Technical Program Manager

Job description

DESCRIPTION

Alexa is the Amazon cloud service that powers Echo, the groundbreaking Amazon device designed around your voice. We believe voice is the most natural user interface for interacting with technology across many domains; We want you to come build the future with us!

This position will work with a variety of roles across the organization to build out new products and features on Alexa. You will have an opportunity to impact the customer experience, design, architecture, and implementation of a cutting edge product that is used every day by people you know.

We are looking for entrepreneurial, innovative individuals who thrive on solving tough problems in a nebulous environment. Delivering results, bias for action, ability to multi-task/prioritize, strong technical skills, ability to influence, leadership, and a natural curiosity are essential traits for success in this role.

As a TPM, you will wear many hats and be required to navigate an always shifting landscape of bottlenecks, technical constraints, and prioritization tradeoffs. The right candidate will not see this as a negative, you are excited to tackle these complex projects and deliver results time and time again.

In this role, you will:
• Interact with Software Developers, Technical Program Managers, Product Managers, and leadership to define and deliver complex features
• Lead the effective and efficient delivery of complex projects
• Drive project schedules, manage product launch, clearly communicate status and anticipate bottlenecks
• Dive into the technical complexity of features and bugs when needed and be able to recommend priority of issues
• Identify opportunities to drive innovation, accelerate product launches, and remove bottlenecks to deliver results
• Dive deep to identify root causes of issues and/or generate reports and extract data to identify problem patterns

Desired profile

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's degree in related technical field
• 3+ years of relevant work in product management or project management