Senior TPM: Responsible AI & Regulation Tech Leader

Amazon; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 149,000 - 201,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon.com Services LLC is seeking a Senior Technical Program Manager to join the Regulation Tech & Assurance (RTA) team within Amazon Privacy (Security). You will translate complex AI regulatory obligations into scalable governance architectures, aligning across data, policy, and engineering to deliver measurable outcomes.

You will collaborate with senior business, legal, and policy leaders to frame high-judgment requirements and drive zero-touch compliance, quality, and speed across Amazon

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
• 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

Responsibilities

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.

Skills

Engineering collaboration

Technical product mgmt

Software development

Program management

Cross-functional coordination

Job description

Amazon.com Services LLC is seeking a Senior Technical Program Manager to join the Regulation Tech & Assurance (RTA) team within Amazon Privacy (Security). You will translate complex AI regulatory obligations into scalable governance architectures, aligning across data, policy, and engineering to deliver measurable outcomes.

You will collaborate with senior business, legal, and policy leaders to frame high-judgment requirements and drive zero-touch compliance, quality, and speed across Amazon