Does the challenge and ownership that comes from leading and driving large, cross-organizational projects and initiatives for the world’s leading Independent Publishing platform excite you? Do you enjoy working in an entrepreneurial environment, solving complex technical problems and delivering innovative solutions? We have a vacancy for an experienced Technical Program Manager (TPM) to work on high-profile initiatives in the Amazon Independent Publishing team.
Amazon Independent Publishing enables authors and publishers to reach readers worldwide in print (CreateSpace) and digital (Kindle Direct Publishing) formats. This team is at the center of the creative disruption that is happening in the publishing world, and we are reinventing the relationship between writers and readers. If you are ready to change the world, work hard and help authors succeed, this position is right for you. We offer a creative, fast paced, entrepreneurial work environment where you’ll be driving a key part of Amazon's innovation on behalf of content creators and authors.
In this role, you will be responsible for driving for all of Kindle solutions and success for accurate, transparent, and timely payments (royalties), working with engineers, other TPMs, business leaders, and senior management from across the organization. Successful candidates will have a passion for this space (ideally having prior technology experience in royalties, accounts payable, tax, etc); a distinguished set of experience defining, leading and delivering business-critical, cross-team technology projects; excellent communication skills for all audiences; a strong technical background; be detail-driven and thorough; and have excellent problem solving abilities. You should not only be passionate about delivering effective, on-time solutions, but should also be obsessed with contributing to the development of high-performance teams through rigorous goal-setting, disciplined attention to performance metrics, continuous process improvement, and mentorship. This is a high impact position that will directly contribute to customer satisfaction in an area of incredible growth. Come join our team and get ready to Work Hard, Have Fun, and Make History!
Responsibilities:
Amazon Independent Publishing enables authors and publishers to reach readers worldwide in print (CreateSpace) and digital (Kindle Direct Publishing) formats. This team is at the center of the creative disruption that is happening in the publishing world, and we are reinventing the relationship between writers and readers. If you are ready to change the world, work hard and help authors succeed, this position is right for you. We offer a creative, fast paced, entrepreneurial work environment where you’ll be driving a key part of Amazon's innovation on behalf of content creators and authors.
In this role, you will be responsible for driving for all of Kindle solutions and success for accurate, transparent, and timely payments (royalties), working with engineers, other TPMs, business leaders, and senior management from across the organization. Successful candidates will have a passion for this space (ideally having prior technology experience in royalties, accounts payable, tax, etc); a distinguished set of experience defining, leading and delivering business-critical, cross-team technology projects; excellent communication skills for all audiences; a strong technical background; be detail-driven and thorough; and have excellent problem solving abilities. You should not only be passionate about delivering effective, on-time solutions, but should also be obsessed with contributing to the development of high-performance teams through rigorous goal-setting, disciplined attention to performance metrics, continuous process improvement, and mentorship. This is a high impact position that will directly contribute to customer satisfaction in an area of incredible growth. Come join our team and get ready to Work Hard, Have Fun, and Make History!
Responsibilities:
- Ownership of all technical aspects of a unique, high-profile initiative for Kindle Content and accountability for driving problem solving and roadmap planning in support of business goals
- Collaboration with business stakeholders and development teams to build roadmaps and project plans that makes the most efficient use of resources and technologies while tackling the business’s top priorities
- Assess risks, anticipate bottlenecks, provide escalation management, make tradeoffs, and balance the business needs versus technical constraints
- Leading cross-functional development teams through requirements, design, delivery, and support of software projects
- Gathering user feedback and customer interaction data to dive deep and find development opportunities and drive continuous improvement
- 10+ years of relevant work experience in technical product and project management for internet-related software applications
- Bachelor's degree in software-product management, computer science, or equivalent experience
- Technology experience/skills with Web Services, Distributed Systems, Cloud-Computing, and Web Applications development preferred
- Experience in creating and managing complex, cross-team project plans; prior success in driving execution of large-scale project plans with multiple teams in support of business goals
- Strong organizational skills, successful track record of prioritizing and coordinating between multiple project stakeholders, technical program managers, and software development teams through strategic investments.
- Solid experience and track record of successful system implementations utilizing multiple project management methodologies, tools and techniques. Strong familiarity with agile methodologies
- Tracking and mitigating risks on large scale projects
- Previous work experience as a software developer is preferred.
- Ability to enable effective teamwork, communication, collaboration and commitment across multiple disparate groups with competing priorities
- Experience working with authors and a good understanding of what makes them happy and successful
- A love of reading and a desire to create great reading experiences