Submarine Technical Program Manager, Subsea Backbone - Singapore - Amazon Asia-Pacific Resources Private Limited (Singapore)

Amazon Asia-Pacific Resources Private Limited (Singapore)

Verified Company

Singapore

3 weeks ago

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Wei Jie

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Description

Bachelor's Degree required or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Program management experience, preferably on a global scale.
Experience in delivering large cross functional international programs and driving milestones. Experience driving and leading authoring project playbooks, building schedules and compiling financial records and forecasts.
Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Experience interacting with and guiding senior management within a company and working across commercial, technical, domestic, and international arms of an organization.

Strong organizational, multitasking, prioritization abilities, and an excellent attention to detail. Demonstrated ability to conceptualize, manage, and prioritize multiple projects.
Knowledge of optical transport systems.

At Amazon, we set a high bar, so expect to be challenged on the scope and scale of the problems we tackle.

We are moving fast, using the latest technologies, and transforming the way we deliver global connectivity.

Key job responsibilities

Specific knowledge of submarine cable deployment and operation is looked for, but not a necessity.

A day in the life

Our projects are multi year in duration, requiring careful planning, disciplined execution and with a growing program, constant invention and simplification.

We work with internal and external stakeholders and partners, driving projects to meet our goals and timelines. We ensure that the delivery of the projects meet our high standards and specifications.

When faced with an issue or delay, we invent to solve for the roadblock alerting our customers along the way.

Communications are crisp, timely and always advise a path forward. We learn from each other, ensuring global consistency.

About the team
The Subsea Backbone team is responsible for all aspects of submarine network deployment, operation, upgrades and management within AWS.

We own the technology roadmap and standards for submarine cable, optical fiber, installation methods, procurement of the optical equipment, RSPC and associated operational models and security postures.

We define the contractual framework for all required elements adding capacity that supports the AWS Backbone Network for our customers.

The team works closely with the Regional Business Development teams to deliver submarine capacity to a global standard, enabling economic and scalable consistency for all our customers.

Singapore, SGP

Knowledge and experience with submarine cable systems.
Ability to merge traditional project management with agile processes.
Experience in automation, operational excellence, or continuous improvement techniques.
Meets/exceeds Amazon's leadership principles requirements for this role
Meets/exceeds Amazon's functional/technical depth and complexity for this role.

Ability to prioritize well, communicate clearly and understand how to drive a high level of focus and excellence with a strong, talented, opinionated team.