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Senior Supplier Program Manager – Supplier Performance & Strategic Sourcing, Amazon Leo

Amazon· Amazon Leo / Project Kuiper
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Bellevue, WA$148.7k - $201.2kFull-timePosted 1mo ago

About the role

Senior role owning executive-level supplier relationships for space hardware, driving contract execution, performance, cost, quality, capacity, and strategic partnerships for Amazon Leo, Amazon’s low Earth orbit satellite program.

Responsibilities

  • Own executive-level supplier relationships for critical space hardware, driving contract execution, delivery performance, cost, quality, capacity, and long-term strategic partnerships.
  • Monitor and resolve supply chain challenges, including material availability, manufacturing capacity, and logistics constraints, to ensure predictable, on-time delivery across multiple production sites.
  • Drive supplier performance against contractual commitments, proactively identifying risks and leading recovery plans to maintain program schedule and business objectives.
  • Lead supplier readiness for production by ensuring manufacturing processes, tooling, capacity, and operational maturity support high-rate production of large composite space structures.
  • Develop and execute supplier strategies that improve supply chain resilience, including identifying, qualifying, and onboarding additional suppliers, expanding manufacturing capacity, and reducing single-source dependencies.
  • Partner with engineering, quality, manufacturing, and operations teams to resolve complex technical and production challenges while ensuring alignment with Amazon Leo program objectives.
  • Lead strategic sourcing and supplier development initiatives, evaluating emerging suppliers, manufacturing capabilities, technology roadmaps, and investment opportunities to support future program growth.
  • Drive continuous improvement initiatives across supplier operations, improving yield, throughput, cycle time, manufacturing efficiency, and overall delivery predictability.
  • Lead commercial negotiations and work closely with business leaders, engineering, legal, program management, and supply chain teams to develop and negotiate term sheets, NDAs, MOUs, SOWs, development agreements, purchase agreements, and other strategic commercial contracts.
  • Build trusted relationships with supplier executives and cross-functional stakeholders, influencing decision-making and enabling transparent issue resolution across technical, commercial, and operational organizations.
  • Serve as the executive interface between Amazon Leo and strategic suppliers, leading cross-functional efforts to resolve critical production, technical, and commercial issues while ensuring reliable execution of mission-critical deliverables.

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of technical product or program management experience
  • 7+ years of working directly with engineering teams experience
  • Experience managing programs across cross functional teams, building processes and coordinating release schedules

Skills

Required:Contract negotiationSupplier relationship managementSupply chain risk management

Benefits

  • Health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription)
  • Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line
  • Flexible Spending Accounts
  • Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage
  • 401(k) matching
  • Paid time off
  • Parental leave
Last updated Oct 25, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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