Principal Technical Program Manager - Fashion Technology - Amazon - Seattle

Job description
The Retail Fashion industry in the US alone is a $300 billion industry where only 11% of it is online and growing fast. Be part of growing one of Amazon's top strategic initiatives in one of the largest and most lucrative industries worldwide.

The Amazon Softlines Technology organization is singularly focused on the fashion categories' (e.g. clothing, shoes, watches, jewelry and accessories) online experience worldwide where we own and influence the end to end customer experience ranging from traffic generating innovations to purchase and post-sale experience.

We are looking for a Principal Technical Program Manager to drive some of the most challenging initiatives for Amazon Fashion requiring coordination across various technical teams within Amazon to launch some game changing innovations that will truly change the industry. We need someone who is highly technical and can dive deep into disparate systems yet have the skills and personality to effectively exert influence over a highly distributed organizational environment. The ideal candidate also has a strong customer focus and able to define requirements for not only our own team but for other teams as well. The candidate also has strong track record of delivering highly complex projects in an agile way while managing several external dependencies. Lastly, the ideal candidate is capable of working in the low level details but is also think and operate at a program level for all of Amazon Fashion technology initiatives. If you've got a passion for fashion or perhaps simply interested in having a huge impact and solving problems that have never been solved before, then this position is for you.

Our group is made up of solid software developers, seasoned product and program managers and creative visual and UX designers who form a great team to raise the bar on the customer experience. We use agile development and want candidates who can thrive in a fast paced, high energy work environment where we deliver lots of value to our customers, in a very short time. We also have a ton of fun! Check out our Facebook page (http://www.facebook.com/amazonsoftlines). If this sounds like a team that you want to be a part of, we want you to apply NOW!
BS degree or equivalent in Computer Science or related field with 6+ years of experience.
8+ years of hands-on experience with driving enterprise/consumer software/technology initiatives.
Strong project management skills, preferably with experience in an agile development environment.
Great communication skills both in person and in writing.
Solid track record for delivery of high quality products.
Excellent problem-solving skills
Experience communicating with technical and non-technical stakeholders across multiple business units
Experience with agile or other program management methodologies
Masters degree in computer science, engineering or a related technical discipline
Experience with ecommerce a plus.
MBA or equivalent is desired.
Prior experience as a software developer.

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