Sr TPM, Alexa Shopping NLU

Job description

DESCRIPTION

At Alexa Shopping, we strive to enable shopping in everyday life. We allow customers to instantly order whatever they need, by simply interacting with their Smart Devices such as Amazon Show, Spot, Echo, Dot or Tap. Our Services allow you to shop, no matter where you are or what you are doing, you can go from 'I want that' to 'that's on the way' in a matter of seconds. The Alexa Shopping group is seeking talented and experienced Technical Program Managers to lead large, complex and multi-functional technical programs. You'll have the freedom (and encouragement) to experiment, improve, invent, and innovate on behalf of our customers. You will have the satisfaction of being able to look back and say you were a key contributor to something special from its earliest stages.

We are seeking Principal Technical Program Manager to lead SLU programs for Alexa Shopping. This is a strategic role to shape and deliver our technical strategy in developing and deploying Natural Language Understanding, Machine Learning solutions to our hardest customer facing problems. Our goal is to delight customers by providing a conversational interaction that quickly and accurately helps them find and purchase whatever they would like to buy from Amazon. These initiatives are at the heart of the organization and recognized as the innovations that will allow us to build a differentiated product that exceeds customer expectations. We're a high energy, fast growth business excited to have the opportunity to shape Alexa Shopping NLU is defined for years to come. If this role seems like a good fit, please reach out, we'd love to talk to you.

This role requires working closely with business, engineering and NLU Science leaders within Alexa Shopping and across Amazon to deliver ground breaking features. You will lead high visibility and high impact programs collaborating with various teams across Amazon. You will own regular communication with senior leadership on technology, dependency management, risk mitigation and program health.

Desired profile

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

· Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science or related technical field or equivalent experience
· 7+ years of Technical Program Management experience in a related industry, including hands-on management of large, cross-functional software efforts
· 7+ Experience building processes, project management, and release schedules
· Ability to conceptualize complex interrelated applications and system platforms, as well as the ability to effectively communicate those systems to non-technical team members and business partners
· Strong bias for action and a "get it done" attitude
· Able to work with remote teams