Data Governance Program Manager Jobs in Seattle, WA

We are seeking a Senior Technical Program Manager for the Data Intelligence and Governance team. This role is at the heart of Amazon's foundational Security and Data Governance systems and is responsible for driving the delivery of highly scale AI solutions in the space.
The right candidate for this role is an experienced program manager with deep technical knowledge, business acumen, a security-first mindset, highly effective written and verbal communication. Characteristics that will make this candidate effective include demonstrated abilities to: [1] dive deep into complex problem spaces while maintaining focus on the larger strategic objectives, [2] build trust and negotiate mutually beneficial outcomes with partners through transparency and delivery on commitments, and [3] communicate with clarity and candor to distill complex topics into simple terms while practicing respect for diverse ideas.
Key job responsibilities
- You will partner with security and engineering leaders across Amazon business and security teams to work backwards from customer security outcomes, design initiatives to achieve those outcomes, and drive delivery against those commitments.
- You will operate amidst ambiguity, where the problem and strategy may not be defined. You will deliver clarity by leading through your team and collaborating with partner teams to define the strategic vision, and influence program and product roadmaps and strategies that will realize that vision.
- You will bring strong business and technical acumen to apply data-driven judgements and influence product, program, and architecture decisions.
- You will support Engineering teams in driving business and program reviews, aligning with stakeholders, and establishing mechanisms to continuously improve execution.
- You will be representing verbally and in writing complex decisions, trade-offs, and potential solutions clearly to senior security and business leaders.
About the team
About Amazon Security
Diverse Experiences
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BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- 5+ years of technical product or program management experience
- 7+ years of working directly with engineering teams experience
- 3+ years of software development experience
- 5+ years of technical program management working directly with software engineering teams experience
- Experience managing programs across cross functional teams, building processes and coordinating release schedules
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- 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 KPI's/SLA's used to drive multi-million dollar businesses and reporting to senior leadership
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USA, WA, Seattle - 148,700.00 - 201,200.00 USD annually