Sr. Technical Program Manager, Alexa Entertainment Amazon
Seattle, WA

Job Description

Want to transform the way people consume and interact with video? Come join the team that's enabling developers to create world class voice-forward video experiences, across devices and services. We brought Alexa to Fire TV and released the Video Skill API so that anyone can leverage the power of Alexa to ensure customers get to the content they care about, faster.

We work with top tier internal and external video partners to drive innovation with video and voice. You will have an enormous opportunity to impact the customer experience, design, architecture, and implementation of cutting edge products that will be used every day by people you know. No matter what the role, we're looking for people who are passionate about innovating on behalf of customers, demonstrate a high degree of product ownership, and want to have fun while they make history.

The Role:

We're seeking a Sr. Technical Program Manager for the Alexa Video international team. This role reports to the single-threaded leader for Alexa Video International and will own technical program management for how customers use voice to interact with video streaming services globally. In this role you will be responsible for scoping and delivering large projects end-to-end. Responsibilities include collection of business and systems requirements from internal and external customers, writing specifications, driving project schedules from design to release, and managing the production launch. You will lead and coordinate design/implementation efforts between internal teams and outside merchants and vendors to develop optimal solutions. You will be expected to make appropriate tradeoffs to optimize time-to-market, clearly communicate goals, roles, responsibilities, and desired outcomes to internal cross-functional and remote project teams.

The right candidate will possess a strong program management background, will have demonstrated experience leading medium to large projects, and will have a well-rounded technical background in current web technologies. You must be able to thrive and succeed in an entrepreneurial environment, and not be hindered by ambiguity or competing priorities. This means you are not only able to develop and drive high-level strategic initiatives, but can also roll up your sleeves, dig in and get the job done. As a Principal TPM, you will anticipate bottlenecks, provide escalation management, anticipate and make tradeoffs, and balance the business needs versus technical constraints. An ability to take large, complex projects and break them down into manageable pieces, develop functional specifications, then deliver them in a timely manner.