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Program Manager
Job ID: 	153604	Location: 	US-WA-Seattle
Posted Date: 	9/22/2011	Company: 	Amazon Corporate LLC
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Job Description
The Website Application Platform team is looking for an 
individual who is excited about the challenge of driving large, 
global and cross-organizational projects and initiatives.

In this role you will review designs and early prototypes with 
technical teams to identify Assistive Technology (“AT”) issues 
early in the development process; provide technical and 
user-experience feedback to teams and propose alternative 
solutions; maintain office hours one day per week for technical, 
design and business teams to drop-in and get advice on AT issues 
and maintain a queue of requests to test applications and 
participate in regular design reviews.  You will also provide 
proactive advice that helps Amazon teams offer a best in class AT 
experience, conduct training activities with designated personnel 
in the use of AT and the testing process; create training 
materials, best practice, and FAQ documents to distribute 
expertise as well as document issues and the platform specific 
technical solutions.  In addition you will be responsible for 
defining business cases for accessibility initiatives and driving 
them to completion.

You must be able to:
Interact with technical teams to deliver training on assistive 
technology.
Interact with Project Sponsors, Technical Program Managers and 
multiple Development Teams to define and deliver complex features 
and projects.
Anticipate bottlenecks, provide escalation management, anticipate 
and make tradeoffs, and balance the business needs versus 
technical constraints.
Identify, assess, track and mitigate issues and risks at multiple 
levels.
Create, maintain and disseminate project information to 
stakeholders.
Drive effective teamwork, communication, collaboration and 
commitment across multiple disparate groups with competing 
priorities.
Basic Qualifications
Bachelor’s Degree or 4+ years equivalent work experience.
2+ years delivering training to a technical audience.
2+ years experience managing complex projects or project 
coordination.
Preferred Qualifications
3+ years testing and reporting on features and products using AT.
Experience with MS Office tools and software.
3-5 years project management experience.
Excellent written and oral communication skills.
Experience with project delivery for large, cross-functional 
projects.
Proven problem-solving skills.
Strong organizational skills.


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