Principal Tech Program Manager, Personalization

Amazon Amazon · Big Tech · Seattle, WA · Project/Program/Product Management--Technical

This role is for a Principal Technical Program Manager on Amazon's Personalization team, which tailors customer experiences using machine learning and scalable real-time systems. The TPM will work with engineers on page optimization systems, drive innovation, manage cross-functional programs, and balance customer/business needs with technical constraints. The role has significant scope, impacting billions of dollars in revenue, and requires strong judgment, negotiation, and leadership skills.

What you'd actually do

  1. work with a team of engineers designing and implementing advance page optimization systems
  2. inventing ways to multiply the rate of innovation across the company on behalf of our customers
  3. anticipate bottlenecks, provide escalation management, anticipate and make tradeoffs, and balance customer and business needs versus technical constraints
  4. assimilate a large number of inputs from stakeholders, develop cohesive designs and functional specs, prioritize and deliver them in a successful and timely manner
  5. clearly communicate goals, requirements, roadmaps, and timelines to internal cross-functional and remote project teams

Skills

Required

  • 10+ years of engineering experience
  • 7+ years of technical product or program management experience
  • 5+ years of software development experience
  • Experience managing programs across cross functional teams, building processes and coordinating release schedules
  • Experience in hands-on work managing complex technology projects

Nice to have

  • 8+ years of hands-on work managing complex technology projects experience
  • Experience managing projects across cross functional teams, building sustainable processes and coordinating release schedules

What the JD emphasized

  • state of the art machine learning techniques
  • billions of dollars of revenue per year
  • rigorous experimentation and data-driven decision-making