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Principal Technical Program Manager, Search Customer Experience

Amazon.com Inc
  • Seattle, WA
    30+ days ago

    Job Description

    Are you passionate about delighting hundreds of millions of customers and building the best search experience to help customers make well-informed purchase decisions on Amazon? Are you passionate about building the next generation product shopping and search experience? Search experience on Amazon is central to every customer's shopping mission and purchasing journey.

    We are looking for an entrepreneurial, dynamic, and customer-obsessed Principal Technical Program Manager to define and drive the joint technical architecture that spans multiple organizations. The ideal candidate will drive complex technical programs, balancing tactical needs with strategic vision. They will create and execute multi-year roadmaps in collaboration with senior leaders, Product Managers, and Engineers. They will build scalable mechanisms to address both internal engineering and customer needs, using data-driven decision making to set priorities and develop key metrics. They will possess strong communication skills for effective stakeholder management at all levels. They will have proven experience delivering large-scale technical programs, excellent analytical skills, and a passion for innovative customer and developer experiences.

    Key job responsibilities

    • Work with teams across engineering, product, science, legal, UX, and design to lead requirements and deliver customer facing experiences.
    • Lead daily stand-ups, track progress against key milestones, and lead technical conversations.
    • Identify, assess, track and mitigate issues and risks at multiple levels.
    • Communicate effectively with stakeholders at all levels, from early career university hires to senior executives.
    • Represent the team in conversations and debates related to complex decisions, trade-offs, and solutions.
    • Build relationships and manage by influence in a matrix organization to solve complex AI problems against tight timelines.
    • Mentor other TPMs and serve as a role model across the organization on TPM best practices (e.g., status reports, workback plans, executive communications).

    About the team

    Our team operates in a friendly, fast-paced, and diverse and inclusive work environment. We are driven by the excitement of inventing products, building technologies, and providing services that change lives. We embrace new ways of doing things, make decisions quickly, and are not afraid to fail. We have the scope, benefits, and support of a large company and the spirit and heart of a small startup. At Amazon, our mission is to be Earth's most customer-centric company. Our actions, goals, projects, programs, and inventions begin and end with the customer top of mind.

    Numbers & Facts

    LocationSeattle, WA
    IndustryRetail
    Company Size10,000 employees or more
    Year Founded1994
    Websitehttp://Amazon.com/militaryroles

    About Company

    At Amazon, we don’t wait for the next big idea to present itself. We envision the shape of impossible things and then we boldly make them reality. So far, this mindset has helped us achieve some incredible things. Let’s build new systems, challenge the status quo, and design the world we want to live in. We believe the work you do here will be the best work of your life.

    Wherever you are in your career exploration, Amazon likely has an opportunity for you. Our research scientists and engineers shape the future of natural language understanding with Alexa. Fulfillment center associates around the globe send customer orders from our warehouses to doorsteps. Product managers set feature requirements, strategy, and marketing messages for brand new customer experiences. And as we grow, we’ll add jobs that haven’t been invented yet.

    It’s Always Day 1
    At Amazon, it’s always “Day 1.” Now, what does this mean and why does it matter? It means that our approach remains the same as it was on Amazon’s very first day – to make smart, fast decisions, stay nimble, invent, and stay focused on delighting our customers. In our 2016 shareholder letter, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos shared his thoughts on how to keep up a Day 1 company mindset. “Staying in Day 1 requires you to experiment patiently, accept failures, plant seeds, protect saplings, and double down when you see customer delight,” he wrote. “A customer-obsessed culture best creates the conditions where all of that can happen.” You can read the full letter here

    Our Leadership Principles
    Our Leadership Principles help us keep a Day 1 mentality. They aren’t just a pretty inspirational wall hanging. Amazonians use them, every day, whether they’re discussing ideas for new projects, deciding on the best solution for a customer’s problem, or interviewing candidates. To read through our Leadership Principles from Customer Obsession to Bias for Action, visit https://www.amazon.jobs/principles

    Skills

    • Analysis Skillsunmatched
    • Artificial Intelligence (AI)unmatched
    • Best Practicesunmatched
    • Communication Skillsunmatched
    • Customer Experienceunmatched
    • Customer Relationsunmatched
    • Entrepreneurshipunmatched
    • Establish Prioritiesunmatched
    • Legalunmatched
    • Matrix Managementunmatched
    • Mentoringunmatched
    • Metricsunmatched
    • Problem Solving Skillsunmatched
    • Product Engineeringunmatched
    • Project Trackingunmatched
    • Project/Program Managementunmatched
    • Purchasing/Procurementunmatched
    • Risk Managementunmatched
    • Scalable System Developmentunmatched
    • Standup Meetingsunmatched
    • Startupunmatched
    • Status Reportsunmatched
    • Technical Leadershipunmatched
    • User Experience Design (UXD)unmatched

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