Senior Technical Program Manager, Global Supply Chain & Transportation Procurement

Amazon.com Inc

Bellevue, WA

JOB DETAILS
SKILLS
Architectural Services, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Automation, Best Practices, Business Case, Contract Negotiation, Cost Control, Cross-Functional, Customer Experience, Establish Priorities, Functional Programming Languages, Home Automation, Identify Issues, Leadership, Legal, Machine Tool, Mentoring, Onboarding, Payment Processing, Process Improvement, Product Demonstration, Project/Program Management, Prototyping, Purchasing/Procurement, Reporting Dashboards, Risk, Risk Analysis, Sprint Planning, Supply Chain, Supply Chain Management, System Integration (SI), Team Player, Technical Leadership, Technical Strategy
LOCATION
Bellevue, WA
POSTED
27 days ago

Are you a builder who thrives at the intersection of technology and supply chain? Do you want your work to directly lower costs for hundreds of millions of customers worldwide?

Amazon"s Global Supply Chain and Transportation Procurement (GSCTP) organization is looking for a Technical Program Manager to lead vendor onboarding automation and integration programs across North American transportation. In this role, you will own the technical strategy for how Amazon connects with its transportation partners, designing and deploying AI-powered tools, driving system integrations, and eliminating manual processes at scale.

This is a high-impact role where your work directly fuels Amazon"s flywheel: by reducing procurement cycle times and automating vendor connectivity, you lower our cost structure, which enables lower prices, which improves customer experience, which drives growth. You"ll operate with significant autonomy, partnering with engineering teams, procurement leaders, and operations stakeholders to deliver measurable efficiency gains against GSCTP"s goal of 50% process automation.

If you"re excited about building intelligent automation from scratch, leading programs that span multiple teams, and seeing your work reflected in Amazon"s ability to deliver faster and more affordably, we"d love to talk.

Key job responsibilities

  • Own the end-to-end vendor onboarding lifecycle, from risk assessment and compliance validation through remediation tracking, establishing scalable standards that protect Amazon"s transportation network as it grows.
  • Lead technical integration programs that enable seamless carrier connectivity and automated payment processing, defining architectural patterns that scale across North American and global import operations.
  • Design, build, and deploy AI-powered automation tools that transform manual procurement workflows into intelligent, repeatable processes, taking initiatives from ideation through production with measurable impact.
  • Orchestrate cross-functional program delivery across engineering, operations, legal, and procurement teams, defining milestones, resolving dependencies, and maintaining executive-level visibility into progress and risk.
  • Champion a data-driven approach to process improvement by identifying non-value-added activities, building business cases for automation investments, and mentoring team members on best practices for scalable solutions.

A day in the life

Your morning begins by reviewing vendor risk dashboards and prioritizing compliance actions to keep onboarding timelines on track. You then partner with engineers to troubleshoot a carrier integration launch. Mid-day, you demo a prototype AI workflow to your director, one that eliminates 40 hours of weekly manual reviews. After lunch, you mentor a teammate through an integration architecture challenge, then shift to sprint planning with cross-functional partners. You close the day sending a concise leadership update on automation milestones delivered this week.

About the team

Global Supply Chain and Transportation Procurement manages Amazon"s strategic relationships with transportation and logistics providers worldwide. We negotiate agreements that deliver optimal cost, quality, and capacity, directly enabling the fast, affordable delivery customers expect. Our team is driving a bold automation transformation, targeting 50% efficiency gains through AI and modern tooling. We"re a collaborative group of builders and operators who believe technology should eliminate toil, not create it. Here, your ideas move quickly from whiteboard to production.

About the Company

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Amazon.com Inc

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COMPANY SIZE
10,000 employees or more
INDUSTRY
Retail
FOUNDED
1994
WEBSITE
http://Amazon.com/militaryroles