Do you enjoy the challenge and ownership that come from driving complex, cross-functional, and cross-organizational projects? Are you equally comfortable digging into business requirements and product planning, as well as drilling into technical architecture and design? If this type of work appeals to you, then maybe you are the right person to drive new features for the Amazon Kindle mobile reading apps and e-readers, and innovative digital content services to provide the best possible reading experiences for our customers worldwide.
The Kindle Sync Team is looking for a passionate, results-oriented Technical Program Manager who will be responsible for delivering engaging and innovative reading experiences for Kindle customers. In this role, you will be responsible for conceiving, prioritizing, and executing development projects driven by your obsession to provide the best experiences for Kindle readers worldwide. As a key leader for Kindle Content Engineering, you will work directly with multiple teams across development, program/product management, and the broader Amazon tech community to build and launch these software solutions and drive associated programs.
This role requires hands-on project management skills, deep technical expertise, and excellent leadership skills. You will be responsible for collecting business and system requirements from internal and external customers, writing specifications, driving project schedules from design to release, and managing the production launch. You will also be responsible for setting project management standards and expectations, and delivering large, cross-functional projects.
Key responsibilities include:
1. Strategic Visioning: You will be collaborating with business stakeholders and technology leadership to define strategic roadmaps and gather comprehensive requirements, thinking big and driving innovation.
2. Cross-Functional Leadership: You will lead cross-functional development teams from ideation to successful rollout, ensuring seamless execution and delivery of results.
3. Effective Communication: Building trust and maintaining transparency is a must for this role. You will do this by providing regular updates to senior management on project status, risks, and change control processes.
4. Data-Driven Decision Making: You will define and own all metrics related to initiative goals, leveraging data-driven insights to make informed decisions and drive continuous improvement.
5. Resourcefulness and Creativity: To be successful in this role, you will need to approach challenges with a problem-solving mindset, turning obstacles into opportunities through resourcefulness and creative thinking.
A day in the life
Our team owns the following Kindle CXs.
- The foundational tech stack for syncing and storing structured annotations (i.e. text sticky notes, highlights, bookmarks).
- Sync CX features such as MRPR (most recent page read CX) and FPR (furthest page read).
- The core sync architecture driving our vision to be a federated, scalable, “plug and play” sync service for any Kindle and Books feature requiring sync.
- Notetaking Sync: The effective back-end for handwritten notetaking (via Kindle Scribe), this team supports handwritten note sync and storage, data integrity, privacy/security for notetaking, and architectural improvements.
