Description

　　Amazon is one of the largest employers on the planet with hundreds of thousands of employees across the globe. Our A to Z team is looking for a bright and motivated Principal Technical Program Manager who has proven experience managing multiple programs in a global environment across multiple technology platforms. The candidate will be responsible for managing programs/projects across the Human Resource technology stack.

　　Amazon's HR mission is to build a workplace for Amazonians to invent on behalf of our customers. We are enablers to help Amazon scale quickly and efficiently as we continue to expand rapidly across countries, business lines and size in general. The volume of internal human resource transactions and range of experiences to fulfill in this scale and diversity are massive and unique respectively. This requires a highly reliable, scalable and customized series of software applications that ensure our global employee base receives accurate, timely and best experiences throughout their employee lifecycle. Amazon has grown significantly since the deployment of these tools and we are now at an inflection point where we are making long term decisions to support our explosive global growth.

　　The ideal candidate is a creative, demonstrated leader with superior analytical abilities. This opportunity requires excellent technical, problem-solving, written and verbal communication skills. The candidate will have experience defining projects, collecting requirements, writing detailed functional and test specifications, coordinating efforts to scope, schedule, and deploy new features sets as well as analyzing cost/benefits and communicating results throughout the organization.

　　Key job responsibilities

　　Job Responsibilities:

　　Assemble a project team, assign individual responsibilities, identify appropriate resources as needed, and develop schedules to ensure timely completion of the project.

　　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.

　　Understand the processes to define, design, and deliver business technical solutions of A to Z applications.

　　Assess the right balance of risk to allocate the right resources, remove bottlenecks, provide escalation management, balance the business needs versus technical constraints and encourage risk taking behavior to maximize business benefit.

　　Collaborate with business stakeholders to develop product requirements.

　　Collaborate with technical and design teams to define and design the product with the best customer experience.

　　Drive the implementation and delivery of products.

　　Clearly communicate goals, roles, responsibilities, and desired outcomes to cross-functional project teams.

　　Support and enhance existing products with thoughtful and measurable impact.

　　We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:

　　Bellevue, WA, USA | Seattle, WA, USA

　　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

　　5+ years of experience in information security

　　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

　　Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.

　　Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $119,000/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. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.