Technical Program Manager
Amazon
5 - 10 years
Bengaluru
Posted: 06/06/2025
Job Description
In this role you will work closely with the software development and product teams to deliver high quality, scalable products deployed around the world.
You will collaborate with the product teams to deliver the best product with most efficient use of resources and technologies.
You will work with all the stakeholders to assemble project teams, assign responsibilities, identify appropriate resources needed, and develop schedules to ensure timely completion of projects by meeting project milestones.
You will also assess risks, anticipate bottlenecks, provide escalation management, make tradeoffs, balance the business needs versus technical constraints and encourage risk taking behavior to maximize business benefit.
Successful candidates will have a technical background, be detail driven and have excellent problem solving abilities.
You should not only be passionate about delivering extensible, on
- time solutions, but should also be obsessed with contributing to the development of high
- performance teams through rigorous goal
- setting, disciplined attention to performance metrics, continuous process improvement and mentorship.
Key job responsibilities
Does the challenge and ownership that comes from leading and driving large, cross
- organizational projects and initiatives for one of the largest online marketplaces excite you? Do you enjoy working in an entrepreneurial environment solving complex technical problems and delivering innovative solutions?
In this role you will work closely with the software development and product teams to deliver high quality, scalable products deployed around the world.
You will collaborate with the product teams to deliver the best product with most efficient use of resources and technologies.
You will work with all the stakeholders to assemble project teams, assign responsibilities, identify appropriate resources needed, and develop schedules to ensure timely completion of projects by meeting project milestones.
You will also assess risks, anticipate bottlenecks, provide escalation management, make tradeoffs, balance the business needs versus technical constraints and encourage risk taking behavior to maximize business benefit.
Successful candidates will have a technical background, be detail driven and have excellent problem solving abilities.
You should not only be passionate about delivering extensible, on
- time solutions, but should also be obsessed with contributing to the development of high
- performance teams through rigorous goal
- setting, disciplined attention to performance metrics, continuous process improvement and mentorship.
You must be able to:
• Interact with Project Sponsors, Technical Program Managers and multiple Development Teams to define and deliver complex features.
• Lead the effective and efficient delivery of the large, complex projects.
• Anticipate bottlenecks, provide escalation management, anticipate and make tradeoffs, and balance the business needs versus technical constraints.
• Maximize resources for the greater good of the organization.
• Identify, assess, track and mitigate issues and risks at multiple levels.
• Create, maintain and disseminate project information to stakeholders.
• Drive effective teamwork, communication, collaboration and commitment across multiple disparate groups with competing priorities.
Basic Qualifications:
• 3+years’ experience managing complex technology projects
• Prior experience with agile methodologies
• Experience with project delivery for large, cross functional projects
• Experience developing Internet products and technologies
• Bachelor’s Degree or 4+years equivalent work experience
Preferred Qualifications:
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Quantitative analytical abilities
• Proven problem solving skills
• Strong organizational skills
• Excellent technical skills
• Degree in computer science or engineering preferred
• Previous work experience as a software developer
A day in the life
• Interact with Project Sponsors, Technical Program Managers and multiple Development Teams to define and deliver complex features.
• Lead the effective and efficient delivery of the large, complex projects.
• Anticipate bottlenecks, provide escalation management, anticipate and make tradeoffs, and balance the business needs versus technical constraints.
• Maximize resources for the greater good of the organization.
• Identify, assess, track and mitigate issues and risks at multiple levels.
• Create, maintain and disseminate project information to stakeholders.
• Drive effective teamwork, communication, collaboration and commitment across multiple disparate groups with competing priorities.
About the team
Amazon Device OS team is responsible for building Amazon Common Software (ACS) for IoT devices as well as Fire OS.
ACS for IoT devices is a software stack integrates that enables easy integration of Alexa Voice Services (AVS), Frustration Free Setup (FFS) and AWS IoT Device SDK for Device makers and silicon vendors.
Fire OS is used across a wide family of Amazon devices including FireTV, FireTV Edition, Fire Tablets and Echo line of products.
Basic Qualifications
- 7+ years of working directly with engineering teams experience
- 5+ years of technical product or program management 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
- Experience owning/driving roadmap strategy and definition
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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About Company
Amazon is a multinational technology and e-commerce company founded by Jeff Bezos in 1994. Initially focused on selling books online, it quickly expanded into a broad range of products and services, including electronics, cloud computing (via Amazon Web Services), streaming, and artificial intelligence. Amazon has revolutionized online shopping with fast delivery, personalized recommendations, and a subscription service called Amazon Prime. It is one of the world's largest and most valuable companies, with a significant impact on retail, technology, and logistics.
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