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Sr. Technical Program Manager, Alexa Kids Experience

Amazon

Amazon

IT, Operations
Irvine, CA, USA
Posted on Jul 18, 2024

DESCRIPTION

Alexa is the groundbreaking intelligent agent that has changed customers’ lives and made voice driven experiences a reality today. If you are passionate about innovating in the space of artificial intelligence and are a highly-motivated, talented software engineer who wants to bring AI into the lives of our youngest customers, then come join the Alexa Kids Experience team. To realize our vision of making Alexa a fun, supportive, and educational companion for kids, we build unique Alexa experiences from ground-up and solve a range of technical challenges across the Alexa architecture.

The Sr Technical Program will be responsible for technical program strategy and execution within the Alexa Kids Experience (AKX) team. At Alexa, we are focused on building the world's best personal assistant, leveraging the latest advancements in Generative AI technologies. The role sits at a critical interaction between our product, tech, design and marketing teams.

Key job responsibilities
• Drive product launches including working with feature/delivery teams across a large organization, GTM, and executives
• Manage prioritization and trade-offs among customer experience, performance and operational support load
• Proactively identify and resolve strategic issues that may impair the team’s ability to meet strategic, financial, and technical goals


A successful candidate will be detail oriented, analytical, and able to collaborate effectively with cross-functional peers. They will be adept at leveraging new and existing technologies to uniquely solve customer problems.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- 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

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- 5+ years of project management disciplines including scope, schedule, budget, quality, along with risk and critical path management experience
- Experience defining KPI's/SLA's used to drive multi-million dollar businesses and reporting to senior leadership

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. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.

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.