Amazon

Sr. Technical Program Manager, WW Sustainability

Amazon$148K — $201K *
Technical Services
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of technical product or program management experience
  • Experience driving roadmap strategy and definition
  • Proven track record in managing cross-functional programs
  • Familiarity with project management disciplines, including risk management
  • Experience in developing product and technical roadmaps.

Responsibilities

  • Lead coordination among teams for high-priority sustainability science programs
  • Facilitate data-sharing agreements and joint planning sessions
  • Manage operational cadence of external research partnerships
  • Own and define the program roadmap to translate science priorities into data products
  • Establish governance structures for program operations and resolve bottlenecks.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health insurance including medical, dental, and vision coverage
  • 401(k) matching
  • Paid time off and parental leave
  • Flexible Spending Accounts available
  • Support for adoption and surrogacy reimbursement.
Full Job Description
Join us at the forefront of Amazon's sustainability initiatives to work on environmental and social advancements to support Amazon's long term worldwide sustainability strategy. Amazon's Worldwide Sustainability (WWS) team works to build a sustainable business for our customers and the planet. Within WWS, the Sustainability Science & Innovation (SSI) team advances Amazon's sustainability commitments through applied science, data analytics, and strategic research programs - translating complex environmental and supply chain challenges into actionable intelligence for Amazon's business units.

You'll lead lead cross-organizational coordination and external collaboration for a high-priority sustainability science programs within SSI. You will be the operational anchor for a multi-stakeholder program - managing internal alignment across business units, driving external partnership execution with research institutions and industry bodies, and owning the program's delivery rhythm from roadmap to executive reporting. This role requires someone who can operate comfortably at the boundary between technical and business domains, build trust with senior stakeholders across organizational lines, and keep complex, multi-workstream programs on track without close supervision. You'll lead mechanisms that translate breakthrough science into scalable pilots and Amazon workflows, establishing best practices that compound impact across the organization.

This is a high-visibility role requiring the ability to influence technical direction across Amazon, drive alignment with senior leadership on multi-year investments, and serve as a thought leader bridging science, product, and business strategy.

Key job responsibilities

- Own stakeholder engagement across teams within WWS and SSI - securing data and resource commitments, aligning on shared deliverables, and maintaining consistent messaging across all stakeholder touchpoints

- Drive data and information-sharing agreements across teams, including access governance; facilitate joint planning sessions and translate program outputs into team-level action plans

- Manage the operational cadence of Amazon's external research partnerships - including academic institutions, national laboratories, and government-funded research programs - tracking deliverables and milestones

- Own the program roadmap - translating science and engineering priorities into a sequenced set of data products and decision-support tools; drive the program's weekly and quarterly update cadence to Director-level stakeholders; negotiate resources and priorities across contributing teams and unblock work before it stalls

- Build and maintain governance structures for program operations, including data access policies, budget tracking, and decision logs; identify and proactively resolve operational bottlenecks before they impact program timelines

A day in the life

You'll own a portfolio of solutions with company-wide impact, working with scientists and engineers across diverse domains, AI/ML teams, TPMs, and business unit stakeholders to orchestrate pilots and drive adoption at scale.

About the team

Sustainability Science and Innovation (SSI) is a multi-disciplinary team within WW Sustainability science, analytics, economics, statistics, machine learning, and engineering expertise. We use data across the sustainability imperatives (carbon, water, waste, biodiversity, environmental risk and more) and these skills and capabilities to identify, develop, experiment, and scale the scientific solutions and innovations necessary for Amazon, customers and partners to help them solve their hardest unmet and evolving sustainability needs and goals.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- 5+ years of technical product or program management experience

- Experience owning/driving roadmap strategy and definition

- 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

- Experience developing and executing/delivering product and technical roadmaps

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 - 148,700.00 - 201,200.00 USD annually

About Amazon

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Amazon Careers

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