Join Amazon Leo as a Principal Technical Program Manager driving innovative eCommerce solutions from concept to launch in a fast-paced, startup-like environment. You'll lead critical user acceptance testing and product launch initiatives for Amazon Leo, working at the intersection of technology, product development, and business operations. This role requires exceptional technical program management skills to navigate complex cross-functional dependencies while maintaining rapid delivery cadence.
Your expertise in driving 0-1 product launches will be instrumental as you collaborate with engineering teams, product managers, and business stakeholders across Amazon's ecosystem. You'll leverage strong product sense and technical acumen to resolve ambiguities, create scalable processes, and ensure successful delivery of foundational eCommerce features and customer experiences that define Amazon Leo's future.
Key job responsibilities
Define business and technical requirements while clarifying ambiguities, establishing delivery scope, timeline, roadmap and milestones for Amazon Leo product launches
Drive user acceptance testing execution and launch readiness across engineering, product, and business partners including accounting, legal, finance, and compliance teams
Make appropriate trade-offs between opportunity, resources, and timeline while optimizing return-on-investment in a fast-paced, evolving environment
Communicate project status and technical decisions to senior leadership through executive forums, working backward reviews, and bi-weekly business reviews
Proactively identify risks, bottlenecks, and roadblocks; initiate technical deep dives and organize working sessions to solve problems and unblock teams.
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
Your day begins with coordinating UAT execution activities across engineering, product, and business partners for upcoming Leo product launches. You'll participate in technical and product meetings to disambiguate complex functional requirements and ensure test readiness. Afternoons involve status reporting to executive leadership, creating documentation for program reviews and monthly business / roadmap reviews, and planning exercises with your team. Throughout the day, you'll establish mechanisms to unblock cross-functional dependencies and maintain the rapid delivery pace essential in this startup-like environment.
About the team
Our team sits at the heart of Amazon Leo's product and services organization, responsible for supporting Leo product development from general availability launch through international expansion. We drive foundational eCommerce features, enhance Leo customer experiences, and manage overall user acceptance testing and launch readiness activities. The team collaborates extensively across engineering, business operations, product, marketing, and external Amazon organizations including accounting, legal, finance, compliance, and AWS. We work in an inclusive environment with a startup mentality, focused on driving innovation at Amazon scale while maintaining agility and speed.- 10+ years of technical product or program management experience
- 10+ years of hands-on work managing complex technology projects experience
- 5+ years of working directly with engineering teams experience
- Experience managing programs across cross functional teams, building processes and coordinating release schedules
- Experience owning/driving roadmap strategy and definition- Experience in architectural design or system design independent of an architect
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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $159,300/year in our lowest geographic market up to $275,300/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.
