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Sr. Program Manager, Air Science & Technology
Amazon.comUnited Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 16 May 2023
About the role
Do you have what it takes to join one of the most exciting teams at the world's most customer-centric company? Then come soar with Air Science & Tech! Amazon Air (operating global air cargo flight and ground operations) needs YOU to lead the integration across fulfillment, ground and air transportation operations to run hundreds of flights per day to support same-day shipping. Amazon Air is big and growing and enabling this requires investment in science and technology to scale the operation.
Amazon Air Science and Technology (AST) team is looking for an experienced Sr. Program Manager who thrives in dealing with ambiguity and is able to independently drive efforts to be part of the team building the end to end planning, execution and decision support systems for the Amazon Air program. This is a leadership position that requires both initiative and a great amount of program management depth within and across organizations to help build new and leverage existing fulfillment and transportation technologies towards achieving our product vision.
This position involves regular communication with senior management on status, risks and change control, owning of complex org wide initiatives, thought leadership and a high degree of independence, ownership, bias for action and right a lot decisions. Additionally this position requires the ability to think big and facilitate longer term research that contributes to a multi-year product roadmap.
Strong candidates will be able to understand and influence the development of large-scale distributed services to drive solutions across multiple teams, and have excellent communication skills, a passion for building simple, elegant and architecturally sound systems, and a drive for results.
Key job responsibilities
• Partner with Air Operations stakeholders to define, modify, and improve business-critical processes for automation and optimization
• Create and execute Go-To-Market strategies in collaboration with Product Management, partnership teams, and Field Operations leadership
• Drive enterprise-wide adoption through evangelism and change management efforts
• Manage relationship and sub-contracts with 3rd-party solution providers
• Lead business-case analysis and commercial solution evaluations which lead to data-driven build vs. buy decisions
• Perform duties as the business focal to manage and maintain contractual relationships with our partner vendors
About the team
Amazon Air Science and Technology (AST) team is scaling with our business partner, Amazon Air and needs Program Managers to join our four 2-Pizza Teams which own the technologies and products focused on specific aspects of the air-cargo industry (Planning, Network Visibility and Control, Critical Business Processes, Gateway & Hub Operations).
This position works closely with an Operations Single-Threaded Leader (STL) or Single Point of Contact (SPOC) to launch capability, drive adoption, and identify business-wide opportunities.
Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.
Amazon Air Science and Technology (AST) team is looking for an experienced Sr. Program Manager who thrives in dealing with ambiguity and is able to independently drive efforts to be part of the team building the end to end planning, execution and decision support systems for the Amazon Air program. This is a leadership position that requires both initiative and a great amount of program management depth within and across organizations to help build new and leverage existing fulfillment and transportation technologies towards achieving our product vision.
This position involves regular communication with senior management on status, risks and change control, owning of complex org wide initiatives, thought leadership and a high degree of independence, ownership, bias for action and right a lot decisions. Additionally this position requires the ability to think big and facilitate longer term research that contributes to a multi-year product roadmap.
Strong candidates will be able to understand and influence the development of large-scale distributed services to drive solutions across multiple teams, and have excellent communication skills, a passion for building simple, elegant and architecturally sound systems, and a drive for results.
Key job responsibilities
• Partner with Air Operations stakeholders to define, modify, and improve business-critical processes for automation and optimization
• Create and execute Go-To-Market strategies in collaboration with Product Management, partnership teams, and Field Operations leadership
• Drive enterprise-wide adoption through evangelism and change management efforts
• Manage relationship and sub-contracts with 3rd-party solution providers
• Lead business-case analysis and commercial solution evaluations which lead to data-driven build vs. buy decisions
• Perform duties as the business focal to manage and maintain contractual relationships with our partner vendors
About the team
Amazon Air Science and Technology (AST) team is scaling with our business partner, Amazon Air and needs Program Managers to join our four 2-Pizza Teams which own the technologies and products focused on specific aspects of the air-cargo industry (Planning, Network Visibility and Control, Critical Business Processes, Gateway & Hub Operations).
This position works closely with an Operations Single-Threaded Leader (STL) or Single Point of Contact (SPOC) to launch capability, drive adoption, and identify business-wide opportunities.
Basic Qualifications
- 5+ years of program or project management experience
- Experience using data and metrics to determine and drive improvements
- Experience owning program strategy, end to end delivery, and communicating results to senior leadership
- Experience implementing repeatable processes and driving automation or standardization
- Experience working cross functionally with tech and non-tech teams
Preferred Qualifications
- 2+ years of driving process improvements experience
- Master's degree, or MBA in business, operations, human resources, adult education, organizational development, instructional design or related field
- 5+ years of defining and executing against program timeline & requirements experience
- Experience working cross functionally with tech teams
Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.
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