What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Technical Program Manager, ADC Security Engineering position at Amazon Web Services (AWS)?
Description
Application deadline: Oct 5, 2026
AWS Region Services delivers security and infrastructure capabilities into isolated AWS regions that support highly sensitive customer workloads. We are looking for a Technical Program Manager to drive delivery of a portfolio of regional security service programs, each involving coordination across commercial AWS service teams, regional operations, compliance organizations, and infrastructure partners.
You will own 4-6 concurrent programs at any given time, each with distinct commercial partners, compliance gates, and delivery timelines. This role requires someone who can hold multiple complex programs in their head, drive accountability across teams that don't report to you, and communicate crisp status to senior leadership weekly.
The candidate selected must obtain and maintain a security clearance at the TS/SCI with polygraph level. Upon start, the selected candidate will be sponsored for a commensurate clearance for each government agency for which they perform AWS work.
Key job responsibilities
Own end-to-end program execution for a portfolio of security service delivery programs into isolated AWS regions
Drive cross-organizational coordination with commercial service teams who build the capabilities your programs deliver into isolated regions
Manage compliance and accreditation gates that are prerequisites for service launches in regulated environments
Build and maintain program schedules with clear critical paths, dependency tracking, and escalation triggers
Produce weekly status reporting for senior and executive leadership with quantified progress, blockers, and path to green
Identify and resolve cross-program dependencies and resource conflicts across the portfolio
Drive mechanisms and operational cadences that keep programs healthy: regular syncs with commercial partners, milestone tracking, risk registers
Must be willing and able to travel up to 20%
A day in the life
You own a portfolio of programs that deliver AWS security services into isolated regions. Monday you are pulling status across your portfolio and preparing a leadership summary. Tuesday you are in a working session with a commercial service team resolving a deployment blocker. Wednesday you are driving an accreditation review through a customer approval process. Thursday you are aligning with peer program managers on shared dependencies and resource conflicts. Friday you are reviewing program health metrics and setting up next week's priorities. Your internal stakeholders are engineering managers, commercial AWS security service teams, infrastructure delivery teams, and compliance organizations. Your customers are mission owners who need these security capabilities available in isolated regions on committed timelines.
About The Team
Region Services bridges the gap between commercial AWS service teams and customers operating in isolated AWS regions. Our team delivers security services, manages infrastructure programs, and coordinates the compliance and accreditation work required to launch capabilities in high-security environments. We operate out of Denver, Arlington, and Herndon. We value direct communication, ownership of outcomes, and bias for action. Programs move through technical, operational, and compliance gates simultaneously, so the ability to manage ambiguity across multiple workstreams is essential.
Why AWS
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating — that’s why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.
AWS Infrastructure Services (AIS)
AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure. In other words, we’re the people who keep the cloud running. We support all AWS data centers and all of the servers, storage, networking, power, and cooling equipment that ensure our customers have continual access to the innovation they rely on. We work on the most challenging problems, with thousands of variables impacting the supply chain — and we’re looking for talented people who want to help.
Inclusive Team Culture
Here at AWS, it’s in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employee-led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empower us to be proud of our differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness.
Work/Life Balance
We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve in the cloud.
Mentorship and Career Growth
We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.
Diverse Experiences
Amazon values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.
Basic Qualifications
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.
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 https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.
USA, CO, Denver - 148,700.00 - 201,200.00 USD annually
USA, VA, Arlington - 148,700.00 - 201,200.00 USD annually
USA, VA, Herndon - 148,700.00 - 201,200.00 USD annually
Company - Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc.
Job ID: A10566030
Application deadline: Oct 5, 2026
AWS Region Services delivers security and infrastructure capabilities into isolated AWS regions that support highly sensitive customer workloads. We are looking for a Technical Program Manager to drive delivery of a portfolio of regional security service programs, each involving coordination across commercial AWS service teams, regional operations, compliance organizations, and infrastructure partners.
You will own 4-6 concurrent programs at any given time, each with distinct commercial partners, compliance gates, and delivery timelines. This role requires someone who can hold multiple complex programs in their head, drive accountability across teams that don't report to you, and communicate crisp status to senior leadership weekly.
The candidate selected must obtain and maintain a security clearance at the TS/SCI with polygraph level. Upon start, the selected candidate will be sponsored for a commensurate clearance for each government agency for which they perform AWS work.
Key job responsibilities
Own end-to-end program execution for a portfolio of security service delivery programs into isolated AWS regions
Drive cross-organizational coordination with commercial service teams who build the capabilities your programs deliver into isolated regions
Manage compliance and accreditation gates that are prerequisites for service launches in regulated environments
Build and maintain program schedules with clear critical paths, dependency tracking, and escalation triggers
Produce weekly status reporting for senior and executive leadership with quantified progress, blockers, and path to green
Identify and resolve cross-program dependencies and resource conflicts across the portfolio
Drive mechanisms and operational cadences that keep programs healthy: regular syncs with commercial partners, milestone tracking, risk registers
Must be willing and able to travel up to 20%
A day in the life
You own a portfolio of programs that deliver AWS security services into isolated regions. Monday you are pulling status across your portfolio and preparing a leadership summary. Tuesday you are in a working session with a commercial service team resolving a deployment blocker. Wednesday you are driving an accreditation review through a customer approval process. Thursday you are aligning with peer program managers on shared dependencies and resource conflicts. Friday you are reviewing program health metrics and setting up next week's priorities. Your internal stakeholders are engineering managers, commercial AWS security service teams, infrastructure delivery teams, and compliance organizations. Your customers are mission owners who need these security capabilities available in isolated regions on committed timelines.
About The Team
Region Services bridges the gap between commercial AWS service teams and customers operating in isolated AWS regions. Our team delivers security services, manages infrastructure programs, and coordinates the compliance and accreditation work required to launch capabilities in high-security environments. We operate out of Denver, Arlington, and Herndon. We value direct communication, ownership of outcomes, and bias for action. Programs move through technical, operational, and compliance gates simultaneously, so the ability to manage ambiguity across multiple workstreams is essential.
Why AWS
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating — that’s why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.
AWS Infrastructure Services (AIS)
AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure. In other words, we’re the people who keep the cloud running. We support all AWS data centers and all of the servers, storage, networking, power, and cooling equipment that ensure our customers have continual access to the innovation they rely on. We work on the most challenging problems, with thousands of variables impacting the supply chain — and we’re looking for talented people who want to help.
Inclusive Team Culture
Here at AWS, it’s in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employee-led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empower us to be proud of our differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness.
Work/Life Balance
We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve in the cloud.
Mentorship and Career Growth
We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.
Diverse Experiences
Amazon values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.
Basic Qualifications
- 5 years of technical product or program management experience
- 7 years of working directly with engineering teams 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
- Experience owning/driving roadmap strategy and definition
- 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
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.
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 https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.
USA, CO, Denver - 148,700.00 - 201,200.00 USD annually
USA, VA, Arlington - 148,700.00 - 201,200.00 USD annually
USA, VA, Herndon - 148,700.00 - 201,200.00 USD annually
Company - Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc.
Job ID: A10566030