Senior Technical Program Manager, Leo Bus & Flight Operations

Amazon • Redmond, WA

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About The Position

Amazon Leo is an initiative to launch a constellation of Low Earth Orbit
satellites that will provide low-latency, high-speed broadband connectivity to
unserved and underserved communities around the world.

As a Sr. Technical Program Manager you will own driving the execution,
implementation, development, and test of Amazon Leo SW and tooling built to
support it. The role will interface with the cross-functional engineering and
program management teams to build the software and test infrastructure we own.
Because of the scale of the mission, you will be focused on driving automation
and operational excellence — identifying areas of improvement and initiating
changes to improve the productivity of the fleet.

Export Control Requirement:
Due to applicable export control laws and regulations, candidates must be a U.S.
citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e., current Green Card holder),
or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.

Requirements

• 5+ years of technical program management or related experience
• Strong technical background with ability to understand complex software systems
• Deep understanding of SDLC and release management practices
• Proven track record managing programs across multiple teams and dependencies
• Experience with distributed systems or large-scale deployments
• Excellent organizational, planning, and execution skills
• Strong communication and stakeholder management abilities
• Experience with Agile, Scrum, or similar development methodologies
• Software development lifecycle and release processes
• CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices
• System architecture and integration concepts
• Testing strategies (unit, integration, system, regression)
• Version control and branching strategies
• Deployment methodologies and rollback procedures
• Infrastructure and cloud platforms
• Risk management and quality assurance principles
• Release planning and scheduling
• Dependency mapping and critical path analysis
• Risk identification and mitigation
• Cross-functional coordination and influence
• Metrics definition and tracking
• Process design and optimization
• Stakeholder management and communication
• Problem-solving and decision-making under pressure
• 5+ years of technical product or program management experience
• 7+ years of working directly with engineering teams 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

Nice To Haves

• 5+ years of project management disciplines including scope, schedule, budget, quality, along with risk and critical path management experience
• Experience managing projects across cross functional teams, building sustainable processes and coordinating release schedules
• Experience defining KPI's/SLA's used to drive multi-million dollar businesses and reporting to senior leadership

Benefits

• 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
• parental leave

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed