Principal Product Manager – Technical, AWS Security

Amazon Inc.; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 180,000 - 243,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Security is seeking a Principal Product Manager – Technical to own the product strategy across a security-suite addressing code evaluation, vulnerability remediation, and automated investigation. You will align shared and product-specific capabilities, articulate customer value, and lead cross-functional teams in architecture and priorities.

You will represent software builders, security engineers, and operations teams, defining the strategy with independence while driving execution with

Qualifications

• 10+ years of technical product or program management experience.
• Experience owning/driving roadmap strategy and definition.
• Experience leading cross-organizational programs and setting and holding teams to timelines and deliverables without explicit authority.
• Experience technical product management.
• Experience leading engineering discussions around technology decisions and strategy related to a product.

Responsibilities

• Define a multi-year vision and long-term roadmap for a suite of security products, and drive teams to deliver it
• Decide where products converge on shared capabilities and where they stay separate; make the invent, extend, or retire calls
• Serve as the voice of the customer for software builders, security engineers, and security operations teams, grounded in customer research and data
• Write PR/FAQs, decision narratives, and investment proposals that make the case for the suite's direction to senior leadership
• Build the measurement, intake, and reporting mechanisms that keep each product aligned with its customers over the long term
• Partner with technical program managers who own multi-team delivery, and with engineering and science leaders on architecture and priorities
• Take point on customer-impacting product issues and executive-level escalations
• Mentor product managers and contribute to hiring and promotion assessments

Skills

10+ years experience in product or PM

Roadmap strategy ownership

Cross-organizational program ownership

Technical product management

Engineering discussion leadership

Job description

Description

At Amazon Web Services (AWS), Security is our highest priority. We are building a set of AI-native security products that change how AWS prevents, finds, and responds to security risk. One product evaluates code as builders write it and fixes issues automatically. Another finds and remediates vulnerabilities across the AWS fleet, from host and container operating systems to third-party software. A third automates investigation and triage for security operations teams.

We are looking for a Principal Product Manager – Technical to own the product strategy across this suite. The products solve the same basic problem at different points in the security lifecycle: work out what is affected, judge how serious it is, and act on it. Nobody owns the product decisions that cut across them today. You will decide which capabilities should be shared and which should stay product-specific, what each product promises its customers, and where to build new, extend what exists, or retire overlap.

Your customers are technical. Software builders want security that doesn't slow them down. Security engineers need coverage they can trust. Security operations teams need investigation and response that scales. You will represent all three, decide which need wins when they conflict, and drive the engineering, science, and program teams to deliver the right products. The strategy that ties the suite together has not been defined yet, and you will be trusted to define it with complete independence.

Key job responsibilities

• Define a multi-year vision and long-term roadmap for a suite of security products, and drive teams to deliver it

• Decide where products converge on shared capabilities and where they stay separate; make the invent, extend, or retire calls

• Serve as the voice of the customer for software builders, security engineers, and security operations teams, grounded in customer research and data

• Write PR/FAQs, decision narratives, and investment proposals that make the case for the suite's direction to senior leadership

• Build the measurement, intake, and reporting mechanisms that keep each product aligned with its customers over the long term

• Partner with technical program managers who own multi-team delivery, and with engineering and science leaders on architecture and priorities

• Take point on customer-impacting product issues and executive-level escalations

• Mentor product managers and contribute to hiring and promotion assessments

About the team

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 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.

Basic Qualifications

• 10+ years of technical product or program management experience

• Experience owning/driving roadmap strategy and definition

• Experience leading cross-organizational programs and setting and holding teams and individuals to timelines and deliverables without explicit authority

• Experience technical product management

• Experience leading engineering discussions around technology decisions and strategy related to a product

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in project management methodologies, business analysis, or process improvement

• Experience in any combination of the following: application security frameworks, security code reviews, incident response, secure infrastructure, penetration testing, mobile security, cloud security, AI security, identity and access controls, threat modeling, cryptography, threat intelligence, or secure software development

• Experience with AI/ML technologies

• Experience coordinating between technical teams, peers and business stakeholders

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits .

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