Description

At Amazon, we're working to be the most customer-centric company on earth. To get there, we need exceptionally talented, bright, and driven people. WW Selling Partner Services (SPS) is focused on making Amazon the safest and most trusted company on earth for customers, brands, and selling partners and the best place to build a successful business.

WW Selling Partner Services (SPS) team is looking for a Program Manager to join the Demand Planning and Workforce Intelligence (DPWI) team. You will assume primary responsibility for driving new innovation for global forecasting and headcount/capacity planning. The ideal candidate will possess both an analytical background that enables them to standardize methodologies and data to develop and successfully implement tools, systems and processes that empower the accurate prediction, measurement and reporting of demand forecasting, productivity, headcount, capacity and workforce compliance/adherence. In this role, you will experience a wide range of problem-solving situations, strategic to real-time, requiring extensive use of data collection and analysis. You will be responsible for the long-term product strategy and product integration which are on the team's roadmap. You will drive quarterly business reviews across SPS to promote DPWI's work, increase stakeholder engagement, onboard new customers and provide a platform for leaders to review advancements made by DPWI. You will work with data scientists & analysts on the DPWI team to translate business requirements, research new algorithms and innovations in the field of data science and machine learning, build conceptual and shadow design of the final product and plan for product implementation.

Key job responsibilities

Develop strong relationships and partnerships with internal and external SPS customers.

Fully define project scope and deliverables; stakeholders & project resources; gather, analyze, and prioritize customer and program requirements
Document constraints, dependencies, and assumptions
Define project success measures, timelines and milestones; drive project schedules and manage implementation of the tool or process
Clearly communicate goals, roles, responsibilities, and desired outcomes to internal cross-functional and remote project teams; identify criteria for decision making and priorities
Create & maintain project documentation such as project plans, functional requirements and specifications, gap and dependency analyses, risk analyses, project briefs, and periodic reports
Engage directly with key resources to proactively identify, analyze, and creatively solve initiative blockers
Drive a rigorous and proactive cadence of analysis and reporting, keeping stakeholders well informed and engaged in key decisions
Develop and manage plans and roadmaps that successfully deliver promised results
Develop metrics to measure and ensure solution effectiveness
Remove obstacles and work towards consensus
Deliver projects with documented process workflows, data maps, standards & guidelines and sustainment plan
Have good working relationships with stakeholders, managers, and peers
Basic Proficiency in SQL/Python to run & manage existing automated scripts
Have advanced proficiency in Excel

About The Team

WW Selling Partner Services (SPS) provides services and solutions aimed at protecting our customers from fraud, counterfeit, and abuse as well as empowering, providing world‐class support, and building loyalty with Amazon's millions of selling partners.

Demand Planning and Workforce Intelligence (DPWI) team in SPS is responsible for estimating the potential future risk on the Amazon platform and its stores using state of art machine learning algorithms and is responsible for translating those estimates into the investigator headcount requirement in each country. The team consists of Data Scientists, Business Intelligence Engineers, Business Analysts and Program Managers.

Basic Qualifications

5+ years of program or project management experience
3+ years of driving end to end delivery, and communicating results to senior leadership experience
Experience working cross functionally with tech and non-tech teams
Experience identifying and resolving complex issues
Experience defining requirements and using data and metrics to draw business insights
Experience in data mining

Preferred Qualifications

Knowledge of Excel (Pivot Tables, VLookUps) at an advanced level and SQL
Knowledge of SQL
Knowledge on GEN AI apps/tools (ex - QuickSuite, KIRO etc)
Knowledge of Lean principles and DMAIC methodology

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.

Company - ADCI - Karnataka - A66

Job ID: A10488910

Program Manager II, DPWI, Selling Partner Services