Senior Program Manager, Computer Vision

We are seeking a talented, experienced, and customer obsessed Senior Program Manager who has the passion to tackle ambiguous and challenging problems by bringing cutting edge deep learning technologies to customer facing computer vision products like Amazon Rekognition (https://aws.amazon.com/rekognition/) and Amazon Textract (https://aws.amazon.com/textract/).

The mission of the AWS Computer Vision Data team is to efficiently deliver the right data in the right quantities with the right quality for training and testing an accurate model that solves the customer use cases targeted by the product. To that end, the team (product, engineering, science, and program/operations management) collaborates with customers, partners, and stakeholders to define, develop, and deliver a high quality outcome in terms of annotation/training/evaluation systems, raw data sourcing, ground truth definition, annotation guidelines & tooling, automated workflows, scalable operations, quality control, vendor relationship, and program management.

The Senior Program Manager on the team will drive the data program for a set of computer vision features by working closely with Product, Research, Engineering, and Operations. This role requires strong technical expertise; ability to identify and drive quality, process and efficiency improvements; excellent communication; and hands-on program management skills. If you are excited about the future of computer vision and building new customer experiences, we want to hear from you!

This position within the Amazon AI team presents a unique and rare opportunity to get in on the ground floor within a fast growing business and help shape the technology, the product, and the business. A successful candidate will bring deep technical and software expertise, strong business acumen and judgment, an ability to define visionary, ground breaking products, ability to hire and lead a high-performing team, desire to have an industry wide impact and ability to work within a fast moving, startup environment in a large company to rapidly deliver services that have a broad business impact.
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Basic Qualifications

· Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical field

Preferred Qualifications

· 5+ years of program management experience for a computer vision product.
· Strong verbal and written communication skills with demonstrated experience engaging and influencing cross-functional stakeholders and senior executives.
· Track record for being detail-oriented with a demonstrated ability to self-motivate and follow-through on projects
· Strong analytical and quantitative skills; ability to use hard data and metrics to back up assumptions, recommendations, and drive actions.
· Strengths in problem solving, issue-resolution, ability to work in a deadline-driven work environment, high attention to detail, and ability to multitask.
· Demonstrated ability to understand and discuss technical concepts, manage trade-offs and evaluate new ideas with internal and external partners.
· Demonstrated ability to work across disciplines with product, engineering, research, and operations management counterparts to deliver online products/services.
· Strategic, analytical, and executional aptitude.
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