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Are you a technology program leader interested in delivering business critical services at AWS? We have an opportunity for a Technical Program Manager (TPM) in the Amazon Foundational Security Services (AFSS) organization, and are looking for a program leader who is ready to transform AWS’s identity management landscape.
What you will do:
In this role, you will drive delivery for key technologies in the AWS ecosystem. You will work closely with customers across AWS providing strategic services that raise the bar for identity management, security, and integration. You will be joining a group of technology leaders that delight our customers while driving AWS forward. As a TPM, you will be responsible for driving and delivering multiple complex projects simultaneously. You will establish the overall program vision and implementation roadmap anticipating bottlenecks, mitigating risks, quantify and rationalizing tradeoffs, and balancing the business needs against technical constraints. You will provide technical leadership that gets software services built and integrated into the AWS ecosystem. You will work closely with stakeholders across various design, software and business teams to identify and drive innovative solutions that achieve business goals and align with long-term product roadmaps. You will build for a global audience, delivering secure, highly scalable, highly available services for all of your customers.
Why it matters:
Amazon and Amazon Web Services are growing at an incredible rate. To keep up with that growth, we must continually innovate with new processes and automation that simplify our operations at massive scale. You’ll have a company-wide impact; your work will impact thousands of developers and teams. You’ll help us rapidly launch and scale our services. The processes you enable will benefit Amazon’s external customers.
Why you’ll love it:
You’ll see all aspects of the Amazon business, from our Retail websites to our digital products to the inner workings of Amazon Web Services. You’ll work with massive data sets. You’ll improve the agility of our technical teams. You’ll be part of a growing, fast-paced, and innovative team. You’ll have ownership, not just responsibility; and you’ll define and execute processes to deliver both savings and productivity for AWS and Amazon.
In AFSS, we build the software, services, and infrastructure that enable Amazon services across the world to build and deliver for customers. We represent the intersection of AWS technology and the need for traditional IT solutions at Amazon’s scale. We’re an AWS-focused, builder-centric organization, focused on using AWS technology to reshape and reinvent foundational infrastructure technologies. We build software and services that are critical to all Amazon businesses and teams globally. We succeed when Amazon builders have the underlying infrastructure services to operate at scale, worldwide.
Key job responsibilities
Our ideal candidate will have a strong TPM/PM background, with demonstrated experience leading cross-organizational technical programs, and will have a deep technical background in building of the identity directory solutions and improving its security posture. The candidate will possess strong written and verbal communication skills, strong project management and time management skills, and have a successful track record of delivering large-scale engineering programs. The desire and ability to work in a fast-paced, collaborative environment is essential.
This is a high-impact opportunity with interesting challenges and high visibility.
A day in the life
* Drive the program roadmap in alignment with business strategies and priorities
* Act as the technical interface between the customers, partner teams, and the software development team
* Run in front of the software development team, helping define user stories, research appropriate technical solutions, and provide guidance to the team regarding architecture, design, and priorities
* Translate feature requests into technical specifications and influence design and architectural decisions
* Apply project management and Agile methodology skills to manage scope, plan work, coordinate resource deployment on tasks, analyze risks/develop mitigation strategies and proactively identify and resolve issues
* Help make the right feature trade-offs to ship software without compromising customer experience or business relevance
* Engage with many teams across the company, evangelizing the team and your project, building relationships and helping identify existing components and technologies that can be leveraged to deliver on our goals
* Provide leadership and perspective, and drive stakeholders to decisions in ambiguous situations
* Apply continuous improvement methodologies to analyze and understand existing processes and workflows
About the team
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.
