Amazon Leo is Amazon’s low Earth orbit satellite network. Our mission is to deliver fast, reliable internet connectivity to customers beyond the reach of existing networks. From individual households to schools, hospitals, businesses, and government agencies, Amazon Leo will serve people and organizations operating in locations without reliable connectivity.
***Working hours for this role are Fri-Mon 4x10's***
We're hiring an Advanced Production System Scheduler. This role includes direct responsibility for program management of planning, manufacturing, integration, and test of production value stream. This is a highly technical role requiring experience with integrated hardware and software as well as some appreciation for complex applications and manufacturing systems. Candidate superpowers should include bias for action, ownership, insist on high standards, stakeholder management, innovation, creating clarity out of ambiguity, and enabling productive collaboration across different organization.
Key job responsibilities
- Create processes to handle work order material discrepancies in production cells
- Coordinate scheduling and staging of materials/kits to production and test areas
- Track and move parts through production flow for timely delivery
- Own production roadmap for satellite value streams from sourcing to integration
- Drive execution across supply chain, planning and production teams
- Assess technical trades for innovation, speed, cost and stability in production roadmap
- Convert strategic goals into actionable project plans
- Manage roadmap dependencies, milestones and constraints to ensure delivery
- Develop tools and processes for operational excellence across production
- Own operational rhythms for production teams
- Identify manufacturing risks and develop mitigation strategies
- Execute strategic plan to deliver on production goals
- Support Production Rate Ramp roadmap execution
- Partner with teams on standardized approaches to enable growth
- Drive process standardization across supply chain and manufacturing
- Manage executive communications on operations status and risks
- Monitor and improve KPIs across operations
- Develop reporting tools supporting operating rhythms
- Analyze production data to identify improvement opportunities
As an Operations Fulfillment TPM - ***Working hours for this role are Fri-Mon 4x10's***
Export Control Requirement:
Due to applicable export control laws and regulations, candidates must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e., current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.
A day in the life
***Working hours for this role are Fri-Mon 4x10's*** This role will be supporting production of satellite operations across our facilities in Redmond and Kirkland, WA. A typical day for this role will be working directly with production teams and value stream owners on plan execution and check process adherence. You will interact with various stakeholders including customers, suppliers, and internal teams.
About the team
As the Senior Technical Program Manager you will partner with peers across all Amazon Leo teams, including hardware, software, supply chain, manufacturing, launch, facilities, finance, compliance, and HR.- 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- 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
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
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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.
