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Sr. Technical Program Manager, Amazon Leo - OISL

Amazon$148K — $201K *
Aerospace & Defense
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of technical product or program management experience
  • 7+ years of experience working directly with engineering teams
  • 5+ years of technical program management experience with software engineering teams
  • Proven ability to manage cross-functional programs and build release schedules
  • Strong experience in project management disciplines including scope, schedule, and budget management

Responsibilities

  • Lead strategic initiatives within the OISL team for space-based optical communication systems
  • Drive execution of OP1 planning across multiple cross-functional teams
  • Manage complex budget tracking and financial reporting
  • Research and analyze infrastructure investments for trade effectiveness
  • Implement Amazon's Working Backwards methodology for hardware development

Benefits

  • Health insurance including medical, dental, vision
  • 401(k) matching
  • Paid time off and parental leave
  • Mental health support and employee assistance programs
  • Flexible Spending Accounts and adoption/surrogacy reimbursement
Full Job Description
-Role in Optical Inter-Satellite Link (OISL) team within Amazon's Leo organization

- Lead strategic intiatives for OISL team in delivering cross-functional programs for space-based optical communication systems.

- Drive Rythem of Buisness for OISL team

- Manage complex stakeholder relationships with senior leadership, finance, and engineering teams

- ensure 100% delivery against critical satellite milestones-from prototyping through production to on-orbit operations.

Key job responsibilities

-Drive OP1 planning and execution processes across multiple cross-functional teams

-Manage complex budget tracking

- Research and provide trade analysis for infrastracture investments

-Implement and sustain Amazon's Working Backwards methodology (PR/FAQ, MBR/QBR cadence, written narratives) adapted for hardware development cycles

Export Control Requirement

Due to applicable export control laws and regulations, candidates must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e., current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.

About the team

In this role, you'll start your day reviewing program metrics across the OISL portfolio using Confluence, Jira, and Smartsheet dashboards tracking 35-70 KPIs. You'll partner closely with finance (where this role has been recognized as "best business partner for finance"), engineering leads, and senior Amazon Leo leadership to resolve cross-project resource conflicts and drive decisions on yellow/red items. Throughout the week, you'll coordinate across multiple hardware development projects, manage dependencies, guide OP1 planning, and ensure alignment between OISL and the broader Amazon Leo organization. Your internal stakeholders include OISL Project Leadership, Leo LT (VP-level), finance partners, and the Amazon Leo equipment group. The problems you'll solve range from strategic resource allocation across parallel satellite programs to ensuring on-time delivery of optical communication hardware for Amazon Leo's constellation.

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

- Experience defining KPI's/SLA's used to drive multi-million dollar businesses and reporting to senior leadership

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, Redmond - 148,700.00 - 201,200.00 USD annually

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