Sr. Design Program Manager, Devices and Services Design

Senior Design Program Manager

Amazon's Devices and Services Design organization has launched revolutionary products like Echo, Fire TV, Fire Tablet, and more. Are you interested in joining the team to lead Amazon's next innovation? Our UX Design Operations team is seeking a Sr. Design Program Manager to work collaboratively with designers, engineers, product management, and other program managers leading Design programs and projects throughout the planning, design, and development lifecycle. As a Design Program Manager, your emphasis will be on planning and prioritization of design deliverables, resource management, schedule tracking, mitigating project risks, and collaborating with design leads to deliver innovative solutions across work streams.

Responsibilities of the role include :

• 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, maintain, and disseminate project information to stakeholders and senior management
• Working across teams to create strong relationships with stakeholders and senior leadership teams
• Communicate project status with design team and stakeholders regularly
• 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.

About the team

The Amazon Devices & Services Design team is a multidisciplinary design team that is responsible for Design across Echo Family Devices, Alexa Mobile, Fire TV, Fire Tablets and more. Our mission is to bring to life delightful, easy-to-use, and high value experiences for our customers.