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Are you interested in shaping the future of movies and television that are offered on Prime Video. Do you want to define the next generation of what Amazon customers are watching. Passionate about building, owning and operating massively scalable systems that solve the complex problems involved in the digital media supply chain.

If this sounds like the type of experience you'd like to help build - apply here and let's chat!
We are seeking an experienced Senior Technical Program Manager to drive critical initiatives across the Amazon Studios' Content Value Chain (CVC) program. CVC is transforming the Studios production operations life cycle. You will reshape how our data pipelines from Studios productions are architected moving into a federated model and building chatbot interfaces to help our Studios' business users to interact with the data.

Beyond that you will drive the creation of predictive models on Studios production data. This product will help detect budget overages in real time, schedule-slip prediction, safety and risk predictions, and distribution schedules.
In this role, you will be accountable for the overall strategy and execution of a large program with considerable impact across multiple teams within a VP organization.

You will own organizational roadmap including OP1/OP2 contributions. You will operate independently with limited guidance, defining program mission, vision, and tenets while driving teams inside and outside your organization to deliver critical solutions.
As a Sr. TPM, you will work both tactically and strategically, making trade-offs between short-term delivery needs and long-term architectural requirements

You will understand the systems in your program space including their limitations, scaling factors, boundary conditions, and reasons behind architectural decisions. You will influence team technical priorities and business strategy through data-driven contributions, enlisting SDMs, Senior and Principal Engineers to ensure architectures scale to match business requirements. Your work will drive simplification and efficiency in engineering processes and architectures to unblock innovation and increase speed of delivery across the organization.
Key job responsibilities
Program Leadership
* Manage large, complex technology initiatives delivering critical solutions, significant improvements, or new mechanisms across your Production planning program.
* Own the overall strategy and execution of projects from concept through delivery, working with multiple teams across the Amazon Studios and Prime Video organization.
* Define program mission, vision, and tenets; set objectives and drive improvements quantified with metrics
* Manage roadmaps for the organization, including contributing to OP1/OP2 narratives and ownership of organizational goals
Technical Execution
* Understand system architecture, limitations, scaling factors, boundary conditions, and reasons behind architectural decisions
* Partner with engineering teams to influence technical priorities and business strategy through data-driven contributions
* Drive mindful discussions leading to crisp decisions, ensuring business and technical stakeholder needs are aligned
* Oversee gaps between teams, processes, and system architectures to produce optimal results
Stakeholder Management
* Work with multiple engineering teams, influencing system owners and architecture decisions
* Communicate effectively with Directors and VPs through narratives, presentations, and operational reviews
* Build consensus among discordant views and lead resolution of contentious issues
* Partner successfully with customers, stakeholders, and engineering teams across Studios and Prime Video
Delivery & Operations
* Create plans with clear, measurable success criteria and communicate progress and outcomes effectively
* Proactively identify and mitigate risks before they become roadblocks
* Make smart trade-offs between time, effort, features, and short-term vs

long-term needs
* Streamline and eliminate excess process while creating predictable process paths
* Drive launch readiness, risk reviews, and cross-team alignment
* Own CPR (Critical Program Review), MBR (Monthly Business Review), and QBR (Quarterly Business Review) processes and updates for the Media Supply Chain program.
* Drive technical approaches, execution strategy, hardware launches, and software rollouts
* Handle stakeholder and escalation management.
About the team
You will be joining Content Value Chain (CVC) org based out of Culver City, which comprises of eight 2-pizza teams that support the critical pillars of the program. You will collaborate and interact with multiple other cross functional teams in the org.