The Amazon Identity and Access Management Security team is transforming the way Amazon and its subsidiaries implement authentication and authorization technology.
Our team is at the forefront of developing and securing identity solutions that ensure secure and seamless access to our globally distributed infrastructure.
Amazon’s identity services empower businesses and customers to implement their technical workflows confidently and securely by providing flexible controls that meet bespoke security requirements.
Key job responsibilities
As a Principal Technical Program Manager, you will independently lead broad cross-organization efforts from the early stages through release.
You will be responsible for influencing organizational priorities and technical direction, engaging with stakeholders across Amazon.
You will represent difficult trade-off decisions and debates clearly to senior leaders to help them understand options. You will be able to identify when a solution requires additional technical guidance or unlocks powerful capabilities.
You will manage cross-functional and cross-organization communication to ensure all stakeholders are informed, and needs are aligned.
You will guide the technical direction to deliver a solution that meets Amazons high standards for customer satisfaction, efficiency, stability, extensibility, simplicity, and operational excellence.
A day in the life
You will focus on identifying opportunities to scale and automate working with multiple identity teams across the globe. A Principal TPM in this job needs to deeply understand the end-to-end architecture of identity systems.
They will work with business and product stakeholders, software, QA, training, and operations teams to drive changes to optimize complex systems designed for traditional authentication and authorization.
The optimal candidate can articulate when a new service, integration or interface is needed (and when it is not). They write high level technical and functional documentation to clearly articulate implementation plans.
About the team
Diverse Experiences
Amazon Security values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred 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.
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.
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.
We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations :
Austin, TX, USA Santa Clara, CA, USA Seattle, WA, USA
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- 7+ years of technical product or program management experience
- 10+ years of working directly with engineering teams experience
- 5+ years of software development experience
- Experience managing programs across cross functional teams, building processes and coordinating release schedules
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- 8+ years of hands-on work managing complex technology projects experience
- Experience managing projects across cross functional teams, building sustainable processes and coordinating release schedules
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