Senior Technical Program Manager - Advertising Services

Description

We are looking for a Senior Technical Program Manager (TPM) to build internal tools for Amazon Ads' services organization. Come join Advertising Services to deliver the unified surfaces, proactive signals, and workflow integrations that enable our teams to manage advertising customer relationships and campaigns at scale — faster, smarter, and with greater visibility than ever before.

Our service teams own customer value realization for the world's largest advertisers across every media type within Amazon Ads. As we scale, we are investing in the internal tools and integrations that allow these teams to operate more effectively — putting the right information in front of the right person at the right time, connecting the communication channels our teams already use, and enabling proactive customer management. You will own a portfolio of initiatives across this space, partnering with engineering, Salesforce developer teams, and service team leaders to deliver.

Key job responsibilities
From problem definition through launch and adoption, you own the "what," the "when," and the "how well" for your portfolio. You will:

• Define product requirements by working backwards from service team needs and advertising customer outcomes
• Create, manage and communicate project plans for multiple programs
• Translate technical and business requirements into backlog stories
• Establish and manage towards meaningful goals and milestones
• Partner with engineering to deliver integrations, automation, and unified surfaces
• Lead goals and milestones with our developers and builders on implementation
• Own adoption metrics, feedback, and iterate post-launch
• Make trade-off decisions between speed and scope, managing expectations with senior stakeholders
• Facilitate team’s agile practice to ensure on time delivery


About the team
You’ll join a team of passionate Amazonians who take ownership of everything they do. This talented group of builders, business owners, and operators with diverse ideas and backgrounds place high value on both quality and the advertising customer experience. Our services org is central to many aspects of advertising, from operations to creative, so you’ll get expose to a mix of different teams, businesses and technologies.

Basic Qualifications

- 5+ years of technical product or program management experience
- 3+ years of software development experience
- 5+ years of technical program management working directly with software engineering teams experience
- Experience managing programs across cross functional teams, building processes and coordinating release schedules
- Experience building and evaluating system-level technical design
- Experience developing and executing/delivering product and technical roadmaps

Preferred Qualifications

- 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
- Experience with and deep understanding of advertising technologies (i.e., ad server, DSP)
- Experience in Salesforce
- Experience leveraging and improving internal tools
- 7+ years of successful technology products work from ideation through launch experience
- MBA, or Advanced degree

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.