Technical Program Manager, Special Projects

About Amazon

Amazon is guided by four principles: customer obsession rather than competitor focus, passion for invention, commitment to operational excellence, and long-term thinking. We are driven by the excitement of building technologies, inventing products, and providing services that change lives. We embrace new ways of doing things, make decisions quickly, and are not afraid to fail. We have the scope and capabilities of a large company, and the spirit and heart of a small one.

Together, Amazonians research and develop new technologies from Amazon Web Services to Alexa on behalf of our customers: shoppers, sellers, content creators, and developers around the world.

Our mission is to be Earth's most customer-centric company. Our actions, goals, projects, programs, and inventions begin and end with the customer top of mind.

You'll also hear us say that at Amazon, it's always "Day 1." What do we mean? That our approach remains the same as it was on Amazon's very first day - to make smart, fast decisions, stay nimble, invent, and focus on delighting our customers.

Position

Amazon seeks a Technical Program Manager that combines collaborative and analytical skills with a passion for problem solving on behalf of our customers. You would be joining the Transportation Network Planning team in our EU headquarters to help deliver customer packages faster, more reliably and at a lower cost. You will be responsible for managing technical projects/products from conceptualization to implementations.

You would be a great fit for this role if you enjoy and excel at:

• Autonomously coming up with and quickly implementing innovative and disruptive ideas
• Continuously learning new skills and knowledge areas to grow, develop, and better serve our customers
• Influencing a broad set of stakeholders and working with diverse and dynamic teams across Europe
• Solving analytical problems and drawing conclusions from large complex data sets
• Coaching and developing others to build a stronger team

Your qualification

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science or related technical field
• Proficiency in MS Excel
• Understanding of Program Management techniques
• Understanding of SDLC methodologies, SCRUM, Waterfall
• Experience in data engineering / business intelligence space
• Strong understanding of ETL concepts and experience building them with large-scale, complex data sets using traditional or map reduce batch mechanism
• Proficiency in SQL
• Experience designing and operating very large Data Warehouses
• Experience with scripting for automation (e.g., UNIX Shell scripting, Python, Perl, Ruby) 
• Experience in data visualization platforms (e.g. Tableau, PowerBI, Quicksight) 
• Strong oral and written communication skills are crucial, as well as ability to think clearly, analyze quantitatively, problem-solve, scope technical requirements and prioritize tasks
• The ability to comfortably and confidently present to all levels within the enterprise and to work with both technical and non-technical individuals
• Results oriented person with a strong delivery focus who can work independently and collaboratively with global teams

Will be a plus

• Master’s degree or equivalent in a business or analytical field
• Experience in logistic or transportation industry
• Experience in Statistical Software such as R
• Knowledge of machine learning, data mining, and predictive modeling
• Experience in software programming (in C, C++, Java)