Sr. Technical Program Manager, Last Mile Planning

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

The Sr. Technical Program Manager will manage large, complex programs with multi-year projects, focusing on delivering innovative technologies for Amazon's Last Mile delivery operations. This role involves managing cross-functional programs, creating technical solutions for new businesses and strategic initiatives, and building scalable technology platforms. The ideal candidate will have a strong program management background, experience leading medium to large projects, and a technical understanding of e-commerce and supply chain technologies. They should be comfortable with ambiguity and able to drive strategic initiatives while also executing hands-on tasks, anticipating bottlenecks, managing escalations, and balancing business needs with technical constraints.

What you'd actually do

  1. managing cross-cutting programs across the Last Mile org and our partners, delivering large scale solutions that span multiple businesses, technology, and operational teams
  2. initiatives, such as, rolling out new technology to new geographies as we expand, creating technical solutions to support new businesses and strategic Amazon initiatives, and building great technology platforms that can scale to Amazon’s size and global market places
  3. anticipate bottlenecks, provide escalation management, anticipate and make tradeoffs, and balance the business needs versus technical constraints
  4. take large, complex projects and break them down into manageable pieces, develop functional specifications, then deliver them in a successful and timely manner

Skills

Required

  • Experience managing programs across cross functional teams
  • building processes
  • coordinating release schedules

Nice to have

  • 5+ years of project management disciplines including scope, schedule, budget, quality, along with risk and critical path management experience
  • Experience defining KPI's/SLA's used to drive multi-million dollar businesses and reporting to senior leadership

What the JD emphasized

  • strong program management background
  • demonstrated experience leading medium to large projects across multiple teams
  • well-rounded technical background
  • thrive and succeed in an entrepreneurial environment
  • not be hindered by ambiguity or priorities
  • Maturity, high judgment, negotiation skills, ability to influence, analytical talent and leadership