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Principal, Program Management, Long Term Planning and Forecasting

Bellevue, WAOnsiteFull TimePrincipal$137,600–$186,200 /yrPosted 2 months agoVisa sponsorship available

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Required skills

  • Long Term Planning
  • Forecasting
  • Program Management
  • Strategic Vision
  • Roadmap
  • Customer Engagement
  • Forecasting Outputs
  • Senior Operations Leaders
  • Scientists
  • Economists

Nice to have

  • Scope
  • Time
  • Budget
  • Quality

Role summary

Seeking a Principal Program Manager to lead strategic vision and execution for North America's Build plan within the Long-Term Planning and Forecasting (LTPF) organization. This senior role involves defining a multi-year roadmap for customer engagement, influencing senior leaders on multi-billion dollar investment decisions, and collaborating with scientists, economists, and engineers. Responsibilities include architecting customer interaction experiences, managing planning calendars, driving organizational alignment, and prioritizing operational excellence alongside feature delivery. The ideal candidate possesses strong business acumen, analytical skills, and experience in implementing repeatable processes and automation. A Bachelor's degree and 7+ years of cross-functional, program management, and senior leadership communication experience are required.

We are seeking an experienced Principal Program Manager to own the strategic vision and execution for the Build plan for North America. As a senior leader within the LTPF, you will be responsible for defining the multi-year roadmap for customer engagement, ensuring that business stakeholders across Amazon can seamlessly access, understand, and act upon our forecasting outputs. In this role, you will influence Senior Operations leaders up to SVP, providing insights into $ Billion investment decisions. You will be working closely with scientists, economists, engineers, and business customers to architect the customer interaction experience, including viewing capabilities, auditing tools, what-if analysis frameworks, and forecast intervention workflows.
This role might be for you if you have interest and experience in:

Leading large, cross-functional planning and strategy workstreams that impact Amazon long term capacity and build.

Regularly presenting to VP and SVP level leaders

Prioritizing operational excellence work alongside feature delivery on a roadmap

Showing strong business acumen with strategic, analytical, and critical thinking

Managing planning calendars and strategic review mechanisms

Driving organizational alignment across multiple teams and stakeholders

Are passionate about defining the future US fulfillment network

About the team
The Long-Term Planning and Forecasting (LTPF) organization is dedicated to answering some of Amazon's most important strategic questions: Where will Amazon's growth come from in the next year? What about over the next five years? Which product lines are poised to grow significantly? Are we investing appropriately in our infrastructure? How do our customers react to changes in prices, product selection, or delivery times? Are our infrastructure investments optimal for the level of demand we expect? Basic Qualifications: - 7+ years of working cross functionally with tech and non-tech teams experience
- 7+ years of program or project management experience
- 7+ years of managing, analyzing and communicating results to senior leadership experience
- Bachelor's degree
- Experience implementing repeatable processes and driving automation or standardization
- Experience defining program requirements and using data and metrics to determine improvements Preferred Qualifications: - Experience delivering projects within scope, time, budget and quality

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

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

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.



USA, WA, Bellevue - 137,600.00 - 186,200.00 USD annually

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