Why You Will Love It
The world's most advanced frontier models are trained on the platforms you help build. Your programs launch the Storage servers that power the largest Compute and AI/ML workloads on the planet. You will see your decisions reflected in fleet reliability metrics within weeks of deployment. The team is small and high-trust — you own programs end to end from concept through production, with direct access to leadership and engineering alike.
The Ideal Candidate
You have deep technical intuition across hardware and software — enough to challenge engineering decisions, not just track them. You thrive in ambiguity, bringing structure to programs where requirements, timelines, and dependencies are still forming. You align priorities across teams in different organizations, and you escalate with data, not noise. You actively mentor and develop others — TPMs and engineers alike. You contribute to hiring, promotion assessments, and raising the bar for program management practices in your organization.
Key job responsibilities
You manage large, complex technology initiatives, delivering critical solutions, significant improvements, new mechanisms, or deprecating systems that are no longer needed.
You successfully manage all stages (from concept to delivery).
You understand the architecture of the systems you work with (e.g., workflows, APIs, runtime characteristics, design limitations, and maintenance requirements). You influence team technical priorities and business strategy through data-driven contributions.
You communicate ideas effectively, verbally and in writing, to a wide range of audiences including Directors and VPs. You foster a constructive dialogue, harmonize discordant views, and lead the resolution of contentious issues (build consensus). You partner successfully with customers, stakeholders, and engineering teams.
Your program management practices set a great example to others. You routinely and efficiently deliver the right things. You define clear goals and objectives. You drive crisp decisions in your program area about what projects move forward and in what priority order. You proactively identify risks and bring them to the attention of your team and stakeholders with plans for mitigation before they become roadblocks.
You are a simplifier. You judiciously add, refine, and remove procedures. By applying project management best practices, you increase the productivity and effectiveness of the teams you work with.
A day in the life
You start the day syncing with ODM partners across time zones on build status and open engineering actions. Mid-morning, you run an engineering review connecting firmware, software, and hardware teams to unblock a qualification gate. In the afternoon, you triage a fleet reliability issue with operations data, drive alignment on corrective actions, and update executive stakeholders on program risk posture. You end the day reviewing NPI milestone readiness and ensuring the next design review has clear entry criteria.
About the team
The Hardware Engineering S3 Platform and OEM Drives team is a group of engineers and technical program managers directly responsible for launching Storage servers into the AWS fleet. Located in Seattle, Denver, and Cupertino, we collaborate with global development teams and ODM partners to deliver next-generation Compute and AI/ML infrastructure deployed in datacenters worldwide. We move fast with small, empowered teams delivering end-to-end, from server conception through fleet-scale operations.
7+ years of technical product or program management experience
7+ years of working directly with engineering teams experience
Experience managing programs across cross functional teams, building processes and coordinating release schedules
Experience in taking a product from conception & definition phase through engineering design and taking it to market
8+ years of technical product or program management experience
Experience prioritizing and delivering projects on time in a fast-moving environment
Experience communicating clearly and concisely with leadership, stakeholders, and cross-functional teams
7+ years of server, storage, networking, or large-scale distributed systems experience
3+ years experience in product development working with third party vendors (CM/OEM/ODM)
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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.
USA, CO, Denver - 148,700.00 - 201,200.00 USD annually
