Principal Technical Program Manager - Journal , AWS Transactional Services
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About the Role
Amazon's Journal team, a Tier 0 service powering critical streaming infrastructure for DynamoDB, S3, and EC2, seeks a Principal Technical Program Manager to lead infrastructure supply chain and capacity planning.
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Responsibilities
- Partner with AWS internal customer teams to gather capacity forecasts and understand growth patterns
- Develop and maintain demand models that accurately predict infrastructure needs across multiple quarters
- Own end to end EC2 hardware procurement lifecycle from demand signal to delivery
- Optimize supply chain processes to reduce lead times and improve efficiency
- Liaise with finance partners to ensure correct capacity orders planning against OP1 CapEx budgets
- Develop accurate financial models that align infrastructure capacity needs with approved CapEx allocations
- Drive OP1 planning cycles by providing detailed capacity forecasts and cost projections
- Work closely with engineering teams to plan and execute capacity builds
- Own the end to end infrastructure supply chain charter for Journal
- Develop long term capacity strategies aligned with Journal's growth trajectory and financial constraints
Requirements
- 7+ years of technical product or program management experience
- 10+ years of working directly with engineering teams experience
- 5+ years of software development experience
- Experience managing programs across cross functional teams, building processes and coordinating release schedules
- Experience in verbal and written communication for executive level leaders
- 8+ years of hands on work managing complex technology projects (preferred)
- Hands on technical orientation with ability to dive deep into systems, code, and data pipelines alongside engineering teams (preferred)
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About the Team
- Journal is a Tier 0 service powering critical streaming infrastructure for Amazon's most foundational services including DynamoDB, S3, and EC2.
- Processes billions of log records daily across all AWS regions.
- Manages end to end capacity planning, supply chain operations, and infrastructure scaling.
Role Overview
- Seeking an exceptional Principal Technical Program Manager to lead infrastructure supply chain and capacity planning initiatives.
- Role involves forecasting demand, planning supply, coordinating with engineering teams, and partnering with finance teams for CapEx planning.
- Need someone ready to champion AI powered solutions for infrastructure challenges.
Key Responsibilities
- Demand Planning & Forecasting: Partner with AWS internal customer teams to gather capacity forecasts and develop demand models.
- Supply Chain Management: Own end to end EC2 hardware procurement lifecycle, optimize processes, track inventory.
- Finance Partnership & CapEx Planning: Liaise with finance, develop financial models, drive OP1 planning cycles.
- Capacity Build & Engineering Coordination: Work with engineering teams to plan and execute capacity builds.
- Program Leadership: Own infrastructure supply chain charter, influence strategy across 8+ engineering teams.
- Strategic Planning: Develop long term capacity strategies, identify risks, lead deprecation and migration programs.
Basic Qualifications
- 7+ years of technical product or program management experience.
- 10+ years of working directly with engineering teams experience.
- 5+ years of software development experience.
- Experience managing programs across cross functional teams, building processes and coordinating release schedules.
- Experience in verbal and written communication for executive level leaders.
Preferred Qualifications
- 8+ years of hands on work managing complex technology projects experience.
- Experience managing projects across cross functional teams, building sustainable processes and coordinating release schedules.
- Hands on technical orientation with ability to dive deep into systems, code, and data pipelines alongside engineering teams.
Compensation
- Base salary range: CAN, BC, Vancouver 157,600.00 263,200.00 CAD annually.
- Amazon's package may include sign on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs).
- Benefits include health insurance, RRSP, DPSP, paid time off, and other resources.
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