The AWS Security Messaging team is seeking a highjudgment highperforming individual to lead strategic communication initiatives for the largest cloud provider in the world. This role requires a blend of technical knowledge security fundamentals and public communications experience as well as stakeholder management and influence skills.
The team is responsible for helping customers stay secure through timely and transparent messaging about security issues. The Security Communications PM owns the communication strategy and lifecycle drives process improvement and bolsters the maturity of the program. A successful candidate considers business and brand risk when making recommendations efficiently produces quality deliverables proactively removes roadblocks and gracefully handles competing priorities in a dynamic environment.
This position includes rotating oncall responsibilities.
Key job responsibilities
* Advise on communications strategy managing unpredictable issues and addressing blockers
* Translate complex technical concepts into digestible audienceappropriate messages
* Successfully aggregate data from multiple sources to enable effective decision making
* Drive continuous improvement by embracing new strategies tools and processes
* Regularly track analyze and report on progress against goals and overall program health for team business reviews and reports
About the team
Diverse Experiences
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5 years of recent professional communications or public relations experience
3 years of product or program management experience
Experience writing both technical and nontechnical documents with the ability to formulate a clear point of view on complicated issues
Experience working cross functionally with technical and nontechnical teams
Bachelors degree in Communications Business Computer Science or related field or equivalent professional experience
3 years of experience in a role that focuses on IT security and/or cloud technology (e.g. security operations incident response program management public relations)
Understanding of incident response and information security practices and concepts
Understanding of technology and ability to communicate complex topics effectively
Experience using data and metrics to identify and drive improvements
Familiarity with AWS services (e.g. EC2 S3 GuardDuty IAM Lambda etc)
Ability to exercise high judgment particularly in narrow timeframes and when dealing with ambiguity
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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $68900/year in our lowest geographic market up to $147400/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.