Senior Program Manager, Transportation Initiatives Jobs in Amazon at Bellevue, WA

  • Full Time
  • Bellevue, WA
  • Applications have closed

Website Amazon

This Job listing For Year 2022 is about Amazon in Bellevue, WA

About the job


Job Summary

DESCRIPTION

The position has the option to be located in Bellevue, WA, Nashville TN, or Arlington VA.

Amazon is seeking a candidate to identify, develop and integrate innovative solutions and programs that lead to improvements that redefine the standards for customer experience in our North American transportation network. Amazon transportation encompasses all of the operations that deliver shipments from our fulfillment centers and third party locations to customers worldwide.

As a Senior Program Manager on the Transportation Initiatives Team, you will focus on delivering a medium-term planning to be used by all Transportation Stakeholders across the North American transportation network.

Key job responsibilities

  • Manage full lifecycle of complex cross-functional programs with considerable impact across multiple organizations
  • Development of the overall program strategy, tactically driving teams in and outside of your organization to deliver
  • Define the program (mission, vision, tenets), set objectives, analyze data and drive improvements that are quantified with metrics
  • Work autonomously in an ambiguous environment, seeking to understand business problems, automation limitations, scaling factors, boundary conditions and reasons behind leadership decisions
  • Partner with teams across the business you support and beyond to source, allocate, and coordinate resources
  • Partner with customers, internal/external teams, and engineering teams to determine what projects move forward and in what priority order
  • Oversee gaps between teams, processes and systems, helping teams reduce exposure to classic failure modes (e.g., requirements not sufficiently understood or documented, ineffective cross-team collaboration, long-term impact(s) from third-party solutions, security not considered, insufficient stakeholder review, etc.)
  • Solve ambiguous problems and proactively identify and mitigate risks (before they become roadblocks)
  • Work with program managers, business leaders and executive team to communicate and impact critical business initiatives
  • Develop, implement, and govern KPI reporting for a portfolio of programs, providing visibility to the milestones, and performance across all projects
  • Engage other Amazon business units globally to share best practices and improve end to end outcomes for Amazon customers
  • Roll up your sleeves and do whatever is necessary; general manager / owner mentality
  • Create, communicate, and manage budget for projects

Basic Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience in program or project management
  • Experience using data and metrics to drive improvements
  • Experience owning program strategy, end to end delivery, and communicating results to senior leadership
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Engineering, Operations, Supply Chain, Transportation Logistics, or related field
  • 5+ years of experience in program management, logistics, operations, supply chain, or transportation or equivalent professional or military experience
  • Demonstrated experience leading and owning cross-functional programs
  • Demonstrated experience owning the design, implementation, and optimization of initiatives
  • Experience with data mining and data analysis
  • Experience using Microsoft Excel including pivot tables, macros, index/match, vlookup, VBA, data links, etc.
  • Experience with analytical tools such as SQL, Tableau, or Microsoft Access

Preferred Qualifications

  • Master’s Degree in Industrial Engineering, Logistics, Supply Chain, Operations Research, MBA or related field
  • Organizational skills with keen attention to detail
  • Strong analytical and quantitative skills; ability to use hard data and metrics to back up assumptions, recommendations, and drive actions
  • High level familiarity with data mining or machine learning
  • Experience developing forecasting models
  • Experience working with multiple stakeholders and driving consensus
  • Ability to work independently in a fast-paced and rapidly changing environment
  • Executive level written and oral communication skills

Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.

Company – Amazon.com Services LLC

Job ID: A1898118

Company: Amazon

Vacancy Type: $108,000/yr – $146,000/yr (LinkedIn est.) · Full-time · Mid-Senior level

Job Location: Bellevue, WA

Application Deadline: N/A

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