Sr. Technical Program Manager, AFT External Fulfillment

Have you ever ordered a product from Amazon and been amazed at how fast you receive it? Every day, Amazon engineers are relentlessly working to decrease the time between clicking and delivery for our customers. The Amazon Fulfillment Technologies (AFT) organization owns all of the software and infrastructure that powers Amazon’s world-class fulfillment centers, including the fundamental data and services that drive our catalog and inventory systems. AFT builds and operates the software, hardware, and processes that run the global network of fulfillment centers. These systems underlie everything we do – tens of millions of items in the catalog, hundreds of millions of items of inventory, and billions of transactions each year! AFT is at the forefront of combining HCD, technology, process optimizations, workflow models, sensors etc. to solve complex operational and fulfillment problems. With rapid expansion into new geographies, innovations in supply chain, delivery models and customer experience, increasingly complex transportation network, ever expanding selection of products and growing number of shipments worldwide, we have an opportunity to build software that scales the business, leads the industry through innovation and delights millions of customers worldwide. We leverage latest technologies in big data, optimization techniques, machine learning, real time analytics and high volume, low latency, high availability services. We're looking for entrepreneurial, innovative individuals who thrive on solving difficult problems. We are investing in a deep technical team to pursue a transformation opportunity around advertising identity. The successful candidate will build upon technical skills and core program management successes. A Technical Program Manager (TPM) will partner with engineers, other TPMs, Product Managers and senior management to help create world-class solutions. 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 ideal TPM is a creative, demonstrated leader with superior analytical abilities and an expeditious drive to deliver results. This opportunity requires deep technical, problem-solving and communication skills. Key job responsibilities Engineering execution - drive crisp and timely execution based on customer impact and business opportunity Priority management - manage diverse requests and dependencies from world-wide teams Process improvements – define, implement and continuously improve delivery and operational efficiency Stakeholder management – interface with and influence your stakeholders, balancing business needs vs. technical constraints and driving clarity in ambiguous situations Operational Excellence – monitor metrics and program health, anticipate and clear blockers, manage escalations About the team We are a fast-paced and focused team of passionate Amazonians building Fulfillment solutions used externally. We are standing up fulfillment stack that will scale beyond Amazon sites globally. Our team is part of AFT, and works closely with Amazon Operations, 3rd Party Technical teams following a collaborative engagement model with joint workshops, and dedicated SME support. The team values high ownership, bias for action, and insists on the highest standards while following a build-fast-and-iterate-fast methodology. We believe in speed through autonomy and safety through guardrails. This team is suitable for passionate engineers who are equally interested in contributing to architecture and product strategy while building high-performing, scalable systems that directly impact Amazon internal and external operations and Amazon's growth.