Manager II, Program Management, Global Catalog Operations, Amazon

Description
The Global Catalog Operations (GCO) team in Amazon is part of Amazon Selection & Catalog Systems (ASCS), with a focus on leveraging human intelligence, to measure and improve the quality of the catalog. Our charter is to make Catalog quality programs more effective by providing expert human judgment.
We are seeking an experienced people leader to join our rapidly growing team as a Manager II, Program Management. In this role you will build and lead a team of SMEs, auditors and Program Managers responsible for developing insights and eliminating quality defects that affect business metrics. You will own a portfolio of catalog quality programs rather than a single workstream, set the direction and mechanisms your team operates by, and be accountable for the aggregate delivery and business outcomes of the programs under you. As part of this role, you will 1) hire, develop, and lead a team of auditors, SMEs and program managers, growing the bench and the capability of the function, 2) own a portfolio of quality programs, prioritizing across competing initiatives and allocating capacity to the highest impact opportunities, 3) set the operating mechanisms, standards, and roadmap that make your team's programs measurable and repeatable, and 4) work collaboratively across partner teams (Science, PMs, Engineering, Business, etc.) and represent catalog quality program management to senior leadership across GCO and partner orgs.
Key job responsibilities
As a Manager II, Program Management You Will
Build, lead, and develop a team of auditors, SMEs and program managers, owning hiring, performance management, coaching, and career growth
Own catalog quality programs, setting priorities across competing initiatives and allocating team capacity to the highest impact work
Establish the operating mechanisms, standards, and roadmap that ensure your team's programs deliver measurable business and operational outcomes
Be accountable for the aggregate delivery and business/operational metrics of the programs under your team
Drive quantitative, data-oriented decision making across the portfolio and champion the adoption of technology solutions and process improvements
Communicate program progress, risks, and results to senior leadership, ensuring transparency and alignment with key business goals
Identify systemic gaps across process areas and mobilize your team and stakeholders to resolve them
Serve as an escalation point and senior partner for in-house and customer teams across Science, Engineering, Product, and Business
Ensure effective risk controls are developed and maintained across programs, with corrective actions that keep commitments on track and minimize losses
Develop and influence new ideas, establishing procedures and practices that promote long-term, scalable solutions in dynamic environments
Drive continuous improvement and decision-making strategies across the team and the broader function
Basic Qualifications
3+ years of program or project management experience
3+ years of working cross functionally with tech and non-tech teams experience
3+ years of delivering cross functional projects experience
Experience defining program requirements and using data and metrics to determine improvements
Experience managing teams
Preferred Qualifications
Experience implementing repeatable processes and driving automation or standardization
Experience in data mining, data management, reporting, and SQL queries
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Company - ADCI - Karnataka - A66
Job ID: A10563420

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