Sr. Product Manager Technical, AWS Governance

Are you passionate about helping organizations manage governance risk and compliance (GRC) at cloud scale AWS is building a new AI-powered GRC service that delivers continuous compliance real-time risk quantification and governance for AI agent workloads. We are seeking a Senior Product Manager Technical (PMT) to own and drive critical product areas as we scale this service for enterprise adoption.

About the Opportunity

The GRC market is $60B and undergoing a fundamental transformation. Point-in-time audits are becoming untenable as enterprises operate across multi-cloud and hybrid environments that change daily. AI agents are proliferating faster than compliance programs can adapt. No incumbent GRC vendor has a credible solution for continuous AI-native governance. AWS is uniquely positioned to win here and were building the team to make it happen.

In this role you will own the product strategy roadmap requirements and go-to-market for a core set of capabilities within a new cloud-native GRC service. You will work backwards from enterprise GRC buyers compliance officers risk managers CISOs and audit teams to define what we build and why. You will partner with engineering science UX marketing sales and legal to deliver capabilities that win in a competitive and rapidly evolving market.

This is a high-ownership role. You will define the product vision for your area author PRFAQs and requirements documents make pricing and packaging decisions and drive adoption post-launch. You will operate at the intersection of deep domain expertise in compliance/audit/risk and strong technical product management fundamentals.

Key job responsibilities
Leverage deep audit and compliance expertise direct experience conducting managing or overseeing audits to define product requirements that solve real practitioner pain points

Own the product strategy and roadmap for a core domain within a new AI-powered GRC service from vision through delivery and adoption

Work backwards from enterprise GRC customers to define requirements acceptance criteria and prioritization

Author PRFAQs pricing narratives and requirements documents that align engineering execution with customer outcomes

Partner with engineering leads to make architecture tradeoffs scope MVPs and drive sprint-level execution through a multi-pod organization

Define and drive go-to-market strategy including positioning sales enablement customer onboarding and partner ecosystem plays

Leverage deep domain knowledge of compliance standards (SOC 2 ISO 27001 PCI-DSS HIPAA NIST EU AI Act) audit workflows and risk management to inform product decisions

Analyze market trends competitive landscape and customer telemetry to identify opportunities and inform prioritization

Work cross-functionally with marketing field sales solution architects professional services and GSI partners to drive enterprise adoption

Represent the service in customer meetings industry events and executive reviews

Influence cross-AWS strategy by collaborating with adjacent governance and security teams to deliver integrated experiences

A day in the life
On a typical day you might review customer feedback from a Fortune 500 enterprise author a requirements for a new capability meet with engineering to finalize scope for the next release train join a customer call with a solution architect to understand an auditors workflow analyze service telemetry to identify adoption blockers and sync with marketing on positioning for an upcoming industry event. You will work across time zones with a globally distributed team. The pace is fast the problems are complex and the opportunity is massive youll be defining a new category in cloud-native GRC.

- Bachelors degree
- 7 years of hands-on experience in audit compliance or risk management conducting audits managing compliance programs implementing GRC frameworks (SOC 2 ISO 27001 PCI-DSS HIPAA NIST CSF FedRAMP) or leading enterprise GRC functions
- 3 years of product management or product strategy experience (or demonstrated trajectory into product roles)
- Deep practitioner knowledge of audit workflows evidence collection control testing and remediation processes
- Experience with enterprise SaaS tools in the GRC space (as a user buyer or implementer)
- Strong written communication skills with experience authoring strategy documents for senior leadership

- Experience transitioning from a domain expert role (auditor compliance lead GRC consultant) into product management
- CISA CISSP CRISC CISM or equivalent professional certifications
- Experience evaluating selecting or implementing GRC platforms for enterprise organizations
- Familiarity with audit management workflows at GRC firms or enterprise internal audit teams
- Experience with AI/ML-powered product features particularly applied to document analysis evidence automation or policy enforcement
- Understanding of cloud security and governance concepts (resource configuration management identity and access security posture management)

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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience qualifications and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical dental vision prescription Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans EAP Mental Health Support Medical Advice Line Flexible Spending Accounts Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage) 401(k) matching paid time off and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at WA Seattle - 151200.00 - 204600.00 USD annually