Sr. VAS Ops. Program Manager, VAS

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Job Summary:

Amazon Lab126 is an inventive research and development company that designs and engineers high-profile consumer electronics. This role’s primary responsibilities are building a global business through the development and management of strategic partnerships with product operations and 3rd party teams, focusing on driving development of tailored solutions to address customer needs.

Responsibilities:

• Managing cross-functional initiatives, organizing, and executing complex projects across multiple teams and organizations (Amazon Devices product teams, Quality, Launch, Transportation, BI, Operations, Finance, etc.) and stakeholders, both internal and external.

• Ability to optimize VAS operations by partnering with technical teams (software, hardware, packaging and quality); independently assess technical needs, develop solutions, and lead implementation to support product teams' objectives.

• Expertise in system management including overseeing technological systems like inventory, and the ability to develop a holistic overview and generate performance reports.

• Deep understanding of consumer electronics including technical specifications and industry trends.

• Manage all phases of the project lifecycle including: Scoping, Research/Analysis, Execution and Post Mortem while ensuring that pre-established productivity is on track.

• Launch projects domestically and internationally while working with remote teams.

• Partnering with key supply chain experts across DGL to lead, support, and influence new business initiatives to help VAS scale globally.

• Building strong partnerships with 3PL operation field leaders to identify opportunities to innovate new technology and scale productively with new initiatives.

• Analyzing and solving operational and technical barriers with a focus on understanding root causes and financial drivers.

• Strong data extraction, analytical and problem-solving skills; ability to work with large, complex data sets and familiarity with statistics or other analytical techniques; excellent excel skills.

• Traveling as required.

Qualifications:

Required:

• 5 years of with Excel experience

• Bachelor's degree, or 7 years of professional or military experience

• Experience working with complex data sets

• Experience communicating results to senior leadership

• Consumer electronics and Amazon Devices knowledge (hardware, software, packaging and quality)

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to present complex technical information clearly to various audiences

• Degree should have focus on business, engineering, or a supply chain/operations discipline

Preferred:

• Knowledge of statistics or other analytical techniques

• Experience with SQL

• Proven ability to influence others and facilitate agreement among stakeholders with different interests

• Experience with end-to-end product or project delivery

Company:

Amazon Lab126 is an inventive research and development company that designs and engineers high-profile consumer electronic devices. It is a sub-organization of Amazon. Founded in 2004, the company is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, USA, with a team of 1001-5000 employees. The company is currently Late Stage. Amazon Lab126 has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships.