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Does the challenge of advancing one of the Web's most scalable, reliable, and secure ecommerce Platform that processes tens of billions of dollars in transactions, excite you?
In this role, you will be the driving force that collaborates with business and technical teams around the globe to deliver world class solutions that are highly scalable, secure, and flexible - all while maintaining a strong customer focus. You will work with stakeholders and multiple business teams to identify, define, and specify solutions meeting our customers' needs. You will work with multiple technical teams to deliver those solutions. You will be the driving force that orchestrates all the moving pieces as needed to ensure successful and on-time delivery. You will also be the face and voice for the project teams you work with. You will ensure that all stakeholders are aware of outstanding issues and project status. You will tailor your communications to specific audiences as well as communicate clearly and concisely to both business and technical audiences. Finally, as a member of the team you will take an active role in our focus on continuous improvement. We are always on the lookout for ways to improve our SDLC and other processes as well as increasing quality and overall efficiency.
You must be able to:
*Interact with Project Sponsors, Project Stakeholders and multiple business and technical teams to define and deliver complex features
*Drive programs to completion across multiple organizations and teams
*Anticipate bottlenecks, provide escalation management, anticipate and make tradeoffs, and balance the business needs versus technical constraints
*Plan and manage multiple parallel projects · Maximize resources for the greater good of the organization
*Identify, assess, track and mitigate issues and risks at multiple levels
*Create, maintain and disseminate project information to stakeholders
*Drive effective teamwork, communication, collaboration and commitment across multiple disparate groups with competing priorities
*Be the glue that is able to understand, plan, and manage the cross-team interdependencies for complex systems
*Communicate project issues and status in a concise, accurate, and professional manner
*Apply best practices to the software development lifecycle for projects based on experiences with a number of agile and blended approaches, as well effectively coordinating the implementations across teams using very different approaches
*Build and maintain integrated project schedules that account for internal/external dependencies, differing SDLC approaches, numerous constraints, and adequately factors in some contingency for some unplanned delays while still be aggressive
*Remain flexible to changing priorities, open to new ideas and have Amazon's success firmly in your focus

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- 5+ years of Program Management experience in a related industry
- Bachelor's degree in software related field or equivalent work experience
- Experience with project delivery for large, cross functional projects
- Seasoned project manager with 7 years’ experience managing technology projects (software development and application infrastructure) with aggressive schedules
- Strong familiarity with agile methodologies
- A first-hand working knowledge of current web technologies
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including excellent listening skills, concise communications and targeting the message to specific audiences
- Analytical skills and experience
- Strong organizational skills

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- Proven problem solving skills
- Excellent technical skills
- Experience within complex organizational settings (e.g., PMO, geographic dispersion, etc.)
- Strong bias for action and "get it done" attitude
- Detail oriented, yet able to look at a wide array of choices and identify what truly matters
Amazon is an Equal Opportunity-Affirmative Action Employer – Minority / Female / Disability / Veteran / Gender Identity / Sexual Orientation

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