Charles Jones

About Charles Jones

Leader with 25+ years of experience working in eCommerce, Financial Services and…

Experience

1. Principal Tpm - Amazon

   Amazon

   Nov 2011 — Present

   Principal TPM: Over past 10+ years, served in various capacities, within the Technical Program Management job family, implementing large-scale eCommerce/software development solutions, always working backwards from the Customer. Key stakeholder groups include: Sr. leadership, SDMs/SDEs, Security, QA, Product, UX, front-end engineers, data engineers, ML/applied science, accounting/finance, tax, legal, compliance, sales/account mgmt. and go-to-market (GTM). The following highlights key roles/programs- Confidential Greenfield Program - Release Management (Current Role)- Campaign Recommendation Engine/Advertising – Leveraging big data and AWS managed services, incorporating Seller (including CN-based) feedback, and working with engineering, sales, ML, and product, drove initiative to build internal Sponsored Products recommendation tool – making set-up time 10X faster, and increasing Seller campaign spend efficiency 2X- Automated Lightning Deals/Monetization – Led effort, across 28 teams, 9 time zones, 7 languages, and 130+ team members, enabling automated Lightning Deals for Amazon Sellers, and reducing creation process time by 20X via self-service, enabling better selection through ML- eCommerce Solutions – focused on automated accounting onboardings to an internally developed, scalable and extensible‘Unified Sub-Ledger (FLASH). Working across engineering, accounting, tax, payments, ordering, and business/product, led large-scale initiatives including: MX expansion, Shop with Points – Upfront Charge, and Global Installment Lending/UK- Community of Practice/Awards – Conducted 200+ candidate interviews, and co-presenter at Amazon Machine Learning Conference (‘Automated Deal Recommendations’). Received ‘Game Changer Award’ for innovative program, supporting Selling Partners for Prime Day / Q4 Holiday Peak, and ‘Unsung Hero Award’ for servant leadership supporting engineering teams.

Education

• Carnegie Mellon University - Tepper School of Business

  Master of Business Administration - MBA

• Grove City College

  Bachelor's degree, Accounting

Skills

• Risk Management
• Project Portfolio Management
• Strategy
• Corporate Finance
• Mergers
• Accounting
• Pricing
• Business Process Improvement
• Financial Reporting
• Start-Ups
• Auditing
• Leadership
• Project Management
• Finance
• Strategic Financial Planning
• Business Intelligence
• Derivatives
• Internal Audit
• Pmo
• Six Sigma
• Strategic Planning
• Executive Management
• Analysis
• Data Center
• Business Analysis
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Manufacturing
• Forecasting
• Team Building
• Project Planning
• Portfolio Management
• Financial Accounting
• Financial Services
• Investments
• Contract Negotiation
• Valuation
• Financial Modeling
• Enterprise Software
• Process Improvement
• Program Management