Senior Security Program Mgr SPEAR Operations Support Services OS2

The Special Programs Evaluations Assessments & Response (SPEAR) Organization is seeking an experienced Senior Program Manager to join our Operations Support and Services (OS2 team. This role will lead the business continuity program for SPEAR OS2 with a focus on programmatically sustaining operations. This strategic role will drive SPEARs business cycle and orient teams towards organizational goals. This role will work within a diverse team of experienced technical and nontechnical security professionals to improve the security posture of Amazon sites across the globe! This role is remotely based and requires travel amounting to 15 on average.

Key job responsibilities
Lead SPEAR business continuity programs
Drive SPEARs Operational Planning cycle
Manage and lead business reviews on a recurring basis
Manage SPEAR resources and own requesting/reporting process
Guide teams to implement productivity improvement strategies
Track KPIs conduct regular performance analysis and provide strategic recommendations
Coordinate with senior organization leaders to ensure the business is bar
raising scalable compliant consistent and efficient
Drive broad engagement among SPEAR and partner leadership teams at all levels to influence decision
making and daily behaviors toward goals

A day in the life
An OS2 Senior Program Manager typically starts their day diving into multiple priority programs assessing health and addressing any critical blockers.
By midmorning theyre deep in metrics reviews and stakeholder meetings navigating crossfunctional dependencies while ensuring programs stay on track.
The afternoon often involves strategic problemsolving sessions where they unblock teams manage escalations and make swift decisions to keep workstreams moving forward.
Throughout the day they maintain constant communication across all levels of the organization ensuring alignment and transparency.
The day concludes with roadmap planning process improvements mentoring teams and maintaining Amazons high bar.

About the team
The SPEAR organization consists of dedicated security professionals with subject matter expertise in their respective fields. SPEAR specializes in identifying challenging and unique security issues. SPEAR conducts deep dives of physical technical and wireless security controls to safeguard Amazon and customer data. SPEAR prides itself on delivering quality services in a timely fashion to maintain Amazons high security bar. On the SPEAR OS2 team we build and manage highly scalable distributed systems and manage forcemultiplying services and programs. We keep the lights on for the entire organization by focusing on the hard problems so stakeholders can focus on their business.

6 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

2 years of driving process improvements experience
Masters degree or MBA in business operations human resources adult education organizational development instructional design or related field

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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $104100/year in our lowest geographic market up to $185000/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on jobrelated knowledge skills and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered equity signon payments and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package in addition to a full range of medical financial and/or other benefits. For more information please visit This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.