Technical Program Manager, Audible, Martech

At Audible, we believe stories have the power to transform lives. It’s why we work with some of the world’s leading creators to produce and share audio storytelling with our millions of global listeners. We are dreamers and inventors who come from a wide range of backgrounds and experiences to empower and inspire each other. Imagine your future with us.

ABOUT THIS ROLE
The Technical Program Manager will work with our Ad Tech and Marketing technology teams to help execute the technical strategy and roadmap for AdTech and Marketing Content systems that power personalized communications. You will work closely with Software Development Managers (SDMs) and Software Development Engineers (SDEs) to organize and plan new development and enhancement work. You will work with teams across Audible and Amazon to evangelize the marketing technology teams and ensure we have the capabilities and data to meet the current and future needs of the business. You will be a collaborator between the Product team and Audible dev teams to ensure that the data impacts are recognized and planned for. You will continue to look for process improvements both within the team as well as interfaces with other teams to bring efficiencies into the team’s work breakdown and prioritization.

ABOUT THE TEAM
The mission of the MarTech team is to provide Audible marketing and creative teams with tools and systems that allow them to efficiently and effectively orchestrate and activate a dialogue with prospects and customers. We are responsible for building, buying, or onboarding the tools and capabilities that enable Audible to establish personalized, engaging conversations with our customers.

As a Technical Program Manager, you will...
- Collaborate with stakeholders and product managers to translate requirements into technology requirements and drive software development from design to successful deployment
- Manage multiple projects with conflicting needs and priorities across cross-functional teams (technology, business, marketing, operations) using Agile development framework
- Communicate project risks, progress, launches, and retrospectives transparently to all stakeholders and teams
- Continuously strive for performance improvement and setting higher standards in project execution using objective metrics

ABOUT AUDIBLE
Audible is the leading producer and provider of audio storytelling. We spark listeners’ imaginations, offering immersive, cinematic experiences full of inspiration and insight to enrich our customers daily lives. We are a global company with an entrepreneurial spirit. We are dreamers and inventors who are passionate about the positive impact Audible can make for our customers and our neighbors. This spirit courses throughout Audible, supporting a culture of creativity and inclusion built on our People Principles and our mission to build more equitable communities in the cities we call home.

Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related field
- 5+ years of experience within software
- 2+ years of experience managing agile software projects

Preferred Qualifications
- Superlative written and verbal communication skills
- Experience navigating an ambiguous environment
- Able to diplomatically disagree and align when dealing with different stakeholders
- Results oriented and customer focused
- Experience coordinating integrations and pipelines with major media players (Meta, Google, etc.)
- Exposure to market leading MarTech and AdTech platforms: CRM, CDP, DMP, DSP, Ad Server, Programmatic
- Experience in Marketing content platforms: Digital Asset Management, Project Management for content, Dynamic Content Optimization, Image and copy generation, etc.
- Prior experience in building web based systems using Java/J2EE, Apache Tomcat
- Adept at usage of various program management tools such as Microsoft Project and Jira/Confluence