Technical Program Manager, Amazon Business GTMO Tech

Amazon • Austin, TX

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About The Position

Come be a part of a rapidly expanding $35 billion dollar global business. At
Amazon Business, a fast-growing startup passionate about building solutions, we
set out every day to innovate and disrupt the status quo. We stand at the
intersection of tech & retail in the B2B space developing innovative purchasing
and procurement solutions to help businesses and organizations thrive. At Amazon
Business, we strive to be the most recognized and preferred strategic partner
for smart business buying. Bring your insight, imagination and a healthy
disregard for the impossible. Join us in building and celebrating the value of
Amazon Business to buyers and sellers of all sizes and industries. Unlock your
career potential.

Entering the business to business (B2B) market is one of Amazon’s most exciting
growth opportunities and since launching in 2015, Amazon Business (AB) already
has more than 2 million customers. We are growing fast, and require talented
data science professionals to help us scale. We at Amazon Business are applying
the same entrepreneurial and innovative approach that has made Amazon successful
in the ecommerce and software services industry to create an unparalleled
shopping experience for business purchasing. We build solutions to enable B2B
customers to discover, research, and buy products and services relevant for
them. Our customers include individual professionals, small businesses to large
institutions (and everything in between) from different industry verticals -
across seven countries!

Requirements

• 3+ years of technical product or program management experience
• 2+ years of software development experience
• 3+ years of project management disciplines including scope, schedule, budget, quality, along with risk and critical path management experience
• Experience managing programs across cross functional teams, building processes and coordinating release schedules

Nice To Haves

• 3+ years of working directly with engineering teams experience

Responsibilities

• Possesses a deep knowledge of Tech program management best practices and how to apply them in an effective yet pragmatic way across large, complex solutions
• Comfortable playing multiple roles throughout the product development life-cycle
• Proactively work with internal and external Technology teams and analyze data to identify opportunities for Salesforce to increase productivity, provide automation, and/or reduce risk
• Presenting written recommendations, requirements, and insights to senior leaders and stakeholders that will facilitate prioritization and influence roadmap
• Ability to successfully manage two or more concurrent projects that successfully deliver promised results
• Align closely with Salesforce development, UX/UI, and administration teams to ensure any new processes or process changes are critical, relevant, understood, and supported
• Development of business and system requirements interfacing with customers at all levels to gather requirements and feedback with a well-rounded technical background
• Perform, manage, and make recommendations based on metrics from existing data
• Ability to challenge, recommend and redirect teams as well as client expectations building consensus for successful product and program delivery
• Dealing with ambiguity to develop solutions that work for stakeholders from various disciplines to meet timelines
• Balancing the business needs versus technical & operational constraints

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