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Description

The mission of the Amazon gift card team is to inspire people around the globe to gift or transact with confidence. We own global products and features that aim to delight customers during the gifting experience. Our products are designed to drive incremental sales for Amazon by introducing new customers to our store and incentivizing existing customers to return to the Earth’s most customer-centric company. Customers access our products through various channels including global Amazon websites, Brick & Mortar retail stores, and direct integration with our Business to Business (B2B) portal.

We are looking for a seasoned Program Manager with technical acumen to join our Gift Cards team who will support our worldwide corporate clients and distribution partners for all their API integration and production (post launch) needs. Acting as a key point of contact, you will take ownership of urgent issues, engage with the business and technical teams to drive the resolution. You will work cross functionally across multiple teams to deliver a portfolio of exciting, strategic projects on behalf of the worldwide customer base, using data driven decisions to recommend prioritization with product, and addressing our customers needs. You will work directly with our B2B customers business and technical teams to communicate & build a roadmap of projects to streamline their gift card ordering experience via our API set. Experience with the payments industry is preferred but not a must.

The ideal candidate will be passionate about their work, self-motivated, detail oriented and have excellent problem-solving skills. They will have strong communication and project-management skills, and will be able to translate technical problems, root cause and solutions in a clear and easy-to-understand way for business stakeholders. They will act as a bridge between the business and technical teams dealing with highly ambiguous problems, taking full control and responsibility for finding simple solutions to complex problems.

Key job responsibilities

-Integration and Case Management: Provide support to our Gift Card partners for product and API-related questions. Manage API integrations for our mid size corporate clients, as well as large 3rd party partners worldwide.

-Subject Matter Expert (SME) – Develop deep knowledge of Amazon Gift Card On Demand (AGCOD) API functions. Act as a trusted adviser to our customers, as well as our internal business development and Sales teams worldwide.

-Portfolio Project Management - Partner with business stakeholders and engineering to proactively identify, drive, build improvements, enhancements, and system customization that solve our Gift Card business needs.

-Technical Translation - Collaborate with the engineering and business teams to understand the scope and impact of production issues. Facilitate discussions to ensure Business understands the pros and cons of the proposed tech solutions for case management.

-Continual Program Improvement - Partner Integrations Manager will work with worldwide product team to develop step by step instruction guides for routine operations. Documentation drives consistency and reduces gaps in system knowledge for new and existing team members.

-Reporting - Provide monthly and quarterly reporting with a data-centric approach to stakeholders on key integrations, support case volume, hot issues, as well as identifying areas of opportunities.

Basic Qualifications

-5+ years of relevant professional experience as a Support Analyst, Technical Support, Operations Support, or related role

-Proficiency with Web Services, REST APIs, HTTP, XML, JSON and automation tools such as postman collections.

-Ability to identify recurring technical issues and propose solutions to address the root of the problems

-Ability to independently investigate and implement solutions to technical and non-technical issues.

-Strong attention to detail and excellent problem-solving skills

-Excellent written and oral communication skills, including translating findings into compelling recommendations, polished deliverables, and actionable solutions.

Preferred Qualifications

-Proven ability to communicate with business and technical audiences at all levels, including demonstrated success influencing senior leaders and decision makers.

-Knowledge or experience in the Payments or Gift Card industry and experience with Salesforce.com or other CRM systems.

-Demonstrated ability to dive deep in understanding our business, projects, and opportunities to improve the outcomes of our largest strategic projects and programs.

-Advanced computer literacy in Microsoft Office (especially MS Excel) applications.

-Fluent in extracting data through SQL or other means (Looker, Tableau, Elastic)

-Experience with Linux & AWS Infrastructure(Lambda, S3) -Basic knowledge of at least one general purpose programming languages is preferred (Java, C#, Python, JavaScript).

-World class sense of humor

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.

Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company’s reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $106,400/year in our lowest geographic market up to $185,000/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits . This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.