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At Amazon Web Services (AWS), Security is our highest priority. At AWS' scale, we invent new ways to provide the highest level of assurance to our security conscious customers. The AWS US Amazon Dedicated Cloud (ADC) Security team is looking for a Program Manager (PM) who is highly motivated and fosters organization across the security domain. This role focuses on managing security aspects of new business initiatives and the contract lifecycle, acting as a trusted advisor to AWS sales and capture teams. The successful candidate will blend deep security expertise with a strong understanding of business capture and contract management processes to drive successful engagements with internal and external stakeholders. As an individual contributor, you will be pivotal in ensuring security compliance, addressing risks, and driving scalable mechanisms that align with organizational objectives

This is a highly visibility team that solves security challenges for the benefit of ADC mission customers. Additionally, you will be responsible for understanding AWS’ Security and Sales processes and be able to clearly articulate and communicate security requirements to various stakeholder audiences in a variety of forms.

The successful candidate is one who loves working across many stakeholders and geographies to manage projects for complex AWS contract security requirements supporting the US Government. We have a team culture that encourages ownership, diversity, inclusion, and innovation. Our team members and management alike to take a high degree of ownership for their program vision and execution of ideas. Our team members balance their unique perspective with those of the diverse perspectives of the team and its stakeholders. You will work directly with most divisions within AWS Security and World Wide Public Sector organizations to improve AWS’ ability to demonstrate security excellence to our customers.

This position requires that the candidate selected be a US Citizen and obtain and maintain an active TS/SCI security clearance.

Key job responsibilities

• Serve as the primary ADC Security contract manager providing guidance and support throughout the business lifecycle, including pre-award, award, and post-award phases.

• Partner closely with AWS sales and capture teams to represent US ADC Security, contributing to bid decisions and ensuring alignment with security standards and requirements.

• Mechanize security reviews, assessments, and risk escalations to streamline processes and improve the efficiency of the security review.

• Develop, implement, and improve mechanisms to ensure seamless integration of security requirements into business capture and contract processes.

• Conduct detailed risk assessments and security reviews, identifying potential vulnerabilities, mitigation strategies, and areas for improvement.

• Act as an Industrial Security subject matter expert, providing technical guidance and support to sales teams, capture teams, and other stakeholders.

• Work collaboratively with cross-functional teams, including legal, compliance, and security operations, to align security practices with organizational goals.

• Escalate and resolve critical security contract risks, driving timely decision-making and action plans to maintain compliance and customer trust.

• Stay current with evolving security standards, industry trends, and regulatory requirements to ensure US ADC Security maintains a cutting-edge posture.

About the team

Our team is dedicated to supporting new team members. Our team has a broad mix of experience levels and Amazon tenures, and we’re building an environment that celebrates knowledge sharing and mentorship.

Here at AWS, we embrace our differences. We are committed to furthering our culture of inclusion. We have ten employee-led affinity groups, reaching 40,000 employees in over 190 chapters globally. We have innovative benefit offerings, and we host annual and ongoing learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences. Amazon’s culture of inclusion is reinforced within our 16 Leadership Principles, which remind team members to seek diverse perspectives, learn and be curious, and earn trust.

Our team also puts a high value on work-life balance. Striking a healthy balance between your personal and professional life is crucial to your happiness and success here, which is why we aren’t focused on how many hours you spend at work or online. Instead, we’re happy to offer a flexible schedule so you can have a more productive and well-balanced life—both in and outside of work.

Basic Qualifications

• 5+ years of program or project management experience

• Experience using data and metrics to determine and drive improvements

• Experience owning program strategy, end to end delivery, and communicating results to senior leadership

• Current, active US Government Security Clearance of Top Secret or above

Preferred Qualifications

• 2+ years of driving process improvements experience

• Master's degree, or MBA in business, operations, human resources, adult education, organizational development, instructional design or related field

Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status.

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