DESCRIPTION

Are you energized by the opportunity to drive large-scale, transformative change across a global organization? • Do you thrive on leading strategic, cross-organizational initiatives that have a profound impact on security, best practices, and compliance? • Are you passionate about fostering a culture of continuous learning, innovation, and operational excellence?

In this role, you'll have the opportunity to craft and execute groundbreaking programs that leave a lasting impact on our organization's security and compliance landscape. Your technical acumen, leadership skills, and ability to drive cross-functional collaboration will be instrumental in propelling our organization to new heights of operational excellence.

We are seeking an experienced Senior Technical Program Manager to drive cross-organizational IT Security, Best Practices, and SDLC Compliance programs across our large and diverse enterprise. In this critical role, you will coordinate with multiple organizational leaders spanning various functional domains to establish and execute strategic initiatives that enhance our security posture, align with industry best practices, and ensure compliance with software development life cycle (SDLC) standards.

Program Creation and Execution:

- Design and implement comprehensive cross-organizational IT Security, Best Practices, and SDLC Compliance programs that align with our business objectives and industry standards.
- Coordinate with organizational leaders, subject matter experts, and stakeholders to ensure seamless program execution across functional domains.

Collaboration and Coordination:

- Foster effective collaboration with multiple organizational leaders across a large enterprise, facilitating smooth program adoption and adherence.
- Align diverse stakeholder perspectives, harmonize discordant views, and build consensus through influence and effective communication.

Technical Guidance and Documentation:

- Create and maintain comprehensive wikis, technical guides, and documentation to provide engineering teams with clear and actionable guidance for implementing security best practices, compliance standards, and development life cycle processes.

Metrics and Reporting:

- Establish robust metrics and key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure the success of various Security, Best Practices, and SDLC Compliance initiatives.
- Develop and maintain stakeholder visibility through regular reporting, meetings, and presentations, ensuring transparency and accountability.

Technical Proposals and Sponsorship:

- Author compelling technical proposals to secure sponsorship and support for the rollout of best practice initiatives across the organization.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams, leveraging technical expertise and business acumen to build a compelling case for adoption.

Support and Enablement:

- Establish office hours, knowledge-sharing sessions, and other support mechanisms to assist engineering teams in implementing best practice solutions effectively.
- Foster a culture of continuous learning and improvement, empowering teams to adopt and adhere to security, best practices, and compliance standards.

Key job responsibilities
Envision yourself as a catalyst for change, harmonizing diverse perspectives and building consensus among cross-functional teams and organizational leaders. • Picture yourself empowering engineering teams with the knowledge and tools to elevate their security posture, adhere to best practices, and achieve compliance excellence.

- Be at the forefront of shaping industry-leading SDLC, CI/CD, and Security practices, setting benchmarks for an entire organization to follow.
- Create programs that drive operational excellence across 6 verticals of a large IT organization at Amazon.
- Partner with and learn from Amazon leaders to craft IT strategy and execute on it.
- Create program success metrics, track and report them.
- Earn trust and use it to drive change that improves deployment quality and software launch success.



About the team
We are a team of tech leaders passionate about insisting on the highest standards for Amazon's engineering teams. Join us and be part of a dynamic team that values innovation, continuous improvement, and the relentless cross-org rollout of industry-leading standards.