Amazon is hiring: Sr. Program Manager, Alexa Audio in Seattle

Job ID: 2851316 | Amazon.com Services LLC

Want to transform the way people enjoy music, podcasts, radio, and audiobooks? Then come join the team that delivers the global audio experience on Alexa. Work with the world’s top music partners (Spotify, SiriusXM, iHeartRadio, etc.) to deliver industry leading experiences across a growing array of Alexa supported devices and countries, all while being at the forefront of Generative AI and LLM capabilities.

Come be a part of a growing team where your ideas have the ability to reach millions. Come work on cutting-edge consumer-facing products, where every team member is a critical voice in the decision-making process. Come join a team where you'll have direct ownership and influence, setting the vision and path on how to bring our goals to reality.

As a Sr. Program Manager on Alexa Audio, you are responsible for defining and delivering important programs aimed at enabling the audio experience for our partners with broad cross-organizational, cross-regional, and significant business impact. In this role, you will be responsible for managing the day-to-day relationships with key partners and conceptualizing, scoping, and delivering large projects end-to-end. Responsibilities include managing partner interactions, holding meetings with C-suite executives, developing forward looking strategic road maps, understanding/translating customer needs into business and systems requirements, driving project schedules from design to release, and managing the pre/post production launch. You will be expected to make appropriate trade-offs to optimize time-to-market needs, all while clearly communicating goals, risks, roles, responsibilities, and desired outcomes to internal and external teams. You frequently work with senior leadership within Amazon and our key external partners, so written and verbal skills are important.

Key job responsibilities:

1. Take ownership of business problems, identify and execute possible short and long-term solutions.
2. Work cross-functionally with business development, product, engineering, marketing, insights and analytics, legal, advertising and PR to deliver programs effectively.
3. Develop mechanisms, processes, and measurement of partner and org performance.
4. Identify global stakeholder needs and implement prioritization frameworks.
5. Contribute to the definition of our partner program strategy and execution.
6. Partner with customers, internal teams, external stakeholders, and various other Amazon groups to define the roadmap and associated priority.

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
- Experience defining and executing program requirements
- Bachelor's degree
- Experience working cross functionally with tech and non-tech teams
- Experience owning/driving roadmap strategy and definition
- Experience in representing and advocating for a variety of critical customers and stakeholders during executive-level prioritization and planning

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- 5+ years of driving process improvements experience
- Master's degree, or MBA in business, operations, human resources, adult education, organizational development, instructional design or related field

Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status.

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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 here.

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