Senior Technical Program Manager
Amazon Cambridge
At Audible, we believe stories have the power to transform lives. It’s why we work with some of the world’s leading creators to produce and share audio storytelling with our millions of global listeners. We are dreamers and inventors who come from a wide range of backgrounds and experiences to empower and inspire each other.
This team designs and builds architectures for products that deliver Audible content to users in all sorts of new application domains using back-end services as well as our content on end-user devices and platforms such as iOS, Android, Web, Alexa devices like Echo and more.
The team we’re specifically hiring for focuses on tapping the unrealized opportunity landscape within Amazon, where the Audible listening experience still remains unknown to many of our potential customers. Amazon is a vast playground for Audible to experiment and improve upon disruptive customer experiences and add new levels of profitable growth.
We need your help to lead and manage projects and processes that will help bring more customers to Audible through our Amazon touch-points. We're a part of Amazon, they are our parent company and it's a great partnership. You'll get to play with all of Amazon's technologies like EC2, SQS and S3 but it doesn't stop there.
For more information, please visit adbl.co/hybrid.- 7+ years experience in technology project coordination and delivery of distributed multi-tier applications
Imagine your future with us.
ABOUT THIS ROLE
Senior Technical Program Managers (TPMs) are Audible’s relay sprinters, taking projects over the finish line like a champion from concept to launch. As a Senior TPM, you’ll be responsible for the relationship and integration of Audible and Amazon products.This team designs and builds architectures for products that deliver Audible content to users in all sorts of new application domains using back-end services as well as our content on end-user devices and platforms such as iOS, Android, Web, Alexa devices like Echo and more.
The team we’re specifically hiring for focuses on tapping the unrealized opportunity landscape within Amazon, where the Audible listening experience still remains unknown to many of our potential customers. Amazon is a vast playground for Audible to experiment and improve upon disruptive customer experiences and add new levels of profitable growth.
We need your help to lead and manage projects and processes that will help bring more customers to Audible through our Amazon touch-points. We're a part of Amazon, they are our parent company and it's a great partnership. You'll get to play with all of Amazon's technologies like EC2, SQS and S3 but it doesn't stop there.
There's a LOT to learn!
ABOUT YOU
You thrive at the heart of the action. At work, change is the only constant – and you wouldn’t have it any other way. Transparency and consistency define your communication skills. You see the bigger picture, letting it guide you, from project risks to retrospectives.“Meticulous” doesn’t do justice to your critical eye. You’re looking for the balance of an energizing start-up culture with the influence of a global e-commerce leader.
As a Senior Technical Program Manager, you will…- Play a leading role in running the delivery of large cross functional projects spanning teams and divisions in Audible and outside of Audible (Amazon teams)
- Collaborate to define core business objectives in order to deliver the best product, program or project with the most efficient use of company resources
- Work with cross functional teams – technology, business and operations to lead multiple projects that have conflicting needs / priorities, from concept to launch
- Work with technical astuteness, be detailed oriented and proactive in seeking opens in the projects and drive subsequent closure
- Communicate project risks, progress, launches and retrospectives across all stakeholders and teams – consistently and transparently
- Strive constantly to improve and establish a new bar in performance (using objective metrics) in project execution
ABOUT AUDIBLE
Audible is the leading producer and provider of audio storytelling. We spark listeners’ imaginations, offering immersive, cinematic experiences full of inspiration and insight to enrich our customers daily lives. Our Hub+Home hybrid workplace model gives employees the flexibility between gathering in a common office space (work from hub) and remote work (work from home).For more information, please visit adbl.co/hybrid.- 7+ years experience in technology project coordination and delivery of distributed multi-tier applications
- 4+ years experience managing agile software projects across multiple and geographically distributed teams
- Experience in creating or redesigning, rolling out and executing organizational processes- Scrum / Agile training with 2+ experience in running scrums, sprint grooming & planning, and reviewing agile project metrics
- Prior experience in delivering service oriented (SOA) distributed systems
- Experience delivering mobile device software and/or retail web applications is highly preferred
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