Educate Technical Program Manager Job in Amazon

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Does the challenge and ownership that comes from leading and driving large global initiatives across organizations excite you? Do you believe cloud computing will be a disruptive force in education and want to accelerate that disruption? Do you have the technical strength to guide software builds with both external and internal teams, the keen ear to build to diverse customer needs, and the flexibility to support non-technical program management and administrative duties in an entrepreneurial environment? Are you willing to get your hands dirty, solving complex education/technical problems and delivering innovative new solutions and features? Do you have a relentless focus on customers?

We are focused on building a new community-based program for education for students and educators across the globe. Our customers include universities, community colleges, high schools, and elementary schools, along with the educators, students, and administrators at these institutions. Our customers have different needs than the traditional AISPL customer base.

The technically strong, superlative project manager, and passionate leader who joins us will be a key member of the AISPL education team. Were looking for someone who understands education and wants to make a difference. The ideal candidate brings relevant experience, a relentless focus and the innate desire to help AISPL change the face of education through the use of cloud computing. If you have superior judgment, strong problem-solving and communication skills, the ability to influence people by creating win-win solutions, and the desire to influence and deliver exciting new solutions for the education market.

Technical Program Manager (TPMs) at Amazon anticipate bottlenecks and balance business needs versus technical constraints to move projects forward quickly. They understand business and customer needs, define the product roadmap, take large complex business requirements and break them down into manageable projects, write functional specifications and then deliver them in a successful and timely manner. They thrive and succeed in an entrepreneurial environment and are not hindered by ambiguity or competing priorities.


Roles & Responsibilities:


Drive in country Education Program management and increase market adoption of AWS services in education.
You will be a technical problem solver on the team, identifying innovative solutions to project deadlocks and resolving issues and constraints through consensus and sound judgment.
You will work closely with business and operations team to provide feedback on technical requirement definition of the program and provide updates
Work with the technical teams of institutions to integrate Education programs with their systems and curriculum
Drive user story brainstorming, review, and clarification sessions with technical teams to deliver maximum customer value with available time constraints and resources
Conduct technical workshops and assessments
Create & articulate compelling value propositions around AWS services.
Accelerate customer adoption.
Maintain a robust program plan
Ensure highest level of customer satisfaction.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field
10 plus years experience in managing complex programs and strong business analysis and functional experience, including requirements gathering, creating / deploying solutions to end users
Experience building online communities
A solid Computer Science foundation, including experience in a software engineering role.
Strong oral and written communication skills, good presentation skills and an ability to think clearly, analyze quantitatively, problem-solve, scope technical requirements and prioritize.
Sound business judgment, a proven ability to influence others, strong technical acumen, and strong analytical thinking skills
A willingness to dive into software environments and technical issues to develop and maintain the skills necessary to manage and advocate products and projects
Strong experience with business applications, including Excel, Word and project management software

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Significant technology related engineering/consulting experience.
Computer Science and/or Engineering/Math background.
Working knowledge of software development practices and data center / infrastructure / networking technologies.
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