Sr. SAP Technical Program Manager, Amazon Leo for Government

Amazon Leo is an initiative to increase global broadband access through a constellation of 3,236 satellites in low Earth orbit (LEO). Its mission is to bring fast, affordable broadband to unserved and underserved communities around the world. Amazon Leo will help close the digital divide by delivering fast, affordable broadband to a wide range of customers, including consumers, businesses, government agencies, and other organizations operating in places without reliable connectivity.


Export Control : This position requires that the candidate selected be a U.S. Citizen in order to comply with U.S. government-imposed requirements related to the nature of the work and/or where it will be performed.

The role: In this role you will be a key member of the team creating enterprise applications needed to design, build, and operate the organization’s business services. You will be responsible for the technical and functional support to software product development in SAP S/4. Our ideal candidate is highly autonomous, has strong knowledge of SAP functional and technical modules, has excellent organizational and time management skills and has a successful track record of delivering large-scale ERP projects. The desire and ability to work in a fast paced, collaborative environment is essential.


Key job responsibilities
•Define multi-year strategy, roadmaps, and success metrics aligned to Leo’s business objectives
• Understand business requirements working with PMT, Business stakeholders, super users
• Anticipate systemic risks and dependencies before they impact delivery
• Raise the bar for program management excellence across the organization
• Work with engineering teams (SAP Developers, Functional designers, process designers, security, Admin and other members) to understand the effort needed
• Build project plans and sprint schedules understanding engineering team bandwidth
• Manage dependencies inside and outside of the team to get the team answers on time, unblock the team and execute to aligned project plan and business need by dates
• Identify and escalate risks, manage issue resolution
• Bring in project management best practices , setup right processes, align with existing processes to delivery results
• Earn trust from the engineering team, stakeholders and leadership
• Setup Jira and other tools used for capturing and running projects and sprint cadence


A day in the life
This is an excellent opportunity to join Amazon Leo’s world class technical team working with some of the best and brightest engineers while also developing your skills and furthering your career within one of the most innovative programs.

About the team
Amazon Leo for Government (ALG) team is responsible for a suite of products to automate and optimize business operations for Amazon Leo for Government (ALG). This is anchored in business process modeling and configuring SAP ERP’s enterprise capabilities to streamline and optimize critical business processes, including Order-to-Cash (OTC), Procure-to-Pay (PTP), Record-to-Report (RTR), and Make-to-Order (MTO). The team also owns Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) and Pricing systems. The solutions are built to comply with applicable Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR)

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- 5+ years of technical product or program management experience
- Bachelor's degree in a technical field or business-related field
- Experience that includes strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and effective communication abilities
- 5+ years of working directly with engineering teams experience
- Experience managing programs across cross functional teams, building processes and coordinating release schedules
- Experience implementing and managing SAP ERP solutions, with a strong focus on SAP S/4HANA

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- 5+ years of project management disciplines including scope, schedule, budget, quality, along with risk and critical path management experience
- Experience managing projects across cross functional teams, building sustainable processes and coordinating release schedules
- Experience defining KPI's/SLA's used to drive multi-million dollar businesses and reporting to senior leadership
- Knowledge of procurement and source to pay processes and solutions or equivalent experience
- Experience in the aerospace and defense sector.

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

Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company’s reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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