
Senior Technical Program Manager, Kiro
Required skills
- Agentic AI
- AI solutions
- AI/ML practitioners
- applied scientists
- software engineers
- solution architects
- technical initiatives
- cross-functional
- on-time delivery
- stakeholder management
Nice to have
- scope
- schedule
- budget
- quality
- risk
- critical path management
Role summary
Agentic AI is seeking a Senior Technical Program Manager to lead strategic AI initiatives, driving innovation and customer transformation. This role involves managing cross-functional technical programs from inception to completion, ensuring alignment with priorities and on-time delivery. Key responsibilities include stakeholder management, improving business and tech processes, facilitating strategic planning using Amazon mechanisms, and resolving critical technical issues. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in technical program management, software development, and working directly with engineering teams, with a strong ability to manage complex programs and build sustainable processes.
Key job responsibilities
• Manage Strategic Initiatives : Lead cross-functional technical initiatives from start to finish, ensuring alignment with priorities and on-time delivery.
• Stakeholder Management: Build and maintain relationships across the organization, acting as a bridge between technical teams and leadership to ensure clear communication and effective collaboration.
• Operational Excellence: Improve business and tech processes to increase organizational efficiency.
• Operational Rhythm & Coordination: Participate in weekly leadership meetings to align priorities, coordinate business reviews (WBRs, MBRs, QBRs), and facilitate strategic planning using Amazon mechanisms (2-pagers, PR/FAQs, OP1/OP2 planning).
• Technical Program Leadership: Monitor large-scale technical programs, identify and resolve risks/blockers, and drive timely decisions to keep critical work moving forward.
• Innovation & Opportunity Development: Transform innovative ideas into executable plans by conducting analysis, gathering requirements, and creating frameworks to capitalize on emerging opportunities.
• Technical Escalation & Problem Resolution: Address critical technical issues, assess impact, coordinate resolution across teams, and maintain stakeholder engagement throughout.
Basic Qualifications: - 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 Preferred Qualifications: - 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
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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.
USA, WA, Seattle - 148,700.00 - 201,200.00 USD annually
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