Sr. Technical Program Manager, Hardware NPI, Edge & High Performance Accelerator Servers for AI/ML
About the role
As a member of the Server Hardware Engineering team, you will own and lead the design and development of server products utilizing a wide range of design and manufacturing partners.
You will work closely with our customers to understand their technical needs and business goals, leveraging your experience with server design and the knowledge of various teams to architect the solutions that we will deploy at scale.
To deliver your products, you will work with an interdisciplinary team of component, firmware, test, qualification, and integration engineers, and lead our design and manufacturing partners to bring these servers to the data center.
After launch, you will oversee the fleet of servers you develop, monitoring their quality and how they are meeting the customer requirements.
Responsibilities
- Manage large, complex New Product Introduction (NPI) programs, delivering critical solutions, significant improvements, new mechanisms, or deprecating systems that are no longer needed.
- Successfully manage all stages (from concept to launch).
- Understand the architecture of the hardware systems you own. Influence team technical priorities and business strategy through data-driven contributions.
- Communicate ideas effectively, verbally and in writing, to a wide range of audiences including Directors and VPs. Foster a constructive dialogue, harmonize discordant views, and lead the resolution of contentious issues (build consensus).
- Partner successfully with customers, stakeholders, and engineering teams.
- Define clear goals and objectives. Drive crisp decisions in your program area about what projects move forward and in what priority order. Proactively identify risks and bring them to the attention of your team and stakeholders with plans for mitigation before they become roadblocks.
- Add, refine, and remove procedures. Apply project management best practices to increase the productivity and effectiveness of the teams you work with.
Requirements
- 7+ years of technical product or program management experience
- 7+ years of analytical, quantitative, communication, and presentations experience
- Experience building and evaluating system-level technical design
- Experience leading highly technical programs involving infrastructure, complex systems, systems engineering
- Experience managing technical programs across cross-functional teams, building processes and coordinating release schedules
- Experience managing complex hardware systems and programs across cross functional teams, building processes and coordinating release schedules
Qualifications
- 7+ 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
- Experience owning and driving complex server system NPIs such as compute, gpu (AI/ML), or storage servers
- Extensive experience managing complex hardware systems and programs, building processes, complicated schedules with many dependencies, identifying risks, trade-offs, designing 2-way doors
Skills
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Excellent communication and presentation skills
- Ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams
- Experience with project management methodologies
- Knowledge of server design and system architecture
- Experience with hardware systems and programs
Benefits
Amazon offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance, retirement plans, 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, CA, Cupertino - 171,000.00 - 231,400.00 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
Amazon offers flexible scheduling options to accommodate your needs.