Hiring: Technical Program Manager, Operations Network Engineering Edge Company: Amazon Location: Austin, TX Job Posted Time: 2026-09-16 16:56:04 Employment Type: Full-time Target Skills & Keywords : AWS, Program Management, Project Management, Systems Engineering About the job Experience: •6+ years of technical product or program management experience •8+ years of project management disciplines including scope, schedule, budget, quality, along with risk and critical path management experience Required Skills: •This role combines tactical execution with strategic influence—you'll manage the full program lifecycle from architecture validation through fleet-wide deployment, negotiate resources and priorities across engineering teams, and make deliberate trade-offs between short-term delivery and long-term architectural goals. •Own the full program lifecycle for Edge Network Scaling Engineering, from requirements definition and architecture validation through phased deployment and fleet-scale rollout, with accountability for milestones, risks, and measurable delivery outcomes •Drive roadmap execution for native cloud network access at high-bandwidth sites, managing deployment from initial pilots through fleet-scale rollout, including prerequisites, sequencing, and risk assessment at each stage •Negotiate resources and align priorities across Edge Engineering, AWS networking, Finance, and operational deployment partners, ensuring the right teams are engaged at the right time with clear ownership and obligations •Build financial accountability frameworks that link architectural decisions to defensible cost-avoidance or unit-economics outcomes, track realization against plan, and surface variance before it becomes a surprise •Establish predictable delivery mechanisms—deployment playbooks, validation gates, and governance structures—that create consistent program execution across multiple concurrent workstreams and communicate program status, risk posture, and trade-off decisions clearly to Directors and senior stakeholders •Medical, Dental, and Vision Coverage •Maternity and Parental Leave Options Qualifications: •Demonstrated capacity to communicate program status, risk, financial outcomes, and trade-off decisions clearly and concisely to Directors and senior stakeholders, verbally and in writing •Deep enough understanding of WAN, cloud networking, or distributed infrastructure architectures to identify where technical complexity will create operational risk and drive simplification •Track record of decomposing multi-year architectural programs into executable milestones with clear dependencies, ownership, and validation gates •Background in network architecture, cloud connectivity (AWS Direct Connect, Transit Gateway, or equivalent), or WAN design •Demonstrated ability to negotiate resources and align engineering organizations toward shared architectural end states across teams that have historically operated independently •Operational familiarity with the operational demands of large-scale logistics or fulfillment environments where network availability directly impacts business outcomes Compensation: •Medical, Dental, and Vision Coverage Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!