Description
Please note that this is a contract role providing services to Amazon via Allegis Global Solutions. If you are selected for this role, you will be employed by AGS and will not be an employee of Amazon…
Responsible for the coordination and completion of project/program. Oversees all aspects of projects/program. Sets deadlines, assigns responsibilities, and monitors and summarizes progress of project/program. Prepares reports for upper management regarding status of project/program. May require a bachelor’s degree and at least 7 years of experience in the field or in a related area. Familiar with a variety of the field’s concepts, practices, and procedures. Relies on extensive experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals. Performs a variety of tasks. Leads and directs the work of others. A wide degree of creativity and latitude is expected.
We are looking for an experienced, customer-obsessed Senior Program Manager to join the Prime Air team. In this highly visible, cross-functional role, you will be responsible for overseeing and coordinating the commercial operations across all of the technical and non-technical teams at Prime Air, including Drone Hardware, Drone Software, Airspace Management, Regulatory, Supply, Operations and Flight Sciences. You will leverage your ability to influence without authority to drive alignment and accountability across these diverse teams. As a strong advocate for the teams, you will work to develop and grow strategic internal relationships, as well as create and streamline processes to drive operational excellence, centralization, and stakeholder adoption of program mechanisms. This role requires effective collaboration and efficient communication with multiple stakeholders. You must be proactive in understanding and communicating critical business needs, and know how to translate those into solutions. Drawing on your experience building long-term, strategic relationships, you will become an influential partner through heavy verbal and written communication on status, risks, and progress. In addition to the commercial operations, you will be responsible for building, owning, and managing a comprehensive program-level risk, issue, and opportunity management mechanism. This will include processing relevant data and metrics, and presenting insights to senior leaders. You will also facilitate weekly, monthly, and quarterly program reviews with key stakeholders to assess and mitigate risks, resolve issues, and capture opportunities. This role is a great fit for a flexible, ambitious professional with strong business and technical acumen. You will need to thrive in an entrepreneurial environment, seamlessly manage competing priorities, and possess exceptional communication and problem-solving skills. This highly visible, cross-functional role will require you to not only successfully develop and drive programs across teams, but also be willing to roll up your sleeves, dive into the details to get the job done, focusing on the data and insights to ensure the right inputs are top of mind for our customers and stakeholders. If you are passionate about making an impact on a global scale, we encourage you to apply.
Key Responsibilities:
• Handle a high volume of requests, engagements and interactions in this fast-paced environment
• Track existing and set up new metrics as required to validate schedule and team performance
• Develop and implement performance improvement plans, working cross-functionally with internal and external stakeholders
• Report on performance in weekly and monthly forums with partner teams and senior leadership
• Set measurable targets that align with the overall goals of the organization
• Comprehend the requirements of our internal teams and translate them into schedule risks and opportunities
Required Skills and Experience:
• Influencer: Innovative trailblazer with the ability to identify opportunities and influence organizations to gain support and overcome resistance with data and persuasion
• Significant experience overseeing partner teams through good judgment, data-driven decision making
• Doer: Ability to successfully deliver end-to-end technology and vendor operations projects, working through the many obstacles along the way
• Communicator: Ability to present to senior leadership, communicate expectations and requirements equally well with business and technology teams, and capacity to write well-reasoned and data-oriented proposals, performing your own data examination as necessary
• Problem Solver: Ability to utilize exceptional problem-solving skills to work through difficult tasks
Basic qualifications
• 5+ years of program or project management experience
• Experience using data and metrics to determine and drive improvements
• Experience owning program strategy, end to end delivery, and communicating results to senior leadership
• Bachelor’s Degree
Preferred qualifications
• 5+ years of experience influencing and recommending solutions to meet deliverables
• 5+ years of experience in developing structural solutions to ambiguous problems
• 5+ years of experience building relationships, negotiating, and influencing key stakeholders, internal and external partners to drive decisions
• Advanced Excel skills
• 2+ years working directly with engineering teams
• MBA, or Master’s degree in management, business administration, economics, engineering, marketing
• Ability to communicate effectively at all levels with technical and non-technical stakeholders
Experience working on aerospace products / projects
Location: Seattle, WA- or Remote
Contract Length: 2 Months
Pay Range: $75 – $80 per hour
AGS is an equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer (M/F/Disability/Veterans). We Will consider all applications without regard to race, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, genetic information or any other status protected by applicable law
