Sr. Business Ops Manager - ASIC, Amazon Leo

Overview

Amazon Leo is Amazon’s low Earth orbit satellite broadband network. Its mission is to deliver fast, reliable internet to customers and communities around the world, and we’ve designed the system with the capacity, flexibility, and performance to serve a wide range of customers, from individual households to schools, hospitals, businesses, government agencies, and other organizations operating in locations without reliable connectivity.

Due to applicable export control laws and regulations, candidates must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e., current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.

The Amazon Leo Business Ops Manager is responsible ASIC cost strategy, including cost management/should cost model/negotiations, to ensure ASICs meet the price specification required. The Business Ops Manager role works cross functionally with NPI, Engineering, Quality, Planning teams.

• Develop product cost models for ASICs, including wafer, bump, assembly, test, and yield components
• Create and manage 3-5 year cost roadmaps in collaboration with internal stakeholders, detailing component-level improvements
• Establish and monitor yield roadmaps across all production stages (wafer, bump, assembly, test)
• Support business cases for Node migrations, Dual‑sourcing initiatives, Reshoring projects, Capacity reservation decisions
• Conduct Monte Carlo simulations and sensitivity analyses for Yield optimization, Utilization rates, Pricing strategies, Supply risk assessment
• Deep semiconductor cost modeling experience and understanding of wafer fabrication, process nodes, mask costs, yields, die size scaling and OSAT economics
• Ability to clearly communicate complex technical‑financial tradeoffs to executives
• Expertise in advanced Excel, Python, Tableau/Power BI and Statistical Modeling
• Experience with Agentic AI a plus

• 5+ years working directly with engineering teams
• Experience managing programs across cross‑functional teams, building processes and coordinating release schedules
• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, business, engineering, finance or related technical or quantitative field
• 5+ years of experience in sourcing or related disciplines specific to Foundry, Semiconductor Final Assembly, Testing, and Packing business with CM/JDM/ODM/OSAT in high technology industry
• 5+ years of direct experience in technology procurement, commodity management, contract negotiation, category sourcing or related supply chain experience – can manage a high volume of requests and competing deadlines
• Master’s degree in engineering, or related field and 10+ years experience in engineering, sourcing, supply chain, and operations
• 10+ years experience in the semiconductor industry
• Technical acumen in Foundry and Semiconductor packaging, final assembly, and manufacturing test with ability to connect to related business matters such as cost, manufacturing cycle time and yields
• Experience in supplier evaluation/selection, should‑cost models, negotiate MVA, NRE, and CAPEX to ensure best‑in‑class cost for our products
• Experience with bill of material configuration management for consumer electronics, semiconductor, and final assembly
• Excellent creative thinking skills with emphasis on developing innovative solutions to solve complex problems that may not have one clear answer
• Experience leading agreement negotiations for complex, mission critical technology supplier deals

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

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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.…