Principal Program Manager, Integrations, Amazon Shipping
DESCRIPTION
Who are we? Ready to build Amazon's next $100B business? We're not just entering shipping—we're transforming how billions of packages move around the globe. By evolving Amazon's legendary fulfillment engine into an agile, intelligent shipping network, we're creating a resilient system that continuously optimizes to deliver on time, every time, for every business and every customer.Every shipment is more than just a box—it spins the flywheel faster, continuously enhancing our logistics network through scale, speed, and intelligence. As we increase density and reach, we're revolutionizing shipping for ALL businesses while simultaneously strengthening Amazon's own delivery capabilities—reducing costs and accelerating deliveries across our entire ecosystem.
What will you do?
We're hiring a Principal Program Manager for our Integrations team in driving cross-organizational initiatives, influencing VP-level technology roadmaps, and unlocking millions in revenue through transformational improvements to our API ecosystem and developer experience.
You'll operate with complete autonomy to identify and remediate endemic problems in our processes, drive architectural decisions across Product, Commercial, Engineering, and Operations organizations, and establish the strategic mechanisms that enable Amazon Shipping to scale developer experience at the pace our business demands.
Working at the unique intersection where program leadership directly impacts revenue, you'll define multi-year technical and business roadmaps, influence resource allocation across VP organizations, and solve significantly complex problems where business and architectural strategies are undefined.
You'll collaborate closely with
- Product Management teams defining API strategy and roadmaps
- Commercial teams driving enterprise customer onboarding
- Engineering organizations building integration platforms
- Operations teams supporting global shipping networks
- Principal Engineers and Architects on technical decisions
- VP-level leadership across multiple organizations
Key attributes
- Strategic thinker who connects technical improvements to business outcomes
- Technical depth in API development, system integration, and distributed architectures
- Executive presence with ability to influence VP-level audiences
- Data-driven decision maker who defines meaningful success metrics
- Strong owner who takes accountability for business impact beyond project delivery
- Exceptional communicator who translates complex technical concepts clearly
- Proven ability to identify and remediate endemic problems at scale
Key job responsibilities
Strategic Program Leadership & Roadmap Ownership- Own the end-to-end strategy and execution for Amazon Shipping's API ecosystem and enterprise integration platform, working across Product, Commercial, Engineering, and Operations VP organizations to drive architectural decisions and organizational alignment
- Define multi-year technical and business roadmaps for developer experience improvements that directly impact shipper onboarding velocity, integration success rates, and API adoption growth
- Influence resource allocation and technology investments across multiple organizations to ensure alignment with integration strategy
- Identify and remediate endemic problems that create bottlenecks, limit scalability, or cause recurring developer friction, decomposing significantly complex challenges into straightforward solutions
- Build consensus across VP organizations through effective narratives and presentations, representing complex technical decisions and trade-offs clearly
- Manage executive-level escalations with excellent judgment, balancing technical constraints with business priorities
- Drive alignment between integration goals and organizational objectives across global stakeholders
- Partner with Principal Engineers and SDMs to ensure architectural decisions scale to match bu
