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Sr. Technical Program Manager, Government Compliance - Continuous Monitoring
Amazon.comUnited Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 5 Jun 2023
About the role
At Amazon Web Services (AWS), Security is our highest priority. The AWS Security Assurance team is responsible for diving deep into industry requirements, establishing and maintaining regulatory and authority relationships for security requirements and establish long-term strategies to meet customer and regulatory security assurance needs and requirements. At AWS' scale, we must invent new ways to provide the highest level of assurance to our most regulatory conscious customers.
We are looking for a highly motivated Technical Program Manager to join our AWS Government Compliance Team. As part of the team, you will own the strategy, design and operation of key mechanisms, processes and programs enabling our compliance with Government continuous monitoring requirements (e.g. FedRAMP, DoD). Our team solves complex compliance challenges, dives deep into compliance requirements for both AWS and our customers, improves processes, and drives greater efficiencies in meeting expectations. This role facilitates our ability to grow and scale our internal compliance processes and mechanisms to meet the compliance and regulatory expectations in the US Public Sector Market. You should be an experienced TPM who ability to understand IT and compliance processes, evaluate opportunities for improvement, and to be able to drive innovative campaigns across organizations and teams.
This position can work out of the following locations: Arlington or Herndon, VA.
Key job responsibilities
Reviewing, validating, improving, updating security controls and working with control owners to drive improvements to AWS documentation and System Security Plan
Defining, scoping, and managing the delivery of projects and campaigns from ideation with excellent project management skills
Diving deep into the operations of AWS compliance programs to develop broad domain and technical understanding of regulatory and customer expectations and requirements to drive process improvement initiatives
Evaluating the efficacy of regulatory program activities and leading improvements to enable delivery at scale
Anticipating bottlenecks and provide escalation management (evaluating trade-offs, dependencies across teams, and making recommendations to stakeholders/leadership while balancing the business needs/commitments with technical constraints)
Setting and embodying team culture and the quality bar, driving cross-team alignment by negotiating and resolving conflict smoothly with our without formal authority
Driving timely and transparent communication and reporting on progress on key deliverables, priorities, goals, and issues across the team and stakeholders
Managing emergent tasks against multiple shifting priorities, mitigating risks, and eliminating blockers
Leading collaborations on cross-team engagements and advising on challenging business goals
Bridge communication with both technical engineering and business teams to connect business requirements with development roadmaps, guiding strategy and negotiating design
Operate a quality rhythm of the business, continuously coordinating and driving adoption of improvement efforts to manage regulatory expectations.
About the team
Inclusive Team Culture
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 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.
Work/Life Balance
Our team puts a high value on work-life balance. It isn’t about how many hours you spend at home or at work; it’s about the flow you establish that brings energy to both parts of your life. We believe striking the right balance between your personal and professional life is critical to life-long happiness and fulfillment. We offer flexibility in working hours and encourage you to find your own balance between your work and personal lives.
Mentorship & Career Growth
Our team is dedicated to supporting new members. We have a broad mix of experience levels and tenures, and we’re building an environment that celebrates knowledge sharing and mentorship. We care about your career growth and strive to assign projects based on what will help each team member develop into a better-rounded professional and enable them to take on more complex tasks in the future.
#SecurityAssurance
We are looking for a highly motivated Technical Program Manager to join our AWS Government Compliance Team. As part of the team, you will own the strategy, design and operation of key mechanisms, processes and programs enabling our compliance with Government continuous monitoring requirements (e.g. FedRAMP, DoD). Our team solves complex compliance challenges, dives deep into compliance requirements for both AWS and our customers, improves processes, and drives greater efficiencies in meeting expectations. This role facilitates our ability to grow and scale our internal compliance processes and mechanisms to meet the compliance and regulatory expectations in the US Public Sector Market. You should be an experienced TPM who ability to understand IT and compliance processes, evaluate opportunities for improvement, and to be able to drive innovative campaigns across organizations and teams.
This position can work out of the following locations: Arlington or Herndon, VA.
Key job responsibilities
Reviewing, validating, improving, updating security controls and working with control owners to drive improvements to AWS documentation and System Security Plan
Defining, scoping, and managing the delivery of projects and campaigns from ideation with excellent project management skills
Diving deep into the operations of AWS compliance programs to develop broad domain and technical understanding of regulatory and customer expectations and requirements to drive process improvement initiatives
Evaluating the efficacy of regulatory program activities and leading improvements to enable delivery at scale
Anticipating bottlenecks and provide escalation management (evaluating trade-offs, dependencies across teams, and making recommendations to stakeholders/leadership while balancing the business needs/commitments with technical constraints)
Setting and embodying team culture and the quality bar, driving cross-team alignment by negotiating and resolving conflict smoothly with our without formal authority
Driving timely and transparent communication and reporting on progress on key deliverables, priorities, goals, and issues across the team and stakeholders
Managing emergent tasks against multiple shifting priorities, mitigating risks, and eliminating blockers
Leading collaborations on cross-team engagements and advising on challenging business goals
Bridge communication with both technical engineering and business teams to connect business requirements with development roadmaps, guiding strategy and negotiating design
Operate a quality rhythm of the business, continuously coordinating and driving adoption of improvement efforts to manage regulatory expectations.
About the team
Inclusive Team Culture
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 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.
Work/Life Balance
Our team puts a high value on work-life balance. It isn’t about how many hours you spend at home or at work; it’s about the flow you establish that brings energy to both parts of your life. We believe striking the right balance between your personal and professional life is critical to life-long happiness and fulfillment. We offer flexibility in working hours and encourage you to find your own balance between your work and personal lives.
Mentorship & Career Growth
Our team is dedicated to supporting new members. We have a broad mix of experience levels and tenures, and we’re building an environment that celebrates knowledge sharing and mentorship. We care about your career growth and strive to assign projects based on what will help each team member develop into a better-rounded professional and enable them to take on more complex tasks in the future.
#SecurityAssurance
Basic Qualifications
- 5+ years of technical product or program management experience
- 5+ years of working directly wi
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