Technical Program Manager
Amazon Studios
Culver City, CAThis was removed by the employer on 8/11/2020 7:32:00 PM PST
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The Amazon Studios Technology Strategy & PMO team is seeking a program manager/business analyst to help implement the long-term strategy for Amazon Studios Technology. S/he will plan, own, and facilitate status reporting, risk and issue tracking, business analysis, process definition across the various technology teams. Additionally, s/he will advance the implementation of the Studio Technology strategy as well as support the incubation of initiatives and programs.
Objectives
• Dives deep to understand business needs of stakeholders and identifies opportunities to enhance or resolve them through feedback loop with the customer and the Studio Technology team
• Challenges the status quo, asks appropriate questions to determine root cause of issues, and negotiates solutions, timelines, and mitigation plans
• Gathers requirements and drafts Business Requirements Documents
• Collaborates with stakeholder teams to define deliverables, products, roadmaps, and accompanying documentation for projects and initiatives
• Drives prioritization of projects and initiatives based on customer demand and impact
• Manages program/project activities across the Studio Technology team, including change management and communication
• Develops and reports on projects, metrics, and KPIs
• Anticipates bottlenecks, manages risks, issues and escalations; creates mitigation plans; and balances business needs
• Assists in building out PMO organization including, but not limited to: governance structure and mechanisms, application inventory and rationalization, documentation standardization and repository
Qualifications
• 5 years of experience with managing strategic projects
• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience
• Experience in working within a technology and/or strategy organization and developing KPIs
• Strong project management skills with attention to detail and experience in managing multiple projects and meeting ongoing and overlapping deadlines
• Strong business analysis skills with ability to: (1) analyze root cause and determine business needs, (2) identify business requirements, issues, and risk, (3) develop and negotiate solutions/mitigation plans, (4) understand how to meet business objectives, (5) implement best practices to improve existing processes, and (6) track record of problem-solving key strategic business challenges with creative solutions
• Excellent writing, oral, and presentation skills
• Team player, collaborative, and positive attitude
• Comfort and experience with cross-functional communication
• Experience driving overall strategy and teams across organizations