Join us at the cutting edge of Amazon's sustainability initiatives to work on environmental and social advancements to support Amazon's long term worldwide sustainability strategy. At Amazon, we're working to be the most customer-centric company on earth. To get there, we need exceptionally talented, bright, and driven people.
The Worldwide Sustainability (WWS) organization capitalizes on Amazon’s scale and speed to build a more resilient and sustainable company. We manage our social and environmental impacts globally, and drive solutions that enable our customers, businesses, and the world to become more sustainable.
Worldwide Sustainability Technology (WWST) is the central technology organization in Sustainability. Our *vision* is to build solutions that enable Amazon to be the Earth’s most sustainable company. Our *mission* is to integrate, and make accessible, science-based facts, sustainability metrics and messaging into all aspects of Amazon’s business. Our solutions enable other Amazon teams to accelerate the execution of work to meet our sustainability goals, including Amazon’s public goals and commitments.
WWST is looking for a Manager of Software Development who will help drive the strategy and technical architecture for complex projects. In this role, you will work with program owners, product leaders, technical partners, both in sustainability and software, to develop and launch solutions that solve problems of incredible scale and impact.
Your ability to communicate and influence others will be a key to success. You are a results-oriented, customer-focused product manager who gets excited about diving deep, running hard, and delivering a big impact.
Key job responsibilities
- Architect, design, and develop a new service that both gets us quickly to launch and supports a scalable longer-term vision to delight our customers
- Manage a high performing team
- Manage overall software development life-cycle - Create, prioritize, communicate, manage, and execute roadmaps, project plans, and commitments
- Report on status of development, quality, operations, and system performance to management
- Foster culture of continuous engineering improvement through mentoring, feedback, and metrics
- Hire, coach, and mentor individuals; build a strong cross-functional organization - Own all operational metrics and support
- Bring innovative ideas to the table every day, in order to find better ways of accomplishing our customer objectives
About the team
Diverse Experiences:
World Wide Sustainability (WWS) values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.
Inclusive Team Culture:
It’s in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employee-led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empower us to be proud of our differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness.
Mentorship & Career Growth:
We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.
Work/Life Balance:
We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why flexible work hours and arrangements are part of our culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve.
