Sr. Program Manager, Planning & Strategy, AMZL ORBIT

Have you ever ordered a product on Amazon and when that box with the smile arrived you wondered how it got to you so fast? Have you wondered where it came from and how much it cost Amazon to deliver it to you? If so, the WW Amazon Logistics, Last Mile team is for you. We manage the delivery of tens of millions of products every week to Amazon's customers, achieving on-time delivery in a cost-effective manner to deliver a smile for our customers.

Amazon Logistics is looking for a Principal Program Manager to lead AMZL-wide strategy and business planning in support of AMZL projects, products and workstreams. This role will act as the strategic partners for senior leaders across the organization. The Principal Program Manager will work closely with the PMO team to support the business review cadence, OP1/OP2, and drive the alignment across teams. They will also partner closely with key stakeholders teams and Operations Leadership, while also maintaining critical partnership with global teams to share and adopt best practices.

The Principal Program Manager will utilize advanced business and technical writing skills, program management background combined with a fluent understanding of current technologies and operations. They can develop and drive strategic initiatives and can also roll up their sleeves, dig in and get the job done. The candidate will need to be comfortable with high velocity business judgment, ability to influence cross-functional and remote teams, a customer-centric and creative mindset and advanced analytical skills are essential. This opportunity requires excellent program management, prioritization, and communication skills, as well as the ability to navigate ambiguity.

Key job responsibilities

Effective business writing: writing white papers or technical documents to justify why new ideas should be implemented and communicate business reviews to senior leaders.

Executive communication

Gathering and understanding data requirements, working with the team to achieve high quality data insights

Thinking big by developing and nurturing new ideas, while simultaneously applying high standards to weed out ideas that are less impactful

Collaborating and influencing team members, working with development teams and other business groups, and presenting projects to senior leadership on a regular basis

Mentor other program managers on the team to drive best practices across the org and teams

Partnering to build and execute on new initiatives and product roadmaps each year

Compiling, managing, and reporting on project metrics and being responsible for leading many high profile meetings to align on project requirements

Building relationships and identifying with stakeholders across the organization

Having the technical aptitude to quickly grasp complex technical issues and communicate directly with technical teams

Understanding how to thrive in ambiguous environments and lead other teams without line of sight to a clear solution in the short term

About the team

Business Intelligence and Analytics (BI&A) for Amazon Logistics (AMZL) is responsible for driving metrics WW parity across NA, EU and Japan. In addition, this team supports the Planning and Execution Organization to get insights on Operations and focus on Impactful areas. Providing Insights is critical in today"s world where the is abundance of metrics and data available. With the growth of Last Mile and addition of new business in the Last Mile Space its exciting time to be part of this Org and make tangible impact of the AMZL Organization.