Principal Technical Program Manager, Pricing & Promotions Science - Leading Amazon's Mission to Deliver Customer-Relevant Prices and Promotions Worldwide

Join Amazon's Pricing & Promotions Science Team as a Principal Technical Program Manager

Amazon's Pricing & Promotions Science organization is at the forefront of leveraging planet-scale multi-modal data to build advanced machine learning models that drive customer-relevant prices and promotions on billions of Amazon and Third Party Seller products worldwide. We're seeking a highly skilled and experienced Principal Technical Program Manager to anchor our exceptional group of researchers and lead the delivery of our mission.

About Our Team

The Pricing & Promotions Science organization is a dynamic team of researchers and scientists who work together to build and deploy cutting-edge machine learning models that drive business outcomes. Our team is responsible for:

• Building advanced machine learning models for product similarity, substitutability, error detection & correction, and probabilistic price estimation
• Driving discovery and discount optimization, promotion & deal recommendation and ranking, and causal short & long term impact measurement
• Ensuring Amazon's prices are always competitive and error-free, preserving long-term customer trust

Job Summary

We're looking for a talented, organized, and customer-focused leader to seed our science program management function. As a Principal Technical Program Manager, you will partner effectively with both our scientists and multiple cross-functional stakeholder & dependency teams within Pricing, Promotions, and across Amazon. This role requires an individual with excellent team leadership skills, outstanding business acumen, and an entrepreneurial spirit.

Key Responsibilities

As a Principal Technical Program Manager, you will be responsible for:

• Plotting The Course: Coordinating across Science, Engineering, Product, Business, Legal, and Finance to capture and translate requirements into an actionable science delivery roadmap
• Mitigating Risks: Managing cross-functional and cross-org dependencies risks, and making appropriate trade-offs weighing value vs time to market
• Being The Pulse: Owning regular communication mechanisms to keep senior leadership & stakeholders informed of program progress, risks, timelines, and high judgement decisions
• Delivering Results: Leading effective and efficient delivery of large, complex science programs

Essential Qualifications

To be successful in this role, you will need:

• 7+ years of technical product or program management experience
• 10+ years of hands-on work managing complex technology projects experience
• Experience managing programs across cross-functional teams, building processes and coordinating release schedules
• Experience owning/driving roadmap strategy and definition
• 5+ years technical hands-on experience in data science, machine learning, and/or causal modeling techniques

Preferred Qualifications

We prefer candidates with:

• Prior experience managing analytics, data science, or machine learning, research, or applied science teams

What We Offer

At Amazon, we're committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. We're an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status.

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $159,300/year in our lowest geographic market up to $275,300/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

As a total compensation company, we offer a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, including:

• Equity and sign-on payments
• Competitive salary and bonuses
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Retirement savings plan
• Flexible work arrangements

Why Join Us?

At Amazon, we're passionate about creating a workplace that's inclusive, innovative, and fun. Here are just a few reasons why you might want to join our team:

• Opportunity to work on cutting-edge technology: Our team is at the forefront of machine learning and data science, and you'll have the opportunity to work on complex and challenging problems
• Collaborative and dynamic work environment: Our team is made up of talented and motivated individuals who are passionate about their work
• Professional growth and development: We're committed to helping our employees grow and develop their skills, and we offer a range of training and development programs
• Flexible work arrangements: We offer flexible work arrangements, including remote work options, to help our employees achieve a better work-life balance

How to Apply

If you're a motivated and experienced technical program manager who is passionate about machine learning and data science, we'd love to hear from you. Please apply via our internal or external career site.

Even if you feel you're not a perfect match, we'd still love to hear from you. We are looking for great people to join our friendly team.