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Description

The Amazon transportation controllership team is looking for a customer focused, analytically and technically skilled Program Manager to own program solutions for the Operations Finance organization. This team has a fast-paced environment where we “Work Hard, Have Fun, Make History.” On a typical day, you will talk to several customers, define and prioritize the roadmap, deep dive to root-cause a customer issue, release the latest new feature, define and report business metrics, discuss new approaches to building and operating at scale, the list goes on.

Key job responsibilities

The right candidate will possess a strong program management background, has experience leading large projects, and has a well-rounded technical background in current technologies. As a Technical Program Manager, your responsibilities will include writing specifications, driving project schedules from design to release, and managing the production launch. You will lead and coordinate design and implementation efforts, coordinating across multiple teams to develop optimal solutions. You will anticipate bottlenecks, provide escalation management, anticipate and make trade-offs, and balance the business needs versus technical constraints. You must be able to thrive and succeed in an entrepreneurial environment, destroy limits to scale, and not be hindered by ambiguity or competing priorities. This means you are able to develop and drive high-level strategic initiatives while rolling up your sleeves to get the job done. This role will require high judgement on how we can deliver for customers in both the short- and long-term.

About the team

Trans Controllership in Finance is one of the most challenging and exciting spaces to work for, with new geographies, new modes and new carriers being launched every day and being required to seamlessly integrate with the Transportation technical systems for automatic Ingestion of Freight invoices, thorough auditing, timely payment and for proper accounting to keep our books clean and accurate.

Basic Qualifications

• 3+ years of technical product or program management 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

Preferred Qualifications

• 3+ years of working directly with engineering teams 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

• Experience managing mechanisms like WBR/MBR/QBR to support business operations

• Expertise in Sprint Planning and prioritization of data engineering work load.

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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $114,500/year in our lowest geographic market up to $197,800/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.