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Amazon.com, Inc.
Program Manager Alexa+, Preview
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What they do
A Technical Program Manager oversees all aspects of technical projects for their organization. They focus on overseeing the development, implementation, and delivery of technical solutions or products, often involving software development, hardware engineering, or IT infrastructure. They may be responsible for initiating programs, monitoring their progress, and providing technical support if issues arise.
$203,684 / year median in Washington
Job Description
Description Join the Alexa Preview Team and help shape the future of Amazon's cloud-based voice service and Echo devices. As a Program Manager, you'll drive beta programs to gather critical customer feedback on Alexa and Echo products. Working closely with cross-functional product and marketing teams, you'll advocate for the customer's perspective and make strategic recommendations to enhance the user experience. Your analytical mind and tactical execution will directly contribute to making customers' lives easier and more enjoyable through Alexa and Echo. If you're passionate about delivering exceptional product experiences, this role is an excellent opportunity to make your mark. Key job responsibilities As a Program Manager on the Alexa Preview team, you will be part of a high-functioning, fast-moving team responsible for running beta programs to support the launch of Alexa devices and features with direct impact for our customers. You will support product releases that will be highly visible to Beta participants and business partners, and it will require autonomy, reporting and "thinking big" qualities.
In this role you will:
- Manage multiple medium complex programs from initiation through delivery
- Work with cross functional stakeholders (Engineering, Product, Marketing, International, Quality Assurance, Customer Service)
- Gather requirements from appropriate business owners, writes clear and detailed plans to design methods to gather and analyze Preview participants feedback with functional specifications, feature prioritization, to deliver on requirements.
- Manage the beta testing activities workflow, and optimize the process that involves interacting with both internal and external stakeholders to achieve scalability by creating templates, and building knowledge base entries
- Monitor the program's overall progress, anticipates risks, resolves issues and initiates correction action as appropriate
- Manage the dependencies and negotiates trade-offs as needed
- Provide detailed reporting on a regular basis within Preview team and to business and technology owner regarding voice of the customers A day in the life As a Program Manager on the Alexa Preview Team, you'll drive the beta lifecycle of new Alexa-enabled products.
- 3+ years of program or project management experience
- Experience working cross functionally with tech and non-tech teams
- Experience using data and metrics to determine and drive improvements
- 3+ years of defining and implementing process improvement initiatives using data and metrics experience
- Knowledge of Excel at an intermediate level (e.g., pivot tables & charts, multiple criteria lookups, nested logical/IF formulas, data cleansing, array formulas, etc.)
- Experience in stakeholder management, dealing with multiple stakeholders at varied levels of the organization Preferred Qualifications
- 3+ years of driving end to end delivery, and communicating results to senior leadership experience
- 3+ years of driving process improvements experience Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
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