Security Technical Program Manager, Training & Certification

Amazon Jobs; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 114,000 - 198,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company is seeking a Security Technical Program Manager to strengthen vendor security programs and drive process improvements. This position requires expertise in security controls and project management, with responsibilities including enhancing security posture and optimizing vendor reviews. Candidates should have substantial experience in technical security solutions, AWS requirements, and analytical skills. This role offers a competitive salary between $114,500 and $197,800 per year based on geographic location.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of technical product or program management experience.
• Proven analytical, quantitative, communication, and presentation skills.
• Experience in project management disciplines including risk and critical path management.

Responsibilities

• Enhance vendor security programs and drive process improvements.
• Develop and maintain technical documentation, including runbooks and threat models.
• Analyze security workflows, identifying bottlenecks and implementing streamlined solutions.

Skills

Technical product management

Analytical skills

Project management

Web security experience

Technical troubleshooting

Security solutions development

AWS security requirements

Security assessment methodologies

Job description

AWS Training and Certification (T&C) is seeking an innovative Security Technical Program Manager (TPM) to strengthen our vendor security programs and drive process improvements. This role combines technical security expertise with program management to enhance T&C’s security posture, streamline vendor security reviews, and implement scalable solutions. Working alongside our existing Security TPM, you will help shape security strategy, identify process efficiencies, and ensure robust security standards across all vendor relationships.

Key job responsibilities

You will dive deep into AWS security controls and vendor security reviews, identifying opportunities for process optimization and efficiency gains. This includes supporting under‑resourced security reviews, proactively finding opportunities to batch similar vendor scenarios, and developing streamlined approaches for common use cases. You’ll work closely with T&C and AWS Security to validate security features of internal and external technologies, coordinate documentation requirements, and implement automated monitoring solutions.

You will develop and maintain technical documentation, including runbooks, architectural diagrams, and threat models. Working with our existing Security TPM, you’ll create and implement tracking tools for ongoing security compliance, ensuring teams maintain robust security standards while reducing management overhead. You’ll also manage a T&C Service Owner Community, establish best practices and standardized approaches that raise the bar for vendor security management.

In this role, you will serve as a technical security advisor, evaluating proposed features and new 3P technologies to identify and reduce security risks before implementation. You’ll identify impacts of tech adoption, suggest solutions where gaps exist, and strive to create and maintain zero trust environments. You’ll collaborate with security owners in T&C to scale implementation of automated security tooling, monitoring, and alerting solutions to wrap around external party tools and integrated SaaS products. You’ll also support security review escalations as needed.

A day in the life

Process improvement and innovation are central to this position. You will analyze current security workflows, identify bottlenecks, and implement solutions to streamline processes while maintaining robust security standards. Through these initiatives, you’ll help teams achieve significant reductions in security review and management time while strengthening T&C’s overall security posture.

About the team

The vision of the AWS Training and Certification (T&C) organization is “to cultivate hundreds of millions of highly skilled cloud professionals by offering the leading cloud training and certification programs in the industry, enabling AWS customers to innovate and achieve their cloud goals.”

Qualifications

• 5+ years of technical product or program management experience
• 5+ years of analytical, quantitative, communication, and presentation experience
• 5+ years of project management disciplines including scope, schedule, budget, quality, along with risk and critical path management experience
• Experience in technical support, or experience in web security and experience troubleshooting and debugging technical systems
• Experience developing technical security solutions
• Experience with AWS security requirements, zero‑trust architectures, and automated security tooling
• Knowledge of security assessment methodologies and vendor security reviews

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Compensation and Benefits

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $114,500/year in our lowest geographic market up to $197,800/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job‑related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign‑on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits.

This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.