Principal Security TPM: Global Sales Risk & Governance

Amazon Web Services (AWS); Herndon (VA); On-site; USD 177,000 - 239,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Amazon Web Services, Inc. in the Arlington/Herndon area is seeking a Principal Technical Program Manager to shape a new security engineering team for AWS Global Sales.

You will own security and governance frameworks, surface and reduce risk, and partner with security, Legal, and business leaders. This senior role requires 7+ years of TPM experience, strong cross-functional coordination, and a proactive approach to security training and community-building.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of technical product or program management experience.
• Experience managing programs across cross functional teams, building processes and coordinating release schedules.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, a related field, or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of security, compliance and risk management experience.
• Experience owning/driving roadmap strategy and definition.

Responsibilities

• Own the field's security and governance frameworks (customer builds, prototyping, public content), building on the AWS Security standards and codifying them into the steering docs, skills, MCPs, and agents the field builds with
• Grow the field's security reviewer community, recruiting, training, and accrediting reviewers and keeping their judgment calibrated as technology and threats evolve, so security judgment spreads and reviews stay consistent
• Own field security training on the responsibilities and frameworks the field operates within, partnering with security engineers and AWS Security on content and Field Enablement on delivery
• Measure AGS against AWS-wide security standards and run the business security review that gives leadership a regular, prioritized read on risk, partnering with leaders to close gaps and enabling leaders to run their own
• Partner with the business through post-incident follow-through, helping it articulate what happened, representing it to AWS Security leadership, and supporting it in closing the action items it owns
• Own the AGS field's security roadmap, balancing near-term wins against long-term shifts in how the field builds, so the security bar keeps pace
• Own the governance mechanism for security exceptions and escalations, keeping decisions consistent and documented, and holding the line when stakeholders challenge the process
• Some travel required (up to 25%)

Skills

Security PM

Cross-functional leadership

Risk management

Roadmap strategy

Security training

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Master's degree (preferred)

Job description

Amazon Web Services, Inc. in the Arlington/Herndon area is seeking a Principal Technical Program Manager to shape a new security engineering team for AWS Global Sales.

You will own security and governance frameworks, surface and reduce risk, and partner with security, Legal, and business leaders. This senior role requires 7+ years of TPM experience, strong cross-functional coordination, and a proactive approach to security training and community-building.