Description
At Amazon, we're looking for a Sr. Program Manager for Amazon Flex. Amazon Flex works directly with independent contractors – called delivery partners – to make deliveries to our customers. With Amazon Flex, individuals can now be their own boss delivering Amazon packages. Amazon Flex is powered by a mobile app that works in concert with our advanced logistics systems that allows delivery partners to on-board, schedule delivery times, guide them through their deliveries with in-app mapping and navigation, and more.
Key job responsibilities
• Manage Service Level Standards (SLS) for one of the programs we support.
• Help build and scale SLS change management mechanisms, identify opportunities, establish mitigation processes, and work with cross-functional partners to communicate issues and progress.
• 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.
• 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 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
A day in the life
The Sr. PM in this role will be responsible for the Flex AU SLS/FACT program. They will work closely with AU Flex and Operational business partners to support and proactively identify business problems and ongoing process improvement opportunities through SLS support where possible. They will monitor AU SLS metrics on a regular basis to identify trends or process improvement opportunities. They will ensure that we are insisting on the highest standard for the experience of the driver while developing SLS programs for evolving Flex program.This role will also work closely with the broader WW SLS team and other key stakeholders.
We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:
Hyderabad, TS, IND
Basic Qualifications
5+ years of program or project management experience
Experience using data and metrics to determine and drive improvements
Experience owning program strategy, end to end delivery, and communicating results to senior leadership
Preferred Qualifications
2+ years of driving process improvements experience
Master's degree, or MBA in business, operations, human resources, adult education, organizational development, instructional design or related field