Principal Technical Program Manager, Databases, RDS for SQL Server

About the role

AWS Databases is seeking an experienced and strategic Principal Technical Program Manager to serve as an advisor to the General Manager of commercial databases. This is a high visibility, high impact role that blends the operational rigor and technical depth of an Amazon Principal TPM with the strategic advisory and organizational leadership responsibilities.

You will be a trusted advisor and force multiplier to the GM, enabling the leadership team and the broader organization to operate with clarity, focus, and impact. You will drive the rhythm of the business, translate leadership priorities into clear action plans, own cross organizational execution, and ensure that strategic discussions turn into measurable outcomes.

This role requires a unique combination of technical depth, strategic thinking, executive communication, and the ability to influence without authority across organizational boundaries. You will operate at the intersection of business operations, organizational health, and program execution, making this one of the most impactful roles in the organization.

Key job responsibilities

Strategic Advisory and Executive Support - Serve as a trusted strategic advisor to the business, providing insights, analysis, and recommendations to support decision making. Translate executive strategy into cross functional goals, initiative roadmaps, and operating mechanisms with clear owners, milestones, and success metrics.

Rhythm of Business and Operational Excellence - Own and drive the rhythm of business: leadership staff meetings, business reviews, planning cycles, goal setting, and executive updates. Build scalable mechanisms and operating frameworks that improve organizational effectiveness and drive accountability across the team.

GTM Strategy and Field Alignment - Partner with GTM to align on strategy with product roadmap, ensuring field readiness and enablement. Spearhead escalation resolution frameworks for high visibility customer and leadership escalations, coordinating cross functionally.

Organizational Health and Culture - Partner with HR to develop strategies for employee engagement, morale, and leadership effectiveness. Organize leadership offsites, all hands meetings, team building activities, and engagement programs to foster collaboration and innovation.

Executive Communications and Stakeholder Management - Build trusted relationships across AWS leadership and partner organizations. Establish and drive executive communications, leadership narratives, and organization wide initiatives.

A day in the life

• This is not a status reporting role.
• You will be the person who connects the strategic vision of the GM to the operational reality of a large, distributed engineering organization.
• You will be escalated TO, not escalating up.
• You will build the mechanisms that enable a world class organization to operate with discipline, velocity, and clarity.

If you thrive at the intersection of strategy and execution, are energized by ambiguity, and want to make an outsized impact on one of AWS's most critical businesses, we want to hear from you.

Basic Qualifications

• 7+ years of technical product or program management experience
• 10+ years of working directly with engineering teams experience
• 5+ years of hands-on work managing complex technology projects experience
• Experience managing programs across cross functional teams, building processes and coordinating release schedules
• Experience communicating complex information and solutions to senior stakeholders and influencing decisions
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, a related field, or equivalent experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working closely with and advising senior executives of an organization or equivalent
• Experience leading large-scale, technical or engineering programs with a proven record of thought leadership, business case development, realizing customer benefits, and successful program completion
• Experience demonstrating strong analytical abilities and confidence in the use of data
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to write crisp narratives, decision documents, and executive briefings
• Proven track record of building mechanisms and operating frameworks that improve organizational effectiveness at scale
• Experience managing escalations, crisis situations, and high visibility customer or leadership issues

Additional information

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If the country/region you're applying in isn't listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

Pay and benefits

The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave.

USA, WA, Seattle - 177,000.00 - 239,400.00 USD annually