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Amazon Sr. Technical Program Manager, Amazon Robotics Manipulation in North Reading, Massachusetts
Description
Do you want to create worldwide impact in Robotics? Amazon Robotics is building high-performance, real-time robotic systems that can perceive, learn, and act intelligently alongside humans—at Amazon scale. Our team invents and scales AI systems for robotics in fulfillment. We invent new hardware configurations and end of arm tools. We deploy software to manage fleets of robots across the world. Our team’s mission is to enable robots to interact safely, efficiently, and fluently with the clutter and uncertainty of real-world fulfillment centers. Our AI solutions enable robots to learn from their own experiences, from each other, and from humans to build intelligence that feeds itself.
We are seeking a Senior Technical Program Manager to help deploy our technologies, working with teams of scientists and engineers across all robotics disciplines. The ideal candidate has deployed automation systems into production environments. They think well at the system level, but can dive into the details and work with our subject matter experts. They are extremely well organized and have a proven track record of delivering multi-disciplinary products with a high degree of technical innovation. They will work both outwards with senior management and inwards with our technical development team. You thrive in a highly collaborative, creative, analytical, and fast-paced environment in solving problems in connecting the suppliers to the customers optimally.
Key job responsibilities
Have experience with complex system design, including experience integrating hardware and software deliverables.
Drive consensus on technical decisions and ensure the appropriate resources are employed to deliver high quality results.
Act as the interface between the manipulation organization, our stakeholders and customers.
Identify, assess, track and mitigate issues and risks.
Create, maintain and disseminate project information to stakeholders.
Drive effective teamwork, communication, collaboration and commitment across multiple program teams with competing priorities.
Develop and drive program schedules.
Drive program planning and execution.
A day in the life
Amazon offers a full range of benefits for you and eligible family members, including domestic partners and their children. Benefits can vary by location, the number of regularly scheduled hours you work, length of employment, and job status such as seasonal or temporary employment. The benefits that generally apply to regular, full-time employees include:
Medical, Dental, and Vision Coverage
Maternity and Parental Leave Options
Paid Time Off (PTO)
401(k) Plan
If you are not sure that every qualification on the list above describes you exactly, we'd still love to hear from you! At Amazon, we value people with unique backgrounds, experiences, and skillsets. If you’re passionate about this role and want to make an impact on a global scale, please apply!
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
Experience working with Applied Science and Hardware teams
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