In Finance Automation, we built technology to simplify and automate the processes Amazon uses to manage its financial relationships with external entities. We are on a journey to create technology that simplifies the processes that Amazon uses to manage their corporate real estate, procure, collect, and pay. The GREF Technology team, part of Finance Automation, is the software development team for GREF. This team builds products and tools to enable Amazon’s corporate real estate team as they build and operate the company’s facilities worldwide.
Key job responsibilities
This senior Technical Program Manager role will manage large, complex technology initiatives across multiple teams and organizations in a global environment and across multiple technology stacks. They develop the overall strategy for large programs across all stages from concept to delivery This position requires the candidate to assemble project teams, assign individual responsibilities, identify appropriate resources as needed, and develop schedules to ensure timely completion of projects. This opportunity requires excellent technical, analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills. They communicate ideas effectively, verbally and in writing, to a wide range of audiences including engineers, Directors and VPs. The candidate will have experience defining projects, collecting requirements, writing detailed specifications, coordinating efforts to scope, schedule, and deploy new features sets as well as analyzing cost/benefit of feature selection and communicating results throughout the organization.
Cross-functional technical expertise is required for this position. They understanding the architecture of the systems, influence technical priorities and business strategy through data-driven analysis. The candidate must independently lead projects and deliver expert level solutions based on thorough analysis of business requirements, and work collaboratively across the organization to identify opportunities for process improvements. The candidate should be capable of assessing the right balance of risk to allocate the right resources, anticipate bottlenecks, provide escalation management, anticipate and make tradeoffs, balance the business needs versus technical constraints and encourage risk taking behavior to maximize business benefit. They apply best project management best practices and increase the productivity of the teams. Come join us in making history!
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- 5+ years of technical product or program management experience
- 7+ years of working directly with engineering teams experience
- 3+ years of software development experience
- 5+ years of technical program management working directly with software engineering teams 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
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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $133,900/year in our lowest geographic market up to $231,400/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.