Sr. Technical Program Manager, AWS EC2 Accelerator Team
Santa Clara County, CA - USA
Job Summary
In this role you will own the end-to-end delivery of ambiguous high-stakes programs that span silicon hardware software platforms and ML frameworks. You will bring structure to ambiguity drive alignment across many teams surface and resolve the critical path and hold a diverse set of stakeholders accountable to commitments. You will be the connective tissue that turns a portfolio of independent efforts into a coherent on-time delivery and the trusted voice leadership relies on for a clear-eyed view of status risk and the decisions that matter. This is a rare opportunity to shape how purpose-built AI infrastructure gets built and shipped at scale.
Key job responsibilities
- Own the planning and end-to-end delivery of large cross-functional programs spanning silicon hardware software platforms and ML frameworks defining scope milestones dependencies and the critical path.
- Drive alignment across many teams and leaders; establish mechanisms (planning status risk reviews) that keep a complex program moving and transparent.
- Proactively identify risks dependencies and bottlenecks; drive mitigations and force clarity on trade-offs before they become launch-blocking.
- Translate ambiguous high-level goals into concrete plans with clear owners dates and success criteria.
- Communicate crisp status risks and decision asks to senior leadership; be the single source of truth for program health.
- Raise the bar on program management practices and mechanisms across the org driving continuous improvement in how the team plans and executes.
A day in the life
You start the day scanning program dashboards and updating the critical path from a partner team. You run a cross-team sync to unblock a dependency between the hardware and software platform teams then spend mid-morning pressure-testing a launch plan and pinning down owners and dates for the open the afternoon you drive a risk review update the programs status narrative and align stakeholders on a scope trade-off that protects the launch date. You close the day sending a crisp leadership update where the program stands the top risks and the two decisions you need this week. Throughout you are converting ambiguity into a clear shared plan and holding the whole program accountable to it.
About the team
We are the platform organization behind AWSs Trainium and Inferentia accelerators the custom AI chips that deliver industry-leading price-performance for training and inference. Our programs sit at the intersection of silicon hardware and large-scale distributed software. We operate at the frontier of AI infrastructure where the programs we deliver directly shape the cost and speed of AI for customers worldwide. We value ownership structured thinking operational rigor and a collaborative high-trust culture where program managers and engineers succeed together.
- 7 years of technical product or program management experience
- 8 years of working directly with engineering teams experience
- 5 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
- Experience leading highly technical programs involving infrastructure complex systems systems engineering
- 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 KPIs/SLAs used to drive multi-million dollar businesses and reporting to senior leadership
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status disability or other legally protected status.
Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees supervisors and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees supervisors and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal state and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct adverse and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies exercise sound judgment effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism and safeguard business operations and the Companys reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience qualifications and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical dental vision prescription Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans EAP Mental Health Support Medical Advice Line Flexible Spending Accounts Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage) 401(k) matching paid time off and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at CA SANTA CLARA - 171000.00 - 231400.00 USD annually
Required Experience:
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