Sr. Technical Program Manager, Leo Finance Technology

About the role

Are you ready to get in on the ground floor of Leo, Amazon’s long-term initiative to design, launch and maintain a constellation of Low Earth Orbit satellites to provide low-latency, high-speed broadband connectivity to unserved and underserved communities around the world?

It’s Day 1 for Amazon’s next billion-dollar business and we are looking for a Sr. Technical Program Manager to work in a start-up environment who is passionate about technology and information systems, who thinks and acts globally, and has the ability to create and implement solutions.

Key job responsibilities

• Manage a portfolio of system implementation projects from design to deployment including integration with Amazon Corporate systems (OFA, Concur, ADP, and HR).
• Build deployment project plans and manage risks impacting successful delivery.
• Develop use cases by gathering business requirements, work with software development to build required features, clearly communicate dependencies and manage/track exceptions.
• Participate in Proof of Concepts (POCs) sessions to ensure proposed solutions can meet business requirements.
• Active participation in Unit Test, System Integration Test, User Acceptance Test, and User Training.
• Have an ability to navigate through a large amount of ambiguity and drive consensus between cross-functional stakeholder groups.
• Demonstrate crisp communication skills, have experience communicating project status to a broad audience and be willing to follow appropriate escalation channels to ensure delivery as planned.
• Possess a strong program management background, have experience leading large/complex/cross-org projects, and have a well-rounded technical background.
• Drive project schedules from design to release, managing the production launch for a product/feature, and using metrics to provide status along the way.
• Relentlessly simplify and demonstrate significant innovation, creativity, and good judgment when solving challenging problems.
• Drive best practices on the team, deal with ambiguity and competing objectives, and proactively identify and mitigate risks before they become roadblocks.
• Write effective narratives and present them concisely and effectively to senior management.
• Develop program and team processes and tools as required.

About the team

LFT is a part of Devices and Services (DaS) FinTech team supporting Leo Finance. LFT provides program management, SAP product, and BI reporting solutions to support Leo business initiatives.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science or equivalent
• 5+ years of technical product or program management experience
• 5+ years of working directly with engineering teams experience
• Experience managing programs across cross functional teams, building processes and coordinating release schedules
• 5+ years of experience in finance, supply chain, consulting or operations role with proven experience in leading process and systems transformation initiatives.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in building and driving adoption of new tools.
• Experience with SAP S/4 HANA, Oracle, and Coupa applications.