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Amazon Senior Technical Program Manager, Amazon Redshift in East Palo Alto, California
Description
Want to make database history? Come and join the team that is building the most popular cloud data warehousing service in the world with tens of thousands of customers - Amazon Redshift. We are building the next generation data warehouse systems, creating an impact on its hundreds of thousands of users, and looking for top engineers to help shape the future. Amazon Redshift is the leading, fully managed, petabyte-scale data warehouse in the cloud. Using Amazon Redshift makes it simple and cost-effective to analyze all your data seamlessly.
As a Senior Technical Program Manager working with across all Redshift teams, you will have the opportunity to drive programs related to Redshift releases, customers, tooling, operations, and infrastructure to support Redshift customers, improve developer productivity and quality assurance across the AWS Redshift organization. You will take ownership on our overall strategy to drive engineering productivity, ensure quality and security, streamline builds and deployments, and spearhead the organization’s best practices. You will also enable building automation of critical operational functions that ensure thousands of servers across all AWS regions worldwide operate smoothly at massive scale and at lowest cost.
In this role, you will collaborate with the engineering teams to deliver the best solutions with efficient use of resources and technologies. You will make strong business cases for project prioritization and investment. You will also assess risks, anticipate bottlenecks, make tradeoffs, balance the business needs versus technical constraints and inspire risk-taking behavior to maximize business benefit. In this role, you will:
Drive programs for various components and deployment of Redshift releases
Drive programs related to Redshift customer management
Drive programs related to Redshift development, quality improvement, release management and operations
Clarify, prioritize and drive project commitments as well as establish and maintain clear chains of accountability
Articulate program goals, desired outcomes, risks and mitigation plan clearly
Work closely with project stakeholders to understand their schedule, cost, functionality, and quality requirements
Assist engineering team managers in building accurate development schedules that account for cross-team dependencies and minimize delays
Maintain and communicate the master cross-team project schedule. Collect, analyze, and report metrics that clearly and accurately reflect progress against planned goals and deliverables
Ensure that schedule changes are tracked and communicated efficiently to the right people at the right cadence using regular weekly status reports, daily updates during critical periods, etc.
Lead retrospectives that maximize learning and ensure that appropriate improvements are incorporated into our development processes.
Joining the Amazon Redshift team gives you the opportunity to:
Work on a disruptive product that’s still in its early stages
Solve challenging problems that will revolutionize database computing in the cloud
Build a product that will leverage the scale of resources available in the cloud
Help enable the digital transformation of our 1,000’s of customer’s businesses, which is at the forefront of leading CEO’s minds
This is a unique and rare opportunity to get in on the ground floor with Redshift and work in an exciting startup environment. Come, join us in reinventing database systems for the cloud!
About the team
AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.
Why AWS? Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating — that’s why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.
Inclusive Team Culture Here at AWS, it’s in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employee-led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empower us to be proud of our differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness.
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Work/Life Balance We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve in the cloud.
Basic Qualifications
5+ years of technical product or program management experience
7+ years of working directly with engineering teams experience
3+ years of software development 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
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company’s reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
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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, East Palo Alto - 171,000.00 - 231,400.00 USD annually