DESCRIPTION

In this role, you will be responsible for driving the execution of large, complex security initiatives across multiple organizations. The ideal candidate is a tenured program or business operations manager excited about innovations in technology, and has experience working with highly technical teams. You must have a long track record of successfully launching programs, preferably within a highly diverse environment with a broad technology set.

As a tenured Program Manager, you have a track record of diving deep into program details, understanding technology capabilities and limitations, and can make high judgement decisions about how to handle stakeholder requests. You exhibit high proficiency and efficacy in core program management skills such as managing granular details of a complex launch, negotiating across diverse teams of varying disciplines, and implementing mechanisms to scale repeatable processes. You have a track record of working with highly technical colleagues and teams. You have strong verbal communication skills, and can independently produce highly polished documents. You enjoy mentoring junior team members, and sharing your expertise with fellow colleagues.

Key job responsibilities
· Gather knowledge and coordinate execution across multiple global partner teams with exceptional organization
· Identify and produce appropriate business metrics, and continually assess them to improve over time
· Drive leadership to make hard risks tradeoff decisions using anecdote and data to inform those decisions
· Concisely represent our organization to business leaders and technical staff at all levels of the company
· Prepare and present detailed, written technical information for internal and external audiences
· Demonstrate exceptional judgment, integrity, business acumen, and communication skills
· Negotiate and coordinate with cross-functional organizations
· Passion for implementing mechanisms that drive clarity and specificity across multiple organizations

About the team
About Amazon Security

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 we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

– 7+ years of working directly with engineering teams experience
– 5+ years of technical product or program management 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

Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.

USA, TX, Austin