Job summary
Are you ready to restart your career and build the future? The Amazon Returnship Program offers you an opportunity to reboot your skills, refresh your resume with new experience, and relaunch your journey toward your professional goals in a supportive, real-world environment.
The Returnship Program is a paid 16-week, 100% virtual opportunity available to candidates who are returning to their professional career after experiencing 1 or more years of unemployment and/or underemployment. The successful candidate must meet all of the basic qualifications of this position and can reside anywhere within the United States.
Learn more about Amazon Returnships at www.amazon.jobs/returnships
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- 3+ years of experience working directly with engineering teams
- 2+ years of technical program management experience
- Experience managing projects across cross functional teams, building sustainable processes and coordinating release schedules
- 2+ years of previous Software Development experience
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
- Upon successful completion of the Returnship Program, candidates may receive, but are not guaranteed, an offer for full-time employment. Offers for full-time employment are contingent upon business need and the candidate’s advance commitment to relocate, if necessary, to within commuting distance of the assigned office location (New York, NY; Seattle, WA; Nashville, TN). Relocation assistance is provided for full-time employment opportunities.
- Returnship candidates should not currently be enrolled full-time in an undergraduate or graduate degree program.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
· Ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical individuals.
· Excellent oral and written communication skills.
· Strong organizational skills, successful track record of coordinating between multiple project stakeholders, technical program managers, and software development teams.
· Experience in creating and managing complex, cross-team project plans; prior success in driving execution of large-scale project plans with multiple teams in support of business goals.
· Hands-on experience with agile methodologies and proven leadership skills.
· Technical program management experience in managed IT services, Cloud services industry preferred
Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.
Pursuant to the Los Angeles Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records