Technical Program Manager, AWS AI Data

Key Skills

Java Programming, Python Programming, C++, C Programming, SQL, Apache Hadoop, Scala Programming, Machine learning techniques, Data science techniques, PyTorch, TensorFlow, MapReduce, R Programming

Job Description

Are you interested in AI technologies and contribute to its success by creating high quality and effective data collection strategies and operational plans? Would you be interested in making sure Amazon's state of art AI products can reach more customers? Would you be interested in creating an efficient and effective data collection operation that allows our AI products to continue to have the best data to out perform our competitors? AWS AI Data Team is looking for a strong Senior Technical Program Manager who can lead the team to collect and deliver high quality data sets for our highly sophisticated AI programs.

As a Technical Program Manager on the team, you will work with multiple teams to help solve complex technical solutions aimed to build and improve our AI products. You will have a direct influence on the data science and collection strategies as well as the overall operations.

Inclusive Team Culture
Here at AWS, we embrace our differences. We are committed to furthering our culture of inclusion. We have ten employee-led affinity groups, reaching 40,000 employees in over 190 chapters globally. We have innovative benefit offerings, and host annual and ongoing learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences.

Work/Life Balance
Our team puts a high value on work-life balance. It isn’t about how many hours you spend at home or at work; it’s about the flow you establish that brings energy to both parts of your life. We believe striking the right balance between your personal and professional life is critical to life-long happiness and fulfillment. We offer flexibility in working hours and encourage you to find your own balance between your work and personal lives.

Mentorship & Career Growth
Our team is dedicated to supporting new members. We have a broad mix of experience levels and tenures, and we’re building an environment that celebrates knowledge sharing and mentorship. Our senior members enjoy one-on-one mentoring and thorough, but kind, code reviews. We care about your career growth and strive to assign projects based on what will help each team member develop into a better-rounded engineer and enable them to take on more complex tasks in the future.

Key job responsibilities
The ideal candidates would be

• able to work in a diverse team
• have strong written and verbal communication skills
• have strength in problem solving and high attention to detail
• have the ability to understand and discuss technical concepts, manage trade-offs and evaluate new ideas
• have the ability to work across functional disciplines to deliver high quality data
• have knowledge of AI data requirements and life cycle
• have strong experience in operational planning and execution
• have the ability to work efficient and independently to manage multiple programs

A day in the life
As a Senior Technical Program Manager, you will interact with our Product, Engineering and Science team on program objectives and participate in the operational planning to achieve these objects with adequate budget and resources based on realistic timeline. You will define the execution strategy specifically for data collection by collaborating with the Language Engineers, Program Managers and third party vendors on the team.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• BS degree in Data Engineering, Data Science, Computer Science, Business or equivalent.
• 5+ years experience as a Technical Program Manager or Technical Project Manager.
• Proficient knowledge of Project/Program Management principles and processes.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills with the ability to tailor communications to various levels of management, to technical and non-technical audiences, and cross team customers/stakeholders.
• Strong organizational skills, successful track record of coordinating between multiple project stakeholders, technical program managers, and software development teams.
• Experience in creating and managing complex, cross-team project plans; prior success in driving execution of large-scale project plans with multiple cross-functional teams in support of business goals.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience with development life cycles and agile methodologies
• Experience with speech or text data specification and requirements, data annotation and natural language processing.
• Experience with third party vendor engagement and management.
• Experience with operational logistics such as resource forecasting, finance, and contracts
• Experience with people management