Technical Program Manager, Amazon

• 3+ years of technical product or program management experience
• 2+ years of project management disciplines including scope, schedule, budget, quality, along with risk and critical path management experience
• Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science or equivalent

Desirable

• Amazon Stores Penetration Testing is seeking a Security Technical Program Manager (TPM) II to help keep Amazon's applications and services secure for its customers
• This team is responsible for supporting penetration testing Amazon’s services, applications, and websites; and partnering with service teams to remediate weaknesses and sharpen our software development lifecycle
• You will be challenged with opportunities, both technologically and as a leader, but will also be a great deal of fun if hacking Amazon sounds exciting to you
• You will be in direct contact with teams in a variety of business verticals, giving you first hand knowledge about how Amazon is built and how it operates at a deep, technical level
• Additionally, you will leverage the knowledge you gain about Amazon to find new ways to drive improvements to services, processes, and technologies throughout the company
• Covering a broad range of work, this role is focused on supporting the Proactive Pentest team for EMEA and APAC customers in driving strategic application penetration testing initiatives by influencing key stakeholders and partnering with teams throughout Amazon to enable the implementation of innovative security solutions and mechanisms to improve pentesting capabilities, quality, efficiency, and scale
• Additionally, you’ll be using your program/project management and technical skills to continually improve and mature the program, support Pentest program managers orchestrating application penetration testing engagements, maintain tooling and processes across internal and third-party vendors, and help look around corners in order to raise Amazon’s high security bar
• You’ll also be working across the Pentest team of highly-skilled security engineers, all working with a singular focus of maintaining our customer’s trust
• A person in this role must show exemplary judgment in making technical trade-offs between short-term fixes and long-term security and business goals
• They must also demonstrate resilience and navigate ambiguous situations with composure and tact
• Above all else, a strong sense of customer obsession is necessary to focus on the ultimate goal of keeping Amazon and its customers secure
• Provide technical and platform support to internal customers for penetration testing programs, engagements, and tools
• Support scoping and intake of penetration testing engagements
• Develop and implement improvements to penetration testing processes
• Ensure penetration testing deliverables meet our high standards both technically and professionally
• Refine mechanisms for measuring quality and efficiency of penetration testing engagements
• Collaborate and communicate with leadership, partner teams, and application owners to prioritize and drive the resolution of discovered security issues
• Coordinate across Application Security and Amazon to understand and support cross-organizational initiatives
• Promote effective teamwork, communication, collaboration and commitment across multiple disparate groups with competing priorities
• Identify, develop, and implement internal program and process improvements
• Manage and coordinate third-party vendors and associated budgeting
• Develop, track, and report metrics
• Monitor and report delivery against program goals