Senior Technical Program Manager, AWS Security Assurance

Amazon - New York, NY

Full-time - Mid Level

New York, NY

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About the position

The Senior Technical Program Manager for AWS Security Assurance at Amazon is responsible for managing internal change and account management programs to ensure effective evaluation and oversight of IT systems and processes. This role focuses on maintaining high security and compliance standards, engaging with service/control owners, and driving remediation of risks. The position requires strong analytical skills and the ability to work both independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Draft narratives providing leadership awareness of upcoming issues and recommended solutions
• Track projects including resources, priorities, milestones, dependencies, and status
• Run operational campaigns to ensure that AWS stays compliant with relevant regulations
• Walkthrough operations and control status to external auditors
• Report status and metrics to Security Assurance Leadership
• Vet new control requirements from audit liaisons
• Coordinate with engineering teams to migrate key metadata for ingestion into GRC tooling
• Identify areas of improvements to reduce touchpoints for engineering teams and reduce risk of non-compliance

Requirements

• 5+ years of technical product or program management experience
• Strong security and compliance background
• Ability to manage aspects of a major program requiring reporting to auditors/regulators
• Strong analytical skills
• Attention to detail
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with GRC tooling
• Familiarity with AWS services
• Knowledge of security compliance frameworks

Benefits

• Flexible work hours and arrangements
• Training and career growth opportunities
• Diversity and inclusion initiatives