Senior Technical Program Manager, Leo Security, Leo Security - METALS

Amazon; Redmond (WA); On-site; USD 148,700 - 201,200; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Parental leave

Job summary

Amazon is seeking a Technical Program Manager for security initiatives in Redmond, WA. This role involves managing large security programs and collaborating across multiple teams to enhance security capabilities. Ideal candidates will have extensive experience in program management and a strong background in understanding security controls and systems.

The position offers a range of benefits, including health insurance and opportunities for career growth. The anticipated salary for this position ranges from 148,700.00 to 201,200.00 USD annually.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of technical program management experience.
• Experience managing programs across cross-functional teams.
• Experience working directly with software engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Drive continuous improvement in a fast-paced environment.
• Create and support cross-functional security projects.
• Manage program lifecycle for large security initiatives.
• Develop risk management processes and reporting structures.

Skills

Program management

Security compliance

Cross-functional collaboration

Risk assessment

Job description

Amazon Leo is Amazon’s low Earth orbit satellite broadband network. Its mission is to deliver fast, reliable internet to customers and communities around the world, and we’ve designed the system with the capacity, flexibility, and performance to serve a wide range of customers, from individual households to schools, hospitals, businesses, government agencies, and other organizations operating in locations without reliable connectivity. The Amazon Leo Security team owns the security of product and operations end-to-end. We provide the necessary infrastructure and mechanisms to ensure the security of our satellite constellation and to protect the integrity and confidentiality of our customer data. Our team drives the research & development, deployment and operation of several mission‑critical security systems and mechanisms. You will work in a start‑up like environment, backed by Amazon’s infrastructure to bootstrap security mechanisms, and help instill the security culture in the organization.

Export Control Requirement

Due to applicable export control laws and regulations, candidates must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e., current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.

Key job responsibilities

• Be proactive in removing roadblocks, fostering innovation, and managing multiple competing priorities in a fast‑paced environment, driving continuous improvement and efficiency.

• Create, optimize, and support cross‑functional working groups and projects, fostering collaboration and synergy across departments to enhance security capabilities.

• Manage tight deadlines with precision and drive results, exhibiting exceptional attention to detail and ensuring the successful completion of projects and initiatives.

• Own the program lifecycle for large, complex security initiatives spanning multiple teams and VP organizations, including mission, vision, tenets, and roadmap contributions.

• Partner with security engineers and senior technical leaders to perform program‑level design reviews and risk assessments and ensure architectural choices appropriately balance short‑term needs with long‑term security posture.

• Develop and maintain program mechanisms – including risk registers, review processes, and reporting structures – to ensure security risks are tracked, escalated, and remediated in partnership with risk owners.

Process Improvements

Simplify and streamline cross-functional processes to increase selections velocity and reduce friction for solution teams.

• Collect, analyze, and synthesize data from a variety of sources to create compelling written and verbal communications for Director and VP-level audiences, including Amazon 6‑pagers and Monthly Program Reviews.

• Build consensus among discordant views, elevate effectively, and ensure business and technical stakeholder needs are aligned across the program.

A day in the life

In this role you'll work with a team of engineers, managers, and TPMs. You'll help identify business security priorities, mechanisms to address the security of Leo's enterprise, lab, manufacturing, and launch operations security and will work with partners and builder teams to simplify risk mitigation. You will influence the security strategy of partner teams to optimize security outcomes for our customers. You'll participate in hiring, development, training of team members. You'll own a part of the team outcome and will be encouraged to grow your ownership and role.

About the team

In this role you'll work with a team of engineers, managers, and TPMs. You'll help identify business security priorities, mechanisms to address the priorities, trends in the findings your team generates or processes and will work with partners to remove these risks at the source. You influence the security strategy of partner teams to optimize security outcomes for our customers. You'll participate in hiring, development, training of team members. You'll own a part of the team outcome and will be encouraged to grow your ownership and role.

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.

What We're Looking For

You thrive in ambiguity and create clarity for others. You have experience managing programs spanning distributed systems, security infrastructure, or compliance‑driven initiatives. You understand security controls, vulnerability management, SAST and DAST scanning systems well enough to have informed technical conversations and spot opportunities early. You manage through influence, not authority. You work across organizations with different priorities and build alignment. You communicate crisply to senior leadership, distinguishing signal from noise. You build mechanisms that scale: dashboards, status cadences, escalation paths, and dependency trackers that outlast any individual program review.

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

• 5+ years of technical program management working directly with software engineering teams experience
• 5+ years of working directly with engineering teams experience
• Experience managing programs across cross functional teams, building processes and coordinating release schedules

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience triaging security risks or vulnerabilities and ensuring that they are properly understood by the business and fixed or mitigated
• Knowledge of cloud services such as AWS or equivalent
• Knowledge of one or more of the following domains: access‑control system and methodology, network security, application‑ and system‑development security, security architecture and models, cryptography, and operations security
• Background in satellite operations, aerospace, or highly regulated environments (ITAR/EAR)
• Experience building proof‑of‑concept services to validate requirements

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 .

USA, WA, Redmond - 148,700.00 - 201,200.00 USD annually