Job Description
AWS Fintech team is looking for a Sr. Technical Program Manager to transform and optimize high-scale, world class financial systems that power the global AWS business. The success of these systems will fundamentally impact the profitability and financial reporting for AWS and Amazon.
This position will play an integral role in leading programs that impact multiple AWS suppliers and organizations within Amazon.
These programs will involve multiple development teams across diverse organizations to build sophisticated, highly reliable financial systems.
These systems enable routine finance operations as well as machine learning, analytics, and GenAI reporting that enable AWS Finance to optimize profitability and free cash flow.
This position requires a proactive, highly organized individual with an aptitude for data-driven decision making, a deep curiosity for learning new systems, and collaborative skills to work with both technical and financial teams.
Key job responsibilities
The successful candidate will have excellent business, technical, and communication skills to be able to work across countries and markets, dev teams, and with business owners to define and deliver improvements. You thrive and succeed in an entrepreneurial environment, and are not
hindered by ambiguity or competing priorities. You thrive driving strategic initiatives and also dig in deep to get the job done.
A day in the life
As a Sr. 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 successful and timely manner is expected. Maturity, high judgment, negotiation skills, ability to influence, analytical talent and leadership are essential to success in this role.
About the team
The AWS FinTech team enables the growth of earth?s largest cloud provider by building world-class finance technology solutions for effective decision making. We build scalable long-term solutions that provide transparency into financial business insights while ensuring the highest standards of data quality, consistency, and security. We encourage a culture of experimentation and invest in big ideas and emerging technologies.
We are a globally-distributed team diverse technical expertise. We invest in providing a welcoming environment. Our talented individuals come from a variety of cultural backgrounds and we create fun and engaging opportunities that bring us together.
Basic Qualifications
7+ years of working directly with engineering teams experience
5+ years of technical product or program management experience
3+ years of software development experience
5+ years of technical program management working directly with software engineering teams experience
Experience managing programs across cross functional teams, building processes and coordinating release schedules
Preferred Qualifications
5+ years of project management disciplines including scope, schedule, budget, quality, along with risk and critical path management 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
Familiarity with financial concepts and/or datalakes
Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status.
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit
https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations
for more information. If the country/region you're applying in isn't listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.
Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $133,900/year in our lowest geographic market up to $231,400/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.
This position will play an integral role in leading programs that impact multiple AWS suppliers and organizations within Amazon.
These programs will involve multiple development teams across diverse organizations to build sophisticated, highly reliable financial systems.
These systems enable routine finance operations as well as machine learning, analytics, and GenAI reporting that enable AWS Finance to optimize profitability and free cash flow.
This position requires a proactive, highly organized individual with an aptitude for data-driven decision making, a deep curiosity for learning new systems, and collaborative skills to work with both technical and financial teams.
Key job responsibilities
The successful candidate will have excellent business, technical, and communication skills to be able to work across countries and markets, dev teams, and with business owners to define and deliver improvements. You thrive and succeed in an entrepreneurial environment, and are not
hindered by ambiguity or competing priorities. You thrive driving strategic initiatives and also dig in deep to get the job done.
A day in the life
As a Sr. 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 successful and timely manner is expected. Maturity, high judgment, negotiation skills, ability to influence, analytical talent and leadership are essential to success in this role.
About the team
The AWS FinTech team enables the growth of earth?s largest cloud provider by building world-class finance technology solutions for effective decision making. We build scalable long-term solutions that provide transparency into financial business insights while ensuring the highest standards of data quality, consistency, and security. We encourage a culture of experimentation and invest in big ideas and emerging technologies.
We are a globally-distributed team diverse technical expertise. We invest in providing a welcoming environment. Our talented individuals come from a variety of cultural backgrounds and we create fun and engaging opportunities that bring us together.
Basic Qualifications
7+ years of working directly with engineering teams experience
5+ years of technical product or program management experience
3+ years of software development experience
5+ years of technical program management working directly with software engineering teams experience
Experience managing programs across cross functional teams, building processes and coordinating release schedules
Preferred Qualifications
5+ years of project management disciplines including scope, schedule, budget, quality, along with risk and critical path management 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
Familiarity with financial concepts and/or datalakes
Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status.
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit
https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations
for more information. If the country/region you're applying in isn't listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.
Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $133,900/year in our lowest geographic market up to $231,400/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.
Key skill Required
- Software Development
- Project Management
- AWS
- Ambiguity
- Analytics
- Business Insights
- Communication
- Data Quality
- Decision Making
- Development
- Emerging Technologies
- Encourage
- Escalation Management
- Finance
- Finance Operations
- Financial Reporting
- Highly Organized
- Inclusive
- Influence
- Leadership
- Learning
- Machine Learning
- Management
- Onboarding
- Orientation
- Proactive
- Profitability
- Program Management
- Reporting
- Security
- Software Engineering
- Strategic Initiatives
- Talented
- Technical Program Management
