Sr. Technical Program Manager, Amazon Smart Vehicles

Overview As Senior Technical Program Manager, you will own end-to-end feature delivery for the Amazon Custom Assistant platform and manage OEM partner engagements from concept to production. You’ll coordinate cross-functional engineering teams to hit launch timelines and align product, engineering, and business development on readiness and quality. You’ll navigate multi-stakeholder programs across cloud services and third-party integrations, shaping scalable launch processes. This role offers the chance to influence how millions of drivers interact with AI in vehicles within a fast-paced, startup-like Amazon team focused on OEM partnerships. Compensation / Benefitssign-on payments and RSUshealth insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, life & AD&D, optional supplemental life)401(k) matchingpaid time offparental leave ResponsibilitiesLead end-to-end program execution for ACA platform feature launches from requirements to production releaseOwn OEM engagement lifecycle: onboarding, integration planning, milestone tracking, issue resolution, launch readinessDevelop and maintain program schedules across workstreams, identify critical paths, dependencies, and constraints; escalate risks with mitigationsCoordinate cross-functional teams (Software, QA, AI/ML, Platform, UX, Product) to meet timelines and quality targetsLead technical program reviews with engineering leadership and OEM partners, translating status into actionable narrativesDefine launch readiness criteria, go/no-go decisions, and release processes for OEM-facing deliveriesPartner with Product Management on roadmap alignment, scope negotiations, and trade-off decisionsEstablish and improve program mechanisms (sprint planning, dependency tracking, retrospectives, metrics) to increase velocity and predictabilityManage cross-timezone collaboration across US, India, and EU/India partner teamsDocument playbooks, onboarding frameworks, and repeatable processes to scale to new OEM partners Key requirements8+ years of direct experience working with engineering teams6+ years in technical product or program managementExperience managing cross-functional programs, building processes, and coordinating release schedulesExperience defining KPIs/SLAs to drive multi-million dollar businesses and reporting to senior leadershipstrong collaboration and stakeholder managementbias for actionability to communicate complex technical status clearlyend-to-end program managementrelease planning and milestone trackingrisk management across multi-team dependencies