Are you passionate about transforming how Amazon hires world-class talent? Join our Talent Acquisition Products team where you'll lead innovative and complex technical initiatives that impact millions of potential employees, current staff, recruiters, and managers globally. This role offers the unique opportunity to shape the future of Technical Program Management in the AI era, where you'll work with brilliant engineers, data scientists, and product leaders to revolutionize hiring technology.
As a Principal Technical Program Manager, you'll drive mission-critical programs that improve the quality and velocity of Amazon's global recruitment engine while delivering exceptional candidate experiences. You'll translate complex business requirements into innovative technical solutions, lead end-to-end program planning, and manage risks proactively to keep initiatives on track. This isn't just program management—it's about creating visible impact on systems that define how Amazon will operate for years to come.
Key job responsibilities
What You'll Do
- Lead end-to-end program planning and execution for complex technical initiatives, partnering with
cross-functional teams to create comprehensive roadmaps that drive hiring technology innovation
- Drive technical innovation by translating business requirements into scalable technical solutions, working directly with engineering teams to ensure successful implementation and delivery
- Manage program lifecycle and mitigate risks proactively by identifying potential roadblocks before they become issues and developing mitigation strategies that keep programs on track
- Champion clear communication and stakeholder alignment by creating compelling status reports, facilitating decision-making meetings, and building consensus across teams when different views emerge
- Define and validate project requirements and scope while overseeing gaps between teams, processes, and system architectures to ensure program alignment with organizational objectives
A day in the life
Your morning begins with an AI-generated summary of critical program statuses across
Asana, Outlook, and Slack, highlighting key risks in hiring technology initiatives. You immediately
spring into action, bringing together engineering leads from three different teams to brainstorm mitigation options. You facilitate strategic decision-making meetings where your AI agent automatically captures and distributes meeting notes, action items, and decisions.
Throughout the day, you collaborate with UX designers to ensure exceptional candidate experiences, update senior leadership on program progress, and celebrate major milestones achieved ahead of schedule.
About the team
Join the Talent Acquisition Products Technical Program Management team, where you'll drive mission-critical hiring technology initiatives that power Amazon's global recruitment engine. Our TPMs lead innovative projects to improve the quality and velocity of hire while producing the best candidate experience. We're pioneering the future of program management in the AI era, focusing on cutting down toil and surfacing relevant data to help teams focus on what matters most - human judgment.
Our team works with the best available technology and human resources, creating solutions that directly impact millions of potential employees, current employees, recruiters, and managers. You'll collaborate with world-class talent while shaping initiatives that define how Amazon will operate for years to come, all while building inclusive teams that thrive on meaningful challenges and tangible results.
- 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
- 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
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit
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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.
USA, WA, Bellevue - 177,000.00 - 239,400.00
USD annually
USA, WA, Seattle - 177,000.00 - 239,400.00
USD annually