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Amazon Senior Technical Program Manager, Shipment Optimization in Bellevue, Washington
Description
Have you ever ordered a product on Amazon and wondered how it got to you so fast? Did you ever think about where did this package come from and how much would it have costed to do that delivery? If so, the Amazon Supply Chain Optimization organization is for you.
Watch this video to learn more about our organization, SCOT: http://bit.ly/amazon-scot
Within SCOT, Amazon’s transportation systems enable millions of packages to be delivered to customers worldwide faster and cheaper while providing extraordinary customer experience – from search, checkout to shipment tracking to delivery. Our software systems include services that handle thousands of requests per second, make business decisions impacting billions of dollars a year, integrate with a network of small and large carriers worldwide, maintain business rules for millions of unique products, and improve experience for online shoppers. With rapid expansion into new geographies, innovations in supply chain, delivery models and customer experience, increasingly complex transportation network, ever expanding selection of products and growing number of shipments worldwide, we have an opportunity to build software that scales the business, leads the industry through innovation and delights millions of customers worldwide.
As a Senior TPM, you will be driving mission critical programs which will shape Amazon's future and impact the transportation industry as a whole. You will find personal satisfaction in solving some of the most intriguing transportation problems and contribute to improving customer experience and saving millions of dollars for Amazon.
Key job responsibilities
This space requires a high level of strategy, engagement, execution, and operations to evolve the ordering and fulfillment capabilities for the next decade. This team is critical to Amazon’s future success, and will provide great personal satisfaction and career development as we tackle some of the most intriguing network problems. The perfect candidate will thrive outside of defined role guidelines, practice extreme ownership, strike balance between strategic and tactical success, responsible for efficient execution, and communicate ideas in a concise and succinct manner.
The key responsibilities are:
Invent, design, and implement engineering solutions to complex problems throughout the global Amazon supply chain.
Coordinate design and innovation efforts to develop optimal solutions for the fulfillment and transportation network. Tackle complex challenges and break them down into actionable steps, delivering results efficiently.
Collaborate with other teams and operational partners to generate high quality, cost effective solutions for transportation of packages.
Simultaneously manage multiple projects and tasks while effectively influencing, negotiating, and communicating with internal and external business partners.
Provide technical leadership for large-scale software, architectural, operational projects.
Develop and lead high-level strategic initiatives that will shape the future of our fulfillment network.
About the team
We are part of the Fulfillment Optimization org in SCOT and own the representation of the worldwide outbound transportation network to guide Amazon's Promise and Fulfillment decisions. The team is currently spread across Bellevue (WA), Austin (TX), and Vancouver (BC, Canada).
Basic Qualifications
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
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
Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.
Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $133,900/year in our lowest geographic market up to $231,400/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.