Amazon.com Services LLC

Technology

SrTechnicalProgrammanager,AuroraOpenSource

$148–201k Redmond, Washington, United States FULL TIME
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“Sr Technical Program manager, Aurora Open Source at Amazon.com Services LLC. Skills: Technical Program Management, Cloud Services, Database Services. Own and drive technology programs. Manage program lifecycle”

What You'll Achieve.

Increase speed of delivery; Eliminate unnecessary overhead

Industry & Context.

Technology
Problems you'll solve

Identify gaps in execution; Unblocking teams

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

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

Nice to Have

5+ years project management disciplines, Experience managing projects cross-functionally, Experience building sustainable processes, Experience defining KPIs/SLAs, Experience reporting to senior leadership

What You'll Do.

Own and drive technology programs

Manage program lifecycle

Partner to define program strategy

Define success criteria

Drive release delivery

Escalate to senior leadership

Establish program metrics

Track delivery velocity

Provide clear reporting

Increase speed of delivery

Eliminate unnecessary overhead

Contribute to technology strategy

Contribute to architecture decisions

Ensure appropriate trade-offs

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Cross-functional teams; Product management; Software engineers; Engineering managers; UX teams; Technical leads; Senior leadership

Communication Scope

Executive communication; Status reporting

Process & Methodology

Program management, Roadmap planning, Release scheduling, Risk management, Critical path management

Full Job Description

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is seeking a world-class Senior Technical Program Manager (TPM III) to manage core service programs and projects for AWS Aurora—including building new features, driving operational excellence, and ensuring service fundamentals. This is a highly visible and challenging position within one of AWS's most critical database services. About the Role Technical Program Managers in Aurora own large, complex programs spanning interconnected dependencies across the organization, ensuring they execute efficiently and effectively at cloud scale. You will be responsible for identifying and engaging stakeholders, partnering with technical leads and product management to define roadmaps and strategies, driving release delivery, and providing ongoing status reporting to senior leadership. You will champion quality and ensure the engineering bar does not drop. It will be your responsibility to navigate inter-team dependencies, identify gaps in execution, and drive associated teams to deliver results. You will work across domains—specifically with product management, software engineers, engineering managers, and UX teams—to drive high-profile projects and releases for Aurora security. You will be responsible for driving deployments to our high-security regions, requiring careful stakeholder engagement and understanding of complex technical interdependencies. About Amazon Aurora Amazon Aurora is a fully managed relational database service that combines the performance and availability of high-end commercial databases with the simplicity and cost-effectiveness of open-source databases. Aurora is fully compatible with MySQL and PostgreSQL, delivering up to 5x the throughput of standard PostgreSQL and 3x the throughput of standard MySQL—without requiring application modifications. Aurora features a high-performance distributed storage subsystem that automatically scales up to 128 TiB, with six-way replication across three Availability Zones for fault tolerance an

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