Job Description
Join Amazon's Workplace Health and Safety (WHS) team to architect and drive the enterprise-wide strategy for Prevention through Design (PtD) across Amazon's global warehouse and logistics operations. As a Sr. Technical Program Manager (Sr. TPM), you will lead complex, multi-year initiatives to fundamentally transform how safety is embedded within Amazon's automation systems, facility designs, and operational processes. In this strategic leadership role, you will:
Establish the technical framework and governance model for scaling PtD principles across Amazon's global fulfillment network
Drive architectural decisions and technical standards that proactively eliminate safety risks in next-generation robotics, facility designs, and material handling systems
Lead cross functional teams across Robotics, Engineering, and WHS organizations to deliver breakthrough safety innovations
Influence senior leadership and key stakeholders to drive organizational change and adoption of safety-first design principles
Define success metrics and lead data-driven optimization of PtD programs to maximize impact across Amazon's rapidly growing operations
Key job responsibilities
A Senior Technical Program Manager (Sr. TPM) in Amazon's Workplace Health and Safety (WHS) team will architect the enterprise-wide Prevention through Design (PtD) strategy and technical framework, setting the foundation for safety-first design across Amazon's global network while aligning with ANSI/ASSP Z590.3-2021 standards. You will define technical architectures revolutionizing safety integration within Amazon's next-generation robotics, facility designs, and operational systems. You will build and lead matrix organizations spanning Amazon Robotics (AR), Material Handling Systems, Mechatronics, Engineering, WHS, and Operations to deliver transformational safety innovations.
You will establish enterprise governance models and technical standards reshaping safety requirements integration into early-stage facility and systems design. You will develop executive-level reporting frameworks and success metrics demonstrating business value and driving organizational accountability for PtD adoption. You will influence senior leadership on multi-year strategic initiatives positioning safety as a cornerstone of Amazon's technical innovation roadmap.
You will shape the long-term technical vision ensuring future technologies, automation systems, and facility designs inherently eliminate safety risks. This position requires a strategic mindset driving change while building high-performing organizations to deliver at global scale.
A day in the life
Amazon offers a full range of benefits that support you and eligible family members, including domestic partners and their children. Benefits can vary by location, the number of regularly scheduled hours you work, length of employment, and job status such as seasonal or temporary employment. The benefits that generally apply to regular, full-time employees include:
1. Medical, Dental, and Vision Coverage
2. Maternity and Parental Leave Options
3. Paid Time Off (PTO)
4. 401(k) Plan
If you are not sure that every qualification on the list above describes you exactly, we'd still love to hear from you! At Amazon, we value people with unique backgrounds, experiences, and skillsets. If you’re passionate about this role and want to make an impact on a global scale, please apply!
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science or equivalent
- 7+ years of technical product or program management experience
- 4+ years of working directly with engineering teams experience
- Experience owning/driving roadmap strategy and definition
- Experience in automation, robotics, large-scale engineering projects, or software development.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- 5+ years of project management disciplines including scope, schedule, budget, quality, along with risk and critical path management experience
- Experience building and evaluating system-level technical design
- Familiarity with Amazon's design processes, WHS policies, warehouse automation, fulfillment operations and Industrial Safety
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $133,900/year in our lowest geographic market up to $231,400/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit . This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.
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