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Amazon Technical Program Manager, Hardware Supply Chain Security Team (HSCS) in Arlington, Virginia
Description
Cloud security is our highest priority at AWS. As an AWS customer, you benefit from an environment built to meet the requirements of the most security-sensitive organizations. As an AWS Security team member, you will help secure that environment for our customers while working on security initiatives for a variety of new platforms and technologies, all operating at massive scale.
We are looking for an experienced Technical Program Manager with a background in breaking down problems, creating strong mechanisms, and delivering results.
You will be responsible for leading multiple simultaneous programs in a highly cross-functional environment including internal customers, engineering, supply chain, and operations teams, as well as external vendors. They will have driven continuous process improvement, and collaborated effectively with cross-functional teams to solve problems and implement new solutions.
In this role, you’ll provide leadership for global security programs that secure AWS hardware infrastructure. This is a fast-paced, intellectually challenging position, and you’ll need to be able to deal with ambiguity and solve complex problems. You’ll have high standards for yourself and everyone you work with, in a dynamic, fast-changing organization. Using data and key metrics, you will also drive and measure process improvements that enhance our operational effectiveness. Project management, critical thinking and problem-solving skills will be used daily. You should be open to new challenges, extremely good at multi-tasking, innovative, creative, and self-directed.
A strong background in enterprise or data center infrastructure is desirable for your success in this technical position. You must have a proven track record of project completion that is on time and within budget. You must be able to command the intellectual respect of engineers as well as run effective projects on compressed timelines while dealing with ambiguity. This role will require up to 10% travel depending on project life cycles.
Key job responsibilities
Drive global initiatives that impact the infrastructure operations of AWS
Create programs that enable the measurement of security initiative impact
Build metrics that are used to understand infrastructure security health
Write documents with senior leadership visibility that describe program status
Partner with organizations across AWS to understand their business and how security impacts them.
About the team
Our team also puts a high value on work-life balance. Striking a healthy balance between your personal and professional life is crucial to your happiness and success here, which is why we aren’t focused on how many hours you spend at work or online. Instead, we’re happy to offer a flexible schedule so you can have a more productive and well-balanced life—both in and outside of work.
Our team is dedicated to supporting new members. We have a broad mix of experience levels and tenures, and we’re building an environment that celebrates knowledge sharing and mentorship. We care about your career growth and strive to assign projects based on what will help each team member develop into a better-rounded engineer and enable them to take on more complex tasks in the future.
Here at AWS, we embrace our differences. We are committed to furthering our culture of inclusion. We have ten employee-led affinity groups, reaching 40,000 employees in over 190 chapters globally. We have innovative benefit offerings, and we host annual and ongoing learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (diversity) conferences. Amazon’s culture of inclusion is reinforced within our 16 Leadership Principles, which remind team members to seek diverse perspectives, learn and be curious, and earn trust.
Basic Qualifications
5+ years of technical product or program management experience
7+ years of working directly with engineering teams experience
3+ years of software development experience
5+ years of technical program management working directly with software engineering teams experience
Experience managing programs across cross functional teams, building processes and coordinating release schedules
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
Experience defining KPI's/SLA's used to drive multi-million dollar businesses and reporting to senior leadership
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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.