Principal Security TPM - Global Sales Security

Amazon Web Services (AWS); Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 177,000 - 239,400; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Web Services, Inc. in Arlington, VA is seeking a Principal Technical Program Manager to define the security governance for AWS Global Sales.

You’ll own the security frameworks, surface, reduce and manage risk across the field, and partner with AWS Security, Legal, and business leaders to maintain a high security bar. The role spans field engagement programs, cross-functional collaboration, and scalable security training, with up to 25% travel to support global teams and evolving

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
• Experience managing competing priorities and using metrics to drive business decisions
• 10+ years of technical program management experience leading initiatives that span multiple teams or organizations
• Experience partnering with security engineering, application security, or legal and compliance functions to land cross-functional security outcomes
• Experience designing and running training, accreditation, or community-of-practice programs at scale
• Experience using AI, agents, and automation to scale program execution and risk reduction

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
• Own field security training on the responsibilities and frameworks the field operates within
• Measure AGS against AWS-wide security standards and run the business security review
• Partner with the business through post-incident follow-through, helping articulate what happened and closing action items
• Own the AGS field's security roadmap, balancing near-term wins against long-term shifts
• Own the governance mechanism for security exceptions and escalations
• Some travel required (up to 25%)

Skills

PM experience

Cross-functional coordination

Security & risk mgmt

Roadmap strategy

Leadership

AI/automation awareness

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering or related field

Master's degree

Tools

Security standards frameworks

Job description

Amazon Web Services, Inc. in Arlington, VA is seeking a Principal Technical Program Manager to define the security governance for AWS Global Sales.

You’ll own the security frameworks, surface, reduce and manage risk across the field, and partner with AWS Security, Legal, and business leaders to maintain a high security bar. The role spans field engagement programs, cross-functional collaboration, and scalable security training, with up to 25% travel to support global teams and evolving