Sr. Technical Program Manager, Prime Video Ads

Description

Join our mission to create the world's most customer-centric advertising platform while protecting user privacy! This is a young and evolving business within Amazon where creativity and drive can have a lasting impact on the way video is enjoyed worldwide. You will be encouraged to see the big picture, be creative, and positively impact millions of customers. We’re building the future of advertising — yes, it’s challenging, but it’s also a lot of fun.

We're seeking a Sr.

Technical Program

Manager (TPM) to manage programs spanning innovative advertising formats, Ad measurement and Ad privacy on Prime Video.

As a Prime Video technologist, you’ll have end-to-end ownership of the product, user experience, design, and technology required to deliver state-of-the-art experiences for our customers. You’ll get to work on projects that are fast-paced, challenging, and varied. You'll have the unique opportunity to shape the technical vision for Prime Video Advertising across multiple organizations and domains.

This role offers the chance to make a lasting impact on one of the world's largest streaming advertising platforms during a period of rapid growth. You’ll also be able to experiment with new possibilities, take risks, and collaborate with remarkable people.

Key job responsibilities

Program Leadership & Strategy

  • Drive end-to-end delivery of complex, cross-functional technical programs spanning multiple teams and organizations
  • Define program vision, strategy, and roadmap aligned with business objectives and technical requirements
  • Own program-level decision-making, trade-offs, and prioritization across competing demands

Planning & Cross-Functional Coordination

  • Partner with engineering, product, design, operations, and business teams to align on goals and deliverables
  • Build strong relationships with stakeholders at all levels, including senior leadership
  • Develop comprehensive program plans including scope, timelines, milestones, resource requirements, and success metrics
  • Track program health through metrics, dashboards, and regular status reporting

Technical Acumen

  • Understand system architecture, technical dependencies, and integration points across services
  • Evaluate technical proposals and design documents for feasibility, scalability, and alignment with program goals
  • Partner with engineering leaders to make informed technical trade-off decisions

Stakeholder Management

  • Communicate program status, risks, and decisions to executive leadership and key stakeholders
  • Manage expectations and negotiate scope, timelines, and resources with stakeholders
  • Present program updates, business cases, and recommendations to leadership forums

Delivery & Impact

  • Ensure on-time, high-quality delivery of program milestones and launches
  • Define and track success metrics; measure business impact and customer outcomes
  • Own post-launch analysis and iteration based on customer feedback and metrics

Process & Operational Excellence

  • Establish and optimize program management processes, tools, and best practices
  • Drive continuous improvement in team velocity, quality, and delivery predictability
  • Lead retrospectives and implement learnings across programs
  • Mentor junior TPMs and contribute to the broader TPM community

Basic Qualifications

  • 5 years of technical product or program management experience
  • 3 years of software development experience
  • 5 years of technical program management working directly with software engineering teams experience
  • Experience managing programs across cross functional teams, building processes and coordinating release schedules
  • Experience building and evaluating system-level technical design
  • Experience developing and executing/delivering product and technical roadmaps

Preferred Qualifications

  • 5 years of project management disciplines including scope, schedule, budget, quality, along with risk and critical path management experience
  • Experience defining KPI's/SLA's used to drive multi-million dollar businesses and reporting to senior leadership

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

The base salary range for this position is listed below. As a total compensation company, Amazon's package may include other elements such as sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location.

Amazon offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, basic life & AD&D insurance), Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP), Deferred Profit Sharing Plan (DPSP), paid time off, and other resources to improve health and well-being. We thank all applicants for their interest, however only those interviewed will be advised as to hiring status.

CAN, ON, Toronto - 128,100.00 - 214,000.00 CAD annually

Company - Amazon.com.ca, ULC

Job ID: A10449266

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