Description Have you ever ordered a product on Amazon and wondered how it got to you so fast? Did you ever think about where this package came from and how much it cost to deliver? Join us in establishing the strategic vision and leading the transformation of Amazon's transportation network as we build real-time, intelligent, and fully automated systems that optimize package delivery across the world's most complex logistics network. As Amazon expands globally, you will lead multiple organizations whose work directly impacts millions of customers worldwide, sets new standards for online shopping experience, and drives innovation in the transportation industry through intelligent automation and AI-driven solutions. In this senior leadership role, you'll oversee multiple teams and organizations tackling complex problems involving design and implementation of highly scalable distributed systems, optimization of data storage systems, and Big Data analytics. You'll develop and execute organizational strategy for next-generation automation systems, align technical roadmaps across organizations, and drive intelligent solutions for automated code and network configuration generation, hands-free troubleshooting, and sophisticated impact analysis tools. Your organizations will be responsible for building self-healing infrastructure and automated deep dive capabilities that quickly identify root causes across vast amounts of operational data. We're seeking an experienced senior technical leader with a proven track record in managing organizations building highly-scalable, cloud-based distributed services with millisecond latency requirements. You should have deep expertise in Service Oriented Architecture, microservices, and both relational and non-relational databases. Experience leading multiple engineering organizations, driving cross-organizational technical strategy, and delivering multi-year strategic initiatives is essential. You'll thrive in this role if you excel at building and scaling organizations, developing senior technical leaders, breaking down complex problems into simple, elegant solutions, and effectively communicating technical vision to executive leadership. We value leaders who can establish and scale strong engineering culture, build leadership pipelines, and implement best practices around quality and security. Key job responsibilities • Build and lead multiple teams of software engineers and managers, establishing organizational vision and technical strategy • Develop senior technical leaders and managers through coaching and mentorship • Lead organizational design, headcount planning, and strategic hiring initiatives • Drive engineering excellence across organizations through standardization of processes and best practices • Define technical strategy and architecture roadmap across multiple domains • Lead cross-organizational technical initiatives and drive alignment across teams • Establish technology standards and drive adoption of best practices across organizations • Oversee development of sophisticated impact analysis and monitoring solutions that ensure system reliability and performance at scale • Partner with senior leadership, product, and program management organizations to define and execute multi-year strategic roadmaps • Drive cross-organizational collaboration and alignment with peer organizations globally • Represent the organization in senior leadership forums and strategic planning sessions • Establish organizational mechanisms for maintaining technical excellence and operational standards • Define and measure organizational health metrics • Drive continuous improvement through data-driven decision making About the team We are the Amazon Shipment Optimization organization. Our vision is to build a real-time, intelligent, and intuitive "hands off the wheel" fully automated system to model Amazon's complex transportation network. This network processes millions of requests per second to determine guaranteed delivery dates and optimal transportation paths, managing billions of attributes including warehouses, routes, time windows, and costs. Our Transportation Optimization systems make critical decisions that impact billions of dollars annually, setting new standards for online shopping experience. We're building automated transportation configuration management systems complete with automated diagnostics, made possible by advances in AI. Basic Qualifications - 10+ years of engineering experience - 5+ years of engineering team management experience - 10+ years of planning, designing, developing and delivering consumer software experience - Experience partnering with product or program management teams - Experience managing multiple concurrent programs, projects and development teams in an Agile environment - Experience managing managers and technical leaders Preferred Qualifications - Experience partnering with product and program management teams - Experience designing and developing large scale, high-traffic applications - Track record of delivering multi-year strategic technical initiatives - Experience defining technical strategy and architectural direction at the organizational level - Experience leading geographically distributed teams Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. 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