Amazon.com Services LLC

Media

TechnicalProgramManagerIII,BacklotSource

$700–20120k Culver City, California, United States FULL TIME
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“Technical Program Manager III, Backlot Source at Amazon.com Services LLC. Skills: Technical program management, Media supply chain, Cloud-based solutions. Manage technology initiatives. Own program strategy and execution”

What You'll Achieve.

Unify millions of asset records; Enable automated content inspection; Support hundreds of millions revenue; Achieve industry-leading timelines

Industry & Context.

Media
Problems you'll solve

Root cause analysis

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

6+ years technical program management, Experience building system-level technical design, Bachelor's degree in engineering or computer science, Written and verbal communication skills

Nice to Have

8+ years project management disciplines, Experience defining KPIs/SLAs, Experience with digital media workflows, Experience with AWS technologies

What You'll Do.

Manage technology initiatives

Own program strategy and execution

Define program mission and vision

Set objectives and drive improvements

Manage organizational roadmaps

Understand system architecture

Partner with engineering teams

Influence technical priorities

Drive mindful discussions

Align business and technical needs

Oversee gaps between teams

Produce optimal results

Work with engineering teams

Influence system owners

Influence architecture decisions

Communicate with Directors and VPs

Build consensus among views

Lead resolution of issues

Partner with customers and stakeholders

Create plans with success criteria

Communicate progress and outcomes

Identify and mitigate risks

Make smart trade-offs

Streamline excess process

Create predictable process paths

Drive launch readiness

Drive cross-team alignment

Drive technical approaches

Drive execution strategy

Drive hardware launches

Drive software rollouts

Handle stakeholder management

Handle escalation management

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Multiple engineering teams; Cross-functional teams; External vendors

Communication Scope

Executive presentations; Operational reviews

Process & Methodology

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

Full Job Description

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' Media Supply Chain (MSC) program. MSC is transforming the end-end content post-production life cycle - including ingestion, global localization, asset management, packaging and distribution, into an industry-leading cloud-based solution called Backlot Source. This product encompasses the complete content lifecycle across five core functional areas: Source Plan (project planning and localization workflow orchestration), Source Fulfillment (vendor management and work order execution), Source Library (asset repository and discovery for all post-production assets), Source Validation (quality control and compliance testing), and Source Distribution (both first-party Prime Video delivery and third-party licensing to 120+ customer destinations). The platform manages hundreds of petabytes of content in current inventory while eliminating manual overhead and reducing delivery timelines. By 2027, Backlot Source will unify millions of asset records across the MGM library, legacy Prime Video originals, marketing content, and digital archives into a single source of truth, enabling automated content inspection, AI-powered localization workflows, and scaled distribution that supports hundreds of millions in annual licensing revenue while achieving industry-leading localization timelines for all Amazon Original titles. In this role, you will be accountable for the overall strategy and execution of a large program with considerable impact acros

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