As a Principal Technical Program Manager in the BDT-AI4ME organization, you understand ways that enterprises apply AI to solve business and technical problems. You understand the ways that Amazon's business teams work with their data teams, and you seek to reduce friction and error-proneness of those interactions using AI. You drive lightweight mechanisms that bring visibility to leadership, share best practices, and provide better communication and collaboration across teams. This role works closely with Tech Directors, VPs and Principal Engineers to identify patterns, new trends, goals and areas for cross-org collaboration. This role does not support just one organization but rather focuses on best practices that can be applicable to multiple organizations across Amazon. Key job responsibilities You focus on the needs of business users as they navigate data from question to insight. You formulate goals and plans for transforming the ways Amazon extracts value from its data through iterative improvements involving AI enablement, process optimization, role guidelines, and org design. As part of a broader team, you collaborate with other technical program managers to ensure that work in your space aligns with work and plans of other teams across BDT and other organizations. You establish mechanisms for inspection and awareness of progress across cross cutting initiatives. Data drives your "flywheel". You analyze data to glean insights that drive experimentation. You leverage data such as service telemetry, user feedback, and industry trends to surface opportunities for improvement. You take what's proven and partner with Amazon organizations to apply and scale it. You define, implement, and monitor metrics that track your progress. You partner with Amazon's business orgs to test hypotheses and deploy AI-based solutions to reduce friction and risk of errors in the ways that businesses use data. You give feedback on narratives, contribute to strategy (e.g., OP1 planning), set goals, discuss weekly business metrics, and more. You partner with Amazon's PXT organization to evolve and optimize roles guidelines and org design best practices to align with the way businesses are evolving their practices around getting insights from their data. You partner with engineering, human resources, legal, documentation, solution architecture, privacy, finance, and more to optimize usage of the Andes data lake for AI-based methodologies. As an owner, you hold yourself and partners accountable for the highest quality user outcomes. BASIC QUALIFICATIONS - 7+ years of technical product or program management experience - 10+ years of working directly with engineering teams experience - Experience managing programs across cross functional teams, building processes and coordinating release schedules - Experience driving complex programs using judgment and data, including collaborating with stakeholders and internal partners - Experience improving processes for program management and for collaboration with partner teams - Experience influencing executive leadership through verbal and written communication - Experience negotiating, influencing, planning, and executing across teams PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS - Knowledge of current trends and approaches to applying AI to business needs - Technical depth in databases, data lakes, storage, and distributed systems, including architectural and operational aspects 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, WA, Seattle - 177,000.00 - 239,400.00 USD annually