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DESCRIPTION

As a Senior Technical Program Manager, on the AWS Security SecDevOps team, you will be a critical part of an organization focused on influencing the security culture within Amazon. The SecDevOps team is responsible for building internal services critical to the AWS Security Incident Response organization. You will support and enhance the daily operations of our team by identifying, selecting, prioritizing, planning, and executing strategic improvement programs. You will apply your project, program and software development lifecycle knowledge to deliver automation and software applications that scale security engineer efficiency for Amazon. This includes the coordination of security issue management and incident response tooling, implement improvements and efficiencies across the organization. You will identify future opportunities for improvement through implementing and analyzing quantitative metrics around program functions. You will coordinate with other PMs, TPMs, Software Development Engineers, and Security Engineers to deliver frameworks and mechanisms, which provide services to other security engineering teams. You will help the team develop repeatable processes that improve program capabilities and project execution. You will be a crucial element for our team, ensuring the continued security of our systems.

This role has strategic impact and influence within AWS Security. We are custodians of the incident management and incident response system used by security engineers in the AWS Security Incident Response organization.

In this role, you will collaborate with Product Management and Engineering teams to drive roadmap and new features for services owned by the SecDevOps team. You will also drive adoption and growth of these services.

The right candidate will possess a strong technical program management background, will have demonstrated experience leading medium to large projects for a team, and will want to have a lasting impact in the AWS Security space. You must be able to thrive and succeed in an entrepreneurial environment, and not be hindered by ambiguity or competing priorities. This means you are not only able to develop and drive strategic initiatives, but can also roll up your sleeves, dig in and get the job done.

This role is based in Seattle, WA.



Key job responsibilities
- Inform strategy, vision, deliverables needed, action items. Partner with stakeholders while helping the team successfully execute on strategic projects.
- Working with security engineering customers to identify requirements to better serve them with services, tools, and automation - you are a liaison between the team and our customers.
- Working closely with partner teams to scope interactions, plan and align long-term strategy, execute strategic projects, and manage the integration process of project deliverables.
- Working on behalf of the SecDevOps team to get stakeholder buy-in, funding, and resourcing for new/proposed projects.
- Driving technical integration efforts, working with service teams to develop standardized, and repeatable processes, and tracking outcomes
- Manage the complete lifecycle of our software development efforts by helping define our roadmap with internally used products, tracking new and backlogged feature requests, and track user feedback for iterative improvement
- Providing regular and ad-hoc status updates to the teams, senior leaders, and senior executives on a regular basis

About the team
We build highly available and resilient software and automation for AWS Security, enabling consistent and faster security issue response.

Diverse Experiences
Amazon Security values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.

Why Amazon Security?
At Amazon, security is central to maintaining customer trust and delivering delightful customer experiences. Our organization is responsible for creating and maintaining a high bar for security across all of Amazon’s products and services. We offer talented security professionals the chance to accelerate their careers with opportunities to build experience in a wide variety of areas including cloud, devices, retail, entertainment, healthcare, operations, and physical stores.

Inclusive Team Culture
In Amazon Security, it’s in our nature to learn and be curious. Ongoing DEI events and learning experiences inspire us to continue learning and to embrace our uniqueness. Addressing the toughest security challenges requires that we seek out and celebrate a diversity of ideas, perspectives, and voices.

Training & Career Growth
We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, training, and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.

Work/Life Balance
We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why flexible work hours and arrangements are part of our culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve.