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Job Description
Amazon Application Security is looking for a security-focused Technical Program Manager who wants to make a difference and support Amazon builders to ensure that protecting customer data is at the forefront of all development.
Our team approaches security challenges with empathy and curiosity to help Amazon builders identify areas of improvement and learn how to navigate the highly dynamic space of application security. Amazon Application Security focuses on enabling our builders to provide a secure and trustworthy experience to our customers without compromising the overall customer experience.
In this role you will work directly with security teams and Amazon builders providing direct front line support and security expertise to Amazon teams.
You ll also find this role will routinely challenge your background in technical product ownership, process development, operational and management skills, project management, critical thinking, relationship-building, and problem-solving. You ll also find yourself challenged in unique ways when operating at the massive scale of Amazon, unique to a select few corporations in the world. You must be self-directed and open to new challenges, adept at prioritization, innovation, and collaborating with others.
Key job responsibilities
* Plan, organize, and manage all phases of the project lifecycle ensuring successful delivery. This includes defining success criteria, developing and managing project governance plans, project schedules, team goals, communication strategies and project milestones.
* Collaborate with internal customers (senior business leaders, development teams, application security engineering teams and other partner security teams) to understand their needs, their business and how we can improve their security posture.
* Architect and manage internal scope of work documents with the customer clearly defining success criteria and timelines. Hold all stakeholders accountable to these documents through the project lifecycle, escalating as necessary.
* Build and manage relationships with key internal stakeholders and security teams and while advocating on behalf of our customers to deliver on their security goals.
* Guide the evolution and adoption of internal security support solutions, at times with complex priorities, prioritizing the work most beneficial to Amazon builders.
* Use knowledge of software system design to scope architecture, review associated threat models, educate customers on potential severity of security findings and guide developer and security engineering teams through remediation.
* Define and implement best practice methods, processes, tools and continuous improvement initiatives aimed at scaling and increasing the efficiency of Amazon s security guidance and builder support processes.
* Own the creation and delivery of business proposals (growth, new areas of focus, etc) and metrics to security leadership.
* Proactively identify and manage program risk, identifying paths to overcome risks, and escalating when necessary
* Work effectively and make sound decisions in a dynamic environment with changing priorities.
* Influence, negotiate, resolve conflicts and achieve results through others who are not direct reports.
* Foster a positive work environment leveraging existing skills in active listening, encouraging diverse perspectives and adapting to a variety of personality types.
About the team
Our team 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.
We also 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 (gender 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.
We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:
Bangalore, KA, IND, - 3+ years of technical product or program management experience
- 3+ years of project management disciplines including scope, schedule, budget, quality, along with risk and critical path management experience
- Experience managing programs across cross functional teams, building processes and coordinating release schedules
- 5+ years of working directly with engineering teams experience - Experience working with security teams
Employement Category:
Employement Type: Full time
Industry: BPO / Call Center
Role Category: General / Other Software
Functional Area: Not Applicable
Role/Responsibilies: Technical Program Manager, Application
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