At Amazon, we’re working to be the earth’s most customer-centric company. As a Program Manager – Transportation Engineering Systems (TESS), you will work closely with multiple business programs to translate transportation network requirements into reality. We work at the intersection of business and systems.
In this role, the Program Manager – TESS, manages transportation network configuration by working with different internal stakeholders and systems to deliver desired business outcomes. This role will directly influence the decisions and strategy of TESS by gathering customer needs and insights and mining large and diverse data sets. This position will work directly with business leaders and teams along with various stakeholders to track business goals and initiatives. They will also work with Business Analysts and Business Intelligence Engineers to drive data-driven decision-making and use broad technical skills to build analytics and reporting capabilities to continuously monitor and improve the network.
Key job responsibilities
– Manage full life-cycle of complex cross-functional programs with considerable impact across multiple organizations
– Develop the overall program strategy, tactically driving teams in and outside of your organization to deliver
– Define the program (mission, vision, tenets), set objectives, analyze data and drive improvements that are quantified with metrics
– Work in an ambiguous environment, seek to understand business problems, automation limitations, scaling factors, boundary conditions and reasons behind leadership decisions
– Partner with teams across the business you support and beyond to source, allocate, and coordinate resources
– Partner with customers, internal/external teams, and engineering teams to determine what projects move forward and in what priority order
– Oversee gaps between teams, processes and systems, help teams reduce exposure to classic failure modes (e.g., requirements not sufficiently understood or documented, ineffective cross-team collaboration, long-term impact(s) from third-party solutions, security not considered, insufficient stakeholder review, etc.)
– Solve ambiguous problems and proactively identify and mitigate risks (before they become roadblocks)
– Work with program managers, business leaders and executive team to communicate and impact critical business initiatives
– Develop, implement, and govern KPI reporting for a portfolio of programs, providing visibility to the milestones, and performance across all projects
– Engage other Amazon business units globally to share best practices and improve end to end outcomes for Amazon customers
– Create, communicate, and manage budget for projects
We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:
Bellevue, WA, USA | Nashville, TN, USA
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
– 2+ years of program or project management experience
– Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, business, engineering, finance or related technical or quantitative field
– Knowledge of Excel at an intermediate level (e.g., pivot tables & charts, multiple criteria lookups, nested logical/IF formulas, data cleansing, array formulas, etc.)
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
– Knowledge of software development lifecycle, including design, development, test, build, deployment processes and timelines
– Experience with SQL
– Experience in requirement gathering and ability to write clear and detailed requirement document
– Master’s degree or equivalent
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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $47,500/year in our lowest geographic market up to $107,200/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.