Amazon Foundational Security Services is looking for a leader to join our team working on our Access Management software systems. We provide authorization control plane and data plane software to teams across Amazon. We are in the process of transforming how Amazon does access management, and we need a leader who has experience running large-scale systems, inventing and simplifying solutions to complex problems, and operating with a sense of urgency to rapidly solve challenges for our customers. In addition to transforming our authorization services to leverage attribute based access control (ABAC), we are also on the leading edge of solving access control challenges associated with AI agents and platforms.

This is a Sr Manager role in the Amazon Foundational Security Services (AFSS) organization. AFSS provides security software for internal use cases across Amazon including authentication, authorization, identity management, access management, and infrastructure security services. Our team works with businesses across Amazon, including AWS, Retail, Alexa, Artificial General Intelligence (AGI), Leo Satellite program, Whole Foods, and our Games, Media, and Entertainment divisions.

You will love this role if you bring a delightfully dissatisfied approach to the status quo. You love challenging the way it’s always been done, and finding creative ways to move faster. You love to experiment, iterate rapidly, and create high performing teams that can ship quickly (and safely) to production. You focus on automation, and adopting AI assistants, to build speed into your software lifecycle without compromising quality. You will enjoy working with diverse businesses across the enterprise, and identifying extensible solutions that unblock these businesses by providing building-block security capabilities. While you will work in a security domain, you don’t need to be a security expert on day 1. We need a leader with deep experience at rapid software prototyping and development, who can learn about the security business as you iterate.


About the team
Diverse Experiences
Amazon Security values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the 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.

Why Amazon Security?
At Amazon, security is central to maintaining customer trust and delivering delightful customer experiences. Our organization is responsible for creating and maintaining a high bar for security across all of Amazon’s products and services. We offer talented security professionals the chance to accelerate their careers with opportunities to build experience in a wide variety of areas including cloud, devices, retail, entertainment, healthcare, operations, and physical stores.

Inclusive Team Culture
In Amazon Security, it’s in our nature to learn and be curious. Ongoing DEI events and learning experiences inspire us to continue learning and to embrace our uniqueness. Addressing the toughest security challenges requires that we seek out and celebrate a diversity of ideas, perspectives, and voices.

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Work/Life Balance
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Basic Qualifications

- 12+ years of engineering experience
- 7+ years of engineering team management experience
- Experience partnering with product or program management teams
- Experience managing multiple concurrent programs, projects and development teams in an Agile environment

Preferred Qualifications

- Experience driving a fast-paced culture, iterating rapidly, and delivering quickly for customers
- Experience establishing metrics for measurement of engineering and operational excellence
- Experience in operating scalable distributed system
- Previous Software experience in a Security domain

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

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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 https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.

USA, VA, Herndon - 220,100.00 - 297,700.00 USD annually
USA, WA, SEATTLE - 220,100.00 - 297,700.00 USD annually
USA, WA, Seattle - 220,100.00 - 297,700.00 USD annually