We are seeking a seasoned Principal Technical Program Manager with experience in ad tech and a strong track record of driving cross-organizational programs to join our team. In this role, you will own Wondery’s ad tech priorities and roadmap, and work closely with technical, product, and business leaders within Wondery and across Amazon to design and implement new capabilities that ensure we not only meet the needs of our podcast advertising business today, but also scale our capabilities for continued rapid growth. You will be a senior member of the Wondery Product, Data & Tech team, reporting to the head of the team.
This role functions as a day-to-day liaison between Wondery’s internal teams, including Ad Sales/Ops, Finance, and Analytics, and peer teams in Amazon Ads, Alexa, ART19, and other Amazon organizations to deliver high impact new capabilities and backend system integrations with significant complexity. You will lead, impact and influence cross-functional teams and own end to end execution from inception to delivery. You will succeed in these endeavors by combining your technical experience with your ability to listen to, learn from, and communicate with a diverse group of collaborators.
Our ideal candidate is collaborative, highly technical, proactive, has strong attention to detail, makes data-driven decisions, and can build rapport and trust with all stakeholders in a matrixed organization. You will have a proven track record of planning and delivering complex programs with multi-year roadmaps. As a passionate technical program leader, you anticipate bottlenecks, provide escalation management, anticipate and make trade-offs, and balance the business needs versus technical constraints. You have an ability to take large, complex projects and break them down into manageable pieces, develop functional specifications, then drive delivery of them in a timely manner. Experience in managing large ad tech implementation and integration programs is highly desirable.
Key job responsibilities
* Lead high-visibility, cross-team initiatives including scoping, requirement gathering, technical design, implementation, and launch phases. This includes evaluating and recommending technical solutions to meet customer requirements, ensuring long-term scalability, and meeting project timelines.
* Represent Wondery’s priorities and vision with Product & Engineering teams in other departments, including Amazon Advertising and ART19 (Amazon’s provider of cutting edge tools for hosting, ad serving, audience targeting and measurement).
* Clarify, prioritize and drive project commitments for complex projects as well as establish and maintain clear chains of accountability across multiple teams.
* Communicate effectively (both verbal and written) and present to senior leadership.
* Be a technical problem solver on the team, articulating program goals, desired outcomes, risks/issues, mitigating planning and at times implementing innovative solutions to project roadblocks.
* Reduce cross-organizational exposure to failure modes (e.g. requirements not sufficiently understood/documented, ineffective cross-team collaboration, inadequate system design, insufficient testing/gaps, etc.).
* Demonstrate strong program management, organizational, and leadership skills.
* Provide clear and timely reporting of key performance metrics across internal & external stakeholders.
About the team
Wondery, an Amazon company, is a premium podcast studio known for character-driven, binge-worthy stories including Dr. Death, British Scandal, Even the Rich and Business Wars, and distribution of hit partner shows SmartLess, My Favorite Murder, Morbid and How I Built This. Wondery was behind eight of the “Top 25 New Shows of 2022”, according to Podtrac, including Twin Flames, Fed Up and Will be Wild. Over 50 shows from Wondery have hit #1 on Apple Podcasts including Scamfluencers and Twin Flames. Many Wondery podcasts have been adapted for scripted television or streaming series, including Dr. Death and Joe vs Carole on Peacock and The Shrink Next Door and WeCrashed on Apple TV+. Wondery has gained critical acclaim and commercial success for its immersive approach to sonic, emotionally driven storytelling. The Wondery app offers a unique, personalized podcast listening experience, including access to its premium ad-free offering Wondery+. With Wondery+, fans experience early access, exclusive episodes, and ad-free listening.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- 7+ years of working directly with engineering teams experience
- 7+ years of technical product or program management experience
- 5+ years of software development experience
- Experience designing or architecting (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems
- Experience managing programs across cross functional teams, building processes and coordinating release schedules
- Experience owning/driving roadmap strategy and definition
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- 8+ years of hands-on work managing complex technology projects experience
- Experience managing projects across cross functional teams, building sustainable processes and coordinating release schedules
- Experience in architectural design or system design independent of an architect
- Experience working directly with engineering teams
- Ability to handle multiple priorities in an energizing environment
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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $141,600/year in our lowest geographic market up to $275,300/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. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.