Senior TPM - RAI Tech, Responsible AI, Regulation Tech & Assurance

Socket.dev; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 149,000 - 201,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon seeks a Senior Technical Program Manager to join the Regulation Tech & Assurance (RTA) team within Amazon Privacy (Security). You will translate complex AI regulation into scalable governance controls and enforcement across services worldwide.

You'll collaborate with Legal, AI Security, Privacy, and engineering, driving end-to-end design, delivery, and compliance posture for regulators and auditors, with a focus on Quality, Compliance, Assurance, and Speed.

Qualifications

• 7+ years working with engineering teams
• 5+ years of technical product or program management experience
• 3+ years of software development experience
• 5+ years of technical program management with software teams
• Experience coordinating cross-functional release schedules

Responsibilities

• Own expertise in AI governance controls including data lineage and retention
• Lead cross-functional design to architect compliance solutions and automated enforcement
• Drive delivery across Legal, AI Security, Privacy, and engineering with regulatory dates in view
• Interpret regulatory requirements and translate into implementable technical requirements
• Partner across RTA pillars to align policy hierarchy and reporting

Skills

Engineering collaboration

Technical program management

Software development

Cross-functional leadership

Release planning

Job description

Amazon is seeking an innovative, high-judgment Senior Technical Program Manager (TPM) to join the Regulation Tech & Assurance (RTA) team within Amazon Privacy (Security). We own Responsible AI (RAI) programs that deliver technical governance solutions ensuring compliance with high-impact, urgent AI regulation across Amazon services worldwide — including the EU AI Act, U.S. state-level AI laws (e.g., Colorado SB 189 ADMT requirements), and emerging international frameworks such as South Korea's AI Basic Act.

The Senior TPM will operate at the intersection of AI regulation, data governance, and technical implementation — translating complex legal obligations into enforceable controls, scalable compliance architectures, and measurable outcomes. You will work across Amazon's decentralized business structure to ensure consistent AI governance that delivers on four pan-Amazon outcomes: Quality, Compliance, Assurance, and Speed. This will require helping to frame, and participating in, high judgment debates and decision making across senior business, technology, legal, and public policy leaders.

Key job responsibilities

1. 1. RAI Controls SME — Own expertise in Amazon's AI governance controls: data lineage, broker registration, source-based exclusions, opt-out enforcement, and data retention. Maintain working knowledge of EU AI Act categories (GPAI, High-Risk AI Systems, Article 50 transparency/watermarking, prohibited practices) and emerging U.S. state AI regulations.
2. 2. End-to-End Technical Design — Lead cross-functional design across infrastructure and business teams to architect compliance solutions. Define how requirements flow from policy → standards → control objectives → automated enforcement, driving toward zero-touch compliance.
3. 3. Implementation & Delivery — Drive execution across Legal, AI Security, Privacy, and engineering teams. Own work-back plans against regulatory effective dates, manage dependencies, track risks/blockers, and ensure demonstrable compliance posture for regulators and auditors.
4. 4. Regulatory Interpretation & Strategy — Participate in high-judgment debates across senior business, technology, legal, and public policy leaders on ambiguous requirements (e.g., HRAIS classification, training data disclosure obligations, deemed provider scope). Translate legal interpretations into implementable technical requirements.
5. 5. Cross-Pillar Governance — Partner across RTA's Security, Privacy, and RAI pillars to drive a unified operating model with consistent policy hierarchy, shared assurance tooling, and holistic compliance reporting.

About the team

Diverse Experiences

Amazon Security values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred 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.

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 we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve.

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 and 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.

Basic Qualifications

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

Preferred Qualifications

• - 7+ years of project management disciplines including scope, schedule, budget, quality, along with risk and critical path management experience
• - Experience managing projects across cross functional teams, building sustainable processes and coordinating release schedules
• - Experience defining KPI's/SLA's used to drive multi-million dollar businesses and reporting to senior leadership

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 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, TX, Austin - 148,700.00 - 201,200.00 USD annually

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