Amazon Jobs – Technical Program Manager

Job Description:

We are looking for an experiened Project Manager to work with the teams that develop the lowest layer of Amazon EC2 software stack, touching the Linux kernel and our Hypervisors. You’ll manage our portfolio of projects. These require coordination across several developer teams, and are large impact projects with visibility to the highest levels of the company. You’ll need to make prioritization calls across the portfolio that require both keen business and technical judgment, and will also drive process and tooling improvements to drive greater transparency and efficiency.

Job Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with partner teams to define deliverables, roadmaps, and accompanying documentation for ad-hoc projects and programs
• Anticipate bottlenecks, manage risk and escalations, and balance the business needs versus technical
constraints
• Work closely with service owners and partner teams to understand product roadmaps and drive overall new product introduction schedules
• Lead initiatives and work closely with teams across the organization, including hardware, software, and network engineering as well as product management, data center operations, supply chain, procurement, and capacity management.
• Drive process and tooling improvements to increase visibility, throughput and output quality
• Clearly communicate with technical owners, product managers, and upper management

Job Requirements:

• Experience with Linux and ability to write command line scripts
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Proven experience leading cross-organizational programs and ability to set and hold teams and individuals to timelines and deliverables
• Demonstrable experience developing and implementing process improvements
• Experience with agile techniques
• 5+ years of applicable project management, or similar business experience
• Basic programming skills in Ruby, Python or Perl

Job Details:

Company: Amazon

Vacancy Type: Full Time

Job Location: Dresden, Saxony, DE

Application Deadline: N/A

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