Senior Technical Program Manager - Alexa at Amazon
Senior Technical Program Manager - Alexa Details
Jan. 17, 2019, 5:59 a.m.
Project/Program/Product Management--Technical
Alexa Engine
Seattle, Washington
between internal team Senior Technical Program
Amazon Alexa is seeking a Senior Technical Program Manager. In this role you will be responsible for scoping and delivering large projects across Alexa. Responsibilities include collection of business and systems requirements from internal and external customers, writing specifications, driving project schedules from design to release, and managing the production launch. You will lead and coordinate design/implementation efforts between internal teams and outside merchants and vendors to develop optimal solutions. You will be expected to make appropriate tradeoffs to optimize time-to-market, clearly communicate goals, roles, responsibilities, and desired outcomes to internal cross-functional and remote project teams The right candidate will possess a strong program management background, will have demonstrated experience leading large projects, and will have a well-rounded technical background in current web technologies. You must be able to thrive and succeed in an entrepreneurial environment,
• 10+ years of relevant work experience in internet-related program and/or technical product management in a software applications environment • 5+ years of experience leading software development projects with aggressive schedules • Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science or related technical field • Experience with business applications such as Word, Excel and Project • Experience managing efforts in Unix/Linux environments, distributed systems and/or developing large scale web applications • A first-hand working knowledge of current web technologies • Ability to communicate effectively