, quality, along with risk and critical path management experience
• Experience managing projects across cross functional teams, building sustainable processes and coordinating release schedules
• Experience defining KPI's/SLA's used to drive multi-million dollar businesses and reporting to senior leadership

Benefits

Amazon also 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 $148,700.00 - $201,200.00 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.