Senior Technical Program Manager – PMO Lead, Hardware Strategy & Operations

Do you want to shape how Amazon builds its next generation of consumer devices not by building one product but by building the system that makes all products better As the Program Management Office (PMO) Lead and steward of Amazon Devices Product Development Process (PDP) within the Hardware Strategy & Operations team you will own the framework that every hardware program at Amazon Devices runs on. You will drive the evolution of how we develop devices from the earliest customer-focused working backwards documents through production validation ensuring that hundreds of engineers across disciplines and geographies have the clarity tools and process they need to deliver on time at quality and at scale.

Key job responsibilities
Own the end-to-end Product Development Process (PDP) for Amazon Devices Hardware including phase definitions gate criteria milestone templates approver matrices and associated tools ensuring the process remains current scalable and aligned with how programs actually execute.
Identify scope and lead strategic process improvement initiatives from proposal through implementation partnering with cross-functional stakeholders across engineering operations finance and product management to drive adoption and measure impact.
Maintain and evolve the suite of PDP tools and templates including milestone documents (Product Assessment Business Requirements Document Development Commit xVT Readiness Reviews Announce Risk Review OK2Ship) checklists and the Milestone Manager to reduce friction and enable program teams to move with speed and confidence.
Serve as the primary point of contact and subject matter expert for PDP across the Hardware organization providing guidance to System TPMs and functional leads on process application change management and escalation paths.
Drive cross-functional alignment on process changes communicating updates clearly to stakeholders at all levels and ensuring the PDP Confluence space reflects the current state of the process at all times.


A day in the life
You start your day reviewing feedback from System Technical Program Managers (TPMs) across multiple device programs about friction points in the milestone review process. By mid-morning you are in a working session with engineering operations and finance stakeholders to align on a proposed update to the approver matrix for the Development Commit gate 4. In the afternoon you are driving a process improvement initiative evaluating how the phase-gate methodology can better accommodate programs that blend hardware and software development. You close the day by updating the PDP Wiki page with revised templates and publishing a summary of approved process changes to the broader Hardware organization.
No two days look the same. You operate across teams and functions partnering with Product Managers System TPMs Engineering leads Operations Program Managers and executive stakeholders to keep the process current practical and effective 7. You are equally comfortable writing a detailed process specification and presenting a strategic recommendation to senior leadership.

About the team
The Hardware Strategy & Operations team sits at the center of Amazon Devices hardware development. Our mission is to enable the Hardware organization to build the right products the right way at the right time. We own the mechanisms processes and tools that the broader Hardware organization depends on to execute from pre-concept through production and sustaining.

- 5 years of technical product or program management experience
- 7 years of working directly with engineering teams 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
- Bachelors degree in engineering computer science or equivalent
- Experience leading process improvement systems development and project management
- Experience managing and maintaining program management tools templates or governance frameworks used by large engineering organizations.

- Experience in a Program Management Office (PMO) or equivalent central operations function within a hardware engineering organization.
- Familiarity with consumer electronics product development lifecycles including hardware validation phases (Engineering Validation Test Design Validation Test Production Validation Test) and associated cross-functional deliverables
- Experience working with tools such as Confluence JIRA and Jama in a program management or process governance context

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status disability or other legally protected status.

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