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Description

Our collaborative team is at the forefront of building world-class industrial automation solutions. Our team is searching for a Senior Program Manager (PM) that can manage the complexity and vast technical workstreams across all aspects of our program.

The ideal candidate will draw upon exemplary program and project management, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills, and a passion for creating reliable and maintainable systems. The candidate should be open to new challenges, strong at multi-tasking, innovative, creative, self-directed, and a great team player. Candidates should drive continuous process improvement and collaborate effectively with cross-functional operational and development teams to solve problems and implement new solutions.

Key job responsibilities

- Manage full lifecycle of complex cross-functional programs with considerable impact across multiple organizations

- Development of the overall program strategy, tactically driving teams in and outside of your organization to deliver

- Define the program (mission, vision, tenets), set objectives, analyze data and drive improvements that are quantified with metrics

- Work autonomously in an ambiguous environment, seeking to understand business problems, automation limitations, scaling factors, boundary conditions and reasons behind leadership decisions

- Partner with customers, internal/external teams, and engineering teams to determine what projects move forward and in what priority order

- Solve ambiguous problems and proactively identify and mitigate risks (before they become roadblocks)

- Work with program managers, business leaders and executive team to communicate and impact critical business initiatives

- Develop, implement, and govern KPI reporting for a portfolio of programs, providing visibility to the milestones, and performance across all projects

- Create, communicate, and manage budget for projects

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

- Bachelor's degree, or Bachelor's degree in BI, finance, engineering, statistics, computer science, mathematics, finance or equivalent quantitative field

- Experience working cross functionally with tech and non-tech teams

- Knowledge of Excel at an intermediate level (e.g., pivot tables & charts, multiple criteria lookups, nested logical/IF formulas, data cleansing, array formulas, etc.)

Preferred Qualifications

- 2+ years of driving process improvements experience

- MBA, or Master's degree

- Experience dealing well with ambiguity, prioritizing needs, and delivering measurable results in an agile environment

- Experience prioritizing and handling multiple assignments at any given time while maintaining commitment to deadlines

- Advanced knowledge of analytical tools such as SQL, Tableau, MS Excel, or Microsoft Access

- Demonstrated experience and proficiency in effective communication of goals and strategies across multiple leadership levels of an organization

- Demonstrated ability to dive deep in understanding the product, our business and the competitive landscape

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $104,100/year in our lowest geographic market up to $185,000/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits . This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.