Amazon

Principal Tech Program Manager, Amazon Publisher Services (APS)

Amazon$203K — $275K *
Technical Services
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 7+ years experience with engineering teams
  • 7+ years in technical product or program management
  • 5+ years of software development experience
  • Experience with system design and architecture
  • Experience managing cross-functional programs
  • Proven ability to own and define roadmap strategy

Responsibilities

  • Coordinate development timelines across engineering teams
  • Drive execution of product roadmap with cross-functional leaders
  • Serve as the voice of the team organization-wide
  • Lead multi-year planning activities
  • Mentor and guide team members

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health insurance including medical, dental, and vision
  • 401(k) matching
  • Generous paid time off
  • Support for adoption and surrogacy
  • Mental health support and counseling services
Full Job Description
Amazon Publisher Services (APS) helps publishers of all sizes and on all channels better monetize their content through effective advertising. APS unites publishers with advertisers across devices and media channels. We work with Amazon teams across the globe to solve complex problems for our customers. The end results are Amazon products that let publishers focus on what they do best - publishing.

The APS Publisher Products Engineering team is responsible for building cloud-based advertising technology services that help Web, Mobile, Streaming TV broadcasters and Audio publishers grow their business. Amazon Publisher Cloud (APC) is redefining how publishers and advertisers collaborate on data-driven advertising. The engineering team focuses on unlocking our ad tech on the most impactful Desktop, mobile and Connected TV devices in the home, bringing real-time capabilities to this medium for the first time.You will also drive the strategy for critical program support initiatives, ensuring stakeholders, engineering teams, and customers are building trustworthy solutions for business-critical decision-making.

In this role, you will work closely with SDEs, FEEs, Data Engineers, BI Engineers, Data/Applied Science, and partnering with cross-functional product teams to deliver high-quality, scalable data products. You will also partner with business counterparts like BDs, AMs, SAs and other roles to help drive the customer facing advertising initiatives. You will assess risks, anticipate bottlenecks, provide escalation management, make tradeoffs, balance business needs versus technical constraints, and encourage risk-taking behavior to maximize business benefit. Successful candidates will have a technical background, be detail-driven, and possess excellent problem-solving abilities.

Key job responsibilities

Key responsibilities:
• Coordinate the development timelines across several large engineering organizations to deliver on strict timelines
• Work with cross functional product leaders to drive execution of an ambitious product roadmap
• Be the voice of the team across multiple layers of the organization and drive multi-year planning activities.
• Act as mentor and role model for other members of the team

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- 7+ years of working directly with engineering teams experience

- 7+ years of technical product or program management experience

- 5+ years of software development experience

- Experience designing or architecting (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems

- Experience managing programs across cross functional teams, building processes and coordinating release schedules

- Experience owning/driving roadmap strategy and definition

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- 8+ years of hands-on work managing complex technology projects experience

- Experience managing projects across cross functional teams, building sustainable processes and coordinating release schedules

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 https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.

USA, CA, Palo Alto - 203,500.00 - 275,300.00 USD annually

About Amazon

Audible is a provider of spoken audio information and entertainment , on the Internet. They provide premium spoken audio content, such as audio versions of books and newspapers and radio programs, that is delivered over the Internet and played back on personal computers and hand-held electronic devices. The Audible service allows consumers to purchase and download their content from their Website, store it in digital files and play it back on personal computers and electronic devices. More than 15,000 hours of audio content are available on their Web site, including audio versions of books, periodicals and radio programs. Several manufacturers have agreed to support and promote the playback of their content on their hand-held audio-enabled electronic devices.

Amazon Careers

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