Description

Come be a part of a rapidly expanding $35 billion-dollar global business. At Amazon Business, a fast-growing startup passionate about building solutions, we set out every day to innovate and disrupt the status quo. We stand at the intersection of tech & retail in the B2B space developing innovative purchasing and procurement solutions to help businesses and organizations thrive. At Amazon Business, we strive to be the most recognized and preferred strategic partner for smart business buying. Bring your insight, imagination and a healthy disregard for the impossible. Join us in building and celebrating the value of Amazon Business to buyers and sellers of all sizes and industries. Unlock your career potential.

We are seeking a Technical Program Manager to join our Security organization and lead the delivery of large technology initiatives on security mechanisms, and solutions to ensure B2B experiences developed by Amazon Business to uphold our high security standards and protect customer data and trust. As a TPM, you will work with a large number of business units, builder teams, and partner teams to drive the adoption of solutions that support builder teams across Amazon Business throughout their software development journey. You will build and continuously improve security processes and workflows to scale our services and meet the diverse needs of our teams and customers. To be successful, you must be comfortable driving cross-team efforts and making independent decisions about your program. You will provide crystal-clear vision and direction for diverse engineering and business leaders, and connect experts across disciplines to develop solutions that would otherwise not be feasible. If you are an effective communicator with deep security experience, we look forward to talking with you!

The successful candidate will be a hands-on security expert who thrives in the face of ambiguity, and has a proven track record of delivering high-impact cross-functional goals. In this role, they will establish and lead projects and programs to secure our products and service, identify and mitigate threats, translate business needs into technical requirements, maintain compliance with security industry standards (e.g. ISO 27001, SOC 2, NIST, etc.) and global regulatory regimes. We are looking for someone who can think big to develop a plan and invent mechanisms that scale to meet the broad and diverse needs of teams across Amazon. This candidate will have customer obsession, working to deeply understand the needs of our customers and relentlessly looking to improve their experience and make them more productive. Previous Applications Security experience is a requirement.

Key job responsibilities

• Identify functional and technical security requirements by partnering with product, engineering and other internal security teams

• Analyze the security of applications and services to identify security risks and mitigations, and quickly react to new threat scenarios

• Work closely with software engineers to build secure solutions that meet customer needs

• Create controls and mechanisms to drive adoption and iterative improvement of security capabilities throughout our technology and infrastructure

• Drive execution and maintain alignment through creating program management structure and engagement with engineers, leaders and executives

• Apply security expertise in technical discussions, keeping all stakeholders productively engaged

• Prepare and present detailed, written technical information for internal and external audiences

• Possess sharp analytic abilities and business acumen, with proven design skills

Basic Qualifications

• 5+ years of working directly with engineering teams experience

• 5+ years of technical product or program management experience

• 3+ years of software development experience

• Experience managing programs across cross functional teams, building processes and coordinating release schedules

• • 5+ years of Security Experience
• • AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate or 2+ years of demonstrated experience of building on AWS infrastructure and services
• • Technical Degree (Computer Science, Math, Engineering or equivalent) and/or relevant tech experience

Preferred Qualifications

• 5+ years of project management disciplines including scope, schedule, budget, quality, along with risk and critical path management experience

• Experience managing projects across cross functional teams, building sustainable processes and coordinating release schedules

Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $133,900/year in our lowest geographic market up to $231,400/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.