Company: Amazon

Location: Toronto, ON

Expected salary:

Job date: Fri, 11 Jul 2025 00:30:35 GMT

Job description: DESCRIPTIONAmazon is building a world class advertising business and we are at the forefront of that explosive growth. Amazon Advertising offers a rich array of digital advertising solutions to help our customers on their shopping journey, and enable other businesses to effectively market their brands and products. We help advertisers reach customers on Amazon.com, across all our owned and operated businesses including Prime Video, Kindle, and mobile devices, as well as third-party destinations. We start with the customer and work backwards in everything we do, including advertising.A key driver for our growth is our understanding of the needs of advanced marketers. Advanced marketers are agencies and self-service advertisers with scaled marketing needs, as they manage a large portfolio of clients, products, campaigns or brands. Our team owns performance reporting and analytics for all of Amazon Advertising which the advertisers rely on to make both short-term and long-term marketing decisions. Our systems ingest billions of performance signals every day, and power a variety of customer solutions and applications.The Principal Technical Program Manager role is critical to the success of the program. This leader will help build new scaled marketing initiatives ground up and grow the existing initiatives. They will be responsible for the product development lifecycle and will work with large teams of engineers and product managers across multiple organizations to deliver products and grow the program. The person will be directly responsible for the program’s operational health, including defining the key metrics, monitoring them and making the necessary improvements. They will own the various program level updates and communication to the executive leadership.Key job responsibilities
In this role, you will drive large multi-year technical programs across multiple teams while influencing their technology and operations. You will own the public APIs for performance reporting and analytics, our streaming architectures with AWS, and invent new scaled mechanisms for analytics and performance reporting to help advertisers grow their business on Amazon Ads. You will manage priorities for multiple agile Reporting teams in Toronto.About the team
Our team is responsible for addressing the scaled marketing needs of advertising customers. These customers include Amazon Ads partners, i.e., agencies and solution providers, and large brands. Today, we offer four public products: Reporting APIs, Amazon Marketing Stream, Rapid Retail Analytics, and Bulk operations. We are continuously experimenting with new startup initiatives to serve our customers’ evolving needs.BASIC QUALIFICATIONS– 7+ years of working directly with engineering teams experience
– 7+ years of technical product or program management experience
– 5+ years of software development experience
– Experience designing or architecting (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems
– Experience managing programs across cross functional teams, building processes and coordinating release schedules
– Experience owning/driving roadmap strategy and definitionPREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS– 8+ years of hands-on work managing complex technology projects experience
– Experience managing projects across cross functional teams, building sustainable processes and coordinating release schedulesAmazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.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 for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

Summary:

Amazon Advertising is expanding its digital advertising solutions to enhance customer experiences and help businesses market effectively. They target advanced marketers, including agencies and self-service advertisers with extensive portfolios. A Principal Technical Program Manager is needed to lead and develop large-scale marketing programs, overseeing product lifecycles and operational health while collaborating with engineers and product managers. Responsibilities include managing performance reporting APIs, analytics mechanisms, and agile team priorities.

Basic Qualifications:

• 7+ years of experience with engineering teams and in technical product/program management.
• 5+ years in software development and system design/architecture.
• Proven ability to manage projects across teams and own roadmap strategies.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 8+ years managing complex tech projects and establishing sustainable processes.

Amazon values inclusivity and provides accommodations for applicants with disabilities.