Our mission is to uphold the AWS security bar at the lowest cost to AWS builders. We are seeking a talented Senior Technical Program Manager (TPM) to help us achieve this mission through strategic and operational leadership. This is a high impact leadership position where you will work across AWS security and service teams to increase builder efficiency.

AWS Security holds a high security bar to ensure AWS services meet our customers' expectations at launch and in production. As a TPM, you will help us measure the effort AWS service teams expend to meet the security bar, identify opportunities to reduce the effort, and own the delivery of effort reduction initiatives, while continuing to uphold the security bar. Initiatives could range from process improvements, automation solutions and secure-by-default mechanisms..

A successful candidate will demonstrate proven program management skills with experience understanding customer needs, building project plans and launching improvements that deliver value. The candidate will be comfortable managing complex cross-organization initiatives, resolving risks due to competing priorities, resourcing and technical challenges, and communicate program status and plan to leadership. The ideal candidate will have strong data analytical skills and have experience delivering services for use by software developers. Exemplary written and verbal communication skills are important, as the candidate will frequently work with leadership and colleagues that cross organizational boundaries.

Key job responsibilities
- Drive initiatives to improve Builder efficiency whether through process or software solutions
- Measure and continuously monitor the effort Builders expend on security
- Drive investigations into issues related to Builder efficiency and identify opportunities for improvement
- Drive engagement with AWS service teams and security teams to understand problems and encourage adoption of solutions
- Resolve ambiguities and align team plans to minimize technical risk and maximize odds of project success.
- Communicate progress using metrics that demonstrate business impact

About the team
About Amazon Security

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.