Sr. Design Program Manager, Amazon Photos

Sr. Design Program Manager, Amazon Photos

Job ID: | Amazon.com Services LLC

Amazon Photos helps consumers preserve, organize, share, and relive their memories. The service comes with unlimited photo storage for Prime members with apps available on iOS, Android, Web, Desktop. The service is also integrated into Alexa devices such as Echo Show and Fire TV. We have ambitious goals to scale growth and adoption of the service around the world and delight our customers with a great memories product.
We are seeking a Sr. Design Program Manager with strong organizational skills, great drive, and best-in-class ownership to join our growing Amazon Photos Design team. As part of the team, you will work collaboratively with designers, engineers, product management, and other program managers leading projects throughout the planning, design, and development lifecycle. As a Sr. Design Program Manager, your emphasis will be on planning and prioritization of design deliverables, schedule tracking, mitigating project risks, and collaborating with design leads to deliver innovative solutions across work streams.
Are you interested in joining the team to lead Amazon Photos’ next innovation?
Key job responsibilities
- Partner closely with designers, leads, and managers to advocate for user centered design
- Anticipate bottlenecks, provide escalation management, anticipate and make tradeoffs, and balance the business needs versus technical constraints
- Put repeatable processes in place that help us plan and manage multiple parallel projects and run our business
- Create and manage team backlogs, communicate status, and coordinate reviews with stakeholders and senior management
- Working across teams to create strong relationships with stakeholders and senior leadership teams
- Work proactively to clarify requirements and use cases, actively seeking clarification when there is ambiguity
- Seek opportunities to make improvements to team efficiency and process.
- Primary point of contact for design, working closely with design leads and directors to proactively clarify requirements and use cases, actively seeking clarification when there is ambiguity.
A day in the life
Our design team is looking for a Sr. Design Program Manager to join our growing team. As a Sr. Design Program Manager, your emphasis will be on collaborating with design leads to deliver innovative solutions across work streams. You will do that by partnering with design, research, and product teams to plan and deliver projects bringing new ideas and experiences to our customers.
About the team
As part of the team, you will work collaboratively with designers, engineers, product management, and other program managers leading projects throughout the planning, design, and development lifecycle. You’ll have the chance to advocate for design excellence, contribute to product vision, and shape next generation experiences.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- Have an available online portfolio
- 7+ years of design program management experience
- 5+ years of design experience
- 3+ years of experience leading project delivery for large, cross-functional project teams.
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- Knowledge of project management tools and methodologies (agile to waterfall)
- Experience working and contributing to project playbooks, building schedules, managing issues/risks, establishing communication plans and stakeholder management
- Background working in a collaborative multi-disciplinary UX team
- Excellent communication, presentation, and storytelling skills
- Understanding of UX design and software development
- Ability to identify and mitigate risk on projects
- Experience with Agile/Scrum
- Experience building/delivering consumer electronic products
- Ability to work effectively with tight deadlines in a fast-paced environment
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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $116,500/year in our lowest geographic market up to $192,600/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit . This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.