Amazon Web Services, Inc.

Project/Program/Product Management--Technical, Technical Program Management, Cloud Computing

PrincipalProgramManagerTech

$171–231k San Francisco, California, United States FULL TIME
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“Principal Program Manager – Tech at Amazon Web Services, Inc.. Skills: Program management, Cross-team initiatives, Operational execution. Manage execution-oriented initiatives. Coordinate across stakeholders”

What You'll Achieve.

Ensure CS COE operates with clarity; Ensure CS COE operates with discipline; Ensure CS COE operates with momentum; Drive organizational alignment; Drive outcomes requiring cross-organizational coordination; Accelerate execution on objectives

Industry & Context.

Project/Program/Product Management Technical, Technical Program Management, Cloud Computing
Problems you'll solve

Resolve blockers; Identify operational barriers; Broker solutions

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

5+ years technical product management, 5+ years working with engineering teams, 3+ years software development, 5+ years technical program management, Experience managing programs across cross functional teams, Experience building processes, Experience coordinating release schedules

Nice to Have

5+ years project management disciplines, Experience managing projects across cross functional teams, Experience building sustainable processes, Experience defining KPI's/SLA's, Reporting to senior leadership

What You'll Do.

Manage execution-oriented initiatives

Coordinate across stakeholders

Communicate about customer success tooling

Engage with account teams

Engage with GTM specialist teams

Engage with service teams

Manage cross-team initiatives

Coordinate with stakeholder teams

Serve as force multiplier

Operate with discipline

Operate with momentum

Serve as operating arm

Manage cross-team initiatives

Coordinate across CS COE

Coordinate across stakeholder teams

Leverage technical understanding

Communicate about technical issues

Own development of QBRs

Synthesize business performance data

Synthesize organizational health metrics

Serve as quality control lead

Ensure consistency in messaging

Ensure alignment with organizational priorities

Own process for operational planning documents

Drive creation of planning documents

Drive editing of planning documents

Participate in executive forums

Synthesize complex discussions

Drive organizational alignment

Serve as organizational lead for headcount tracking

Maintain visibility into staffing

Partner with Recruiting

Maintain visibility into actuals

Maintain visibility into forecasts

Maintain visibility into variances

Own Travel & Expense management

Architect annual summit

Architect events calendar

Manage events calendar

Lead meeting planning

Partner with communications

Support speaking engagements

Support award applications

Build strategic relationships

Leverage strategic relationships

Drive outcomes requiring cross-organizational coordination

Identify operational barriers

Broker solutions between competing interests

Influence senior leaders

Drive consensus on contentious issues

Accelerate execution on objectives

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Cross-functional teams; Stakeholder teams; CS COE teams; Peer business operations teams; Support functions

Communication Scope

Executive-level communicator; Communicate effectively; Communicate respectfully; Synthesize complex discussions; Synthesize business performance data; Synthesize organizational health metrics

Process & Methodology

Scope management, Schedule management, Budget management, Quality management, Risk management, Critical path management, Release schedules

Full Job Description

The Customer Success Center of Excellence (CS COE) is seeking a Principal Program Manager – Tech with strong technical acumen to serve as the operational backbone for the organization. This role manages execution-oriented initiatives that span multiple teams while maintaining deep technical understanding of our services to effectively coordinate across stakeholders including (e.g., account teams, GTM specialists, service teams) and resolve blockers. This is a highly operational role that requires technical fluency to communicate effectively across multiple stakeholder teams about customer success tooling the Customer Success Intelligence team is building, engage with account teams, GTM specialist teams, and service teams without requiring translation from other team members. The Principal Program Manager - Tech will manage cross-team initiatives between CS COE teams, orchestrate QBRs, coordinate with stakeholder teams to resolve blockers, and serve as a force multiplier to CS COE leadership. This person will be embedded in the highest-stakes moments of the business, from annual planning cycles to executive forums, and will play a decisive role in ensuring the CS COE operates with clarity, discipline, and momentum at scale. The ideal candidate is an operator with exceptional judgment, a strong sense of ownership, and bias for action who anticipates needs, connects dots across the organization, and acts decisively in ambiguous situations. This person must be technically fluent, an executive-level communicator, discreet with sensitive information, and capable of managing multiple competing priorities in a fast-paced, high-growth environment. The role requires meticulous execution while never losing sight of the strategic picture. Key job responsibilities - Serve as the operating arm for the CS COE, managing cross-team initiatives that span organizational boundaries and require coordination across CS COE and stakeholder teams - Coordinate with stakeholder teams to ident

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