Senior Technical Program Manager, ADC PEET

The Amazon Dedicated Cloud (ADC) Platform Engineering and Emerging Technology (PEET) Periphery team is searching for a talented detailoriented Senior Technical Program Manager (TPM) to support AWS activities in US ADC regions supporting the Department of Defense and Intelligence Community.

The Periphery team more specifically supports the AWS Internet of Things (IoT) AWS Advanced Computing and Simulation (including High Performance Computing) End User Compute (EUC) and Cryptography products and services for US ADC customers. AWS IoT is a managed cloud platform that lets connected devices easily and securely. AWS HPC helps customers run large complex simulations and deep learning workloads in the cloud with a complete suite of high performance computing products and services on AWS. AWS EUC provides cloudnative virtual desktops secure web browsers and application streaming enabling productivity while maintaining a strong security posture improving agility and reducing cost. AWS Cryptography is a collection of critical certificate and credential management services.

A Senior TPM will work to solve servicecentric technical and business problems devise program strategy and facilitate technology solutions that may not yet be defined. They will deliver independently with limited guidance across crossfunctional initiatives. Additionally individuals must act as force multipliers understand escalation and find a path forward in difficult situations. The role also necessitates understanding security risks cause by technical complexity and being able to make tradeoffs between shortterm and longterm needs.

From Day 1 Technical Program Managers are given ownership of program/projects/products autonomy to think strategically and make data driven decisions the ability to deliver significant impact to the customer experience and the business and the support of their fellow teammates and colleagues.

On a day to day basis you will work with other TPMs service teams and engineers to track the progress of new service deployments through business mechanisms (project plans business reviews build updates). TPMs also identify critical dependencies and mitigate risks to ensure the timely deployment of services.

We are a team of enthusiastic technical program managers who have diverse backgrounds but are all passionate about creating an exceptional customer experience by delivering large scale programs across our portfolio of 30 services.

By working together on behalf of our customers we are building the future one innovative product service and idea at a time. Are you ready to embrace the challenge Come build the future with us.

This position requires that the candidate selected must currently possess and maintain an active TS/SCI security clearance. The position further requires that after start the selected candidate obtain and maintain an active TS/SCI security clearance with polygraph or commensurate clearance for each government agency for which they perform AWS work.

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Key job responsibilities
As a Senior TPM you will:
Identify and drive technical and business projects to improve secure operations of Amazon Dedicated Cloud (ADC) regions whether through automation or education;
Develop and manage project schedules identify risks and clearly communicate them to project stakeholders define problem solving and risk mitigation strategies and facilitate conflict resolution through the full project cycle;
Help shape the vision for how performance and risk management will improve security operations at AWS;
Drive engagement with AWS service teams and other security teams. Coordinate with internal customers to ensure parity in AWS security operations across regions;
Drive investigations into security business processes and identify opportunities for further automation to eliminate future issues;
Resolve ambiguities and align team plans to minimize technical risk and maximize odds of project success;
Track and report the teams progress using metrics that capture impact and value.

Candidates should be able to demonstrate a proven track record of project completion that is on time and within budget. It is essential that the Senior TPM can work at all levels in the organization to establish working partnerships and earn the intellectual respect of engineers.

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5 years of technical product or program management experience
7 years of working directly with engineering teams experience
3 years of software or systems development experience
5 years of technical program management working directly with software engineering teams experience
Current active US Government Security Clearance of Top Secret or above

5 years of project management disciplines including scope schedule budget quality along with risk and critical path management experience
Experience managing projects across cross functional teams building sustainable processes and coordinating release schedules
Experience defining KPIs/SLAs used to drive multimillion dollar businesses and reporting to senior leadership
Experience managing programs across cross functional teams building processes and coordinating release schedules

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