Senior Technical Program Manager, Leo Security, Leo Security
Amazon
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San Francisco, CA · Posted September 24, 2026
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About the job
Amazon Leo is Amazon’s low Earth orbit satellite broadband network. Its mission is to deliver fast, reliable internet to customers and communities around the world, and we’ve designed the system with the capacity, flexibility, and performance to serve a wide range of customers, from individual households to schools, hospitals, businesses, government agencies, and other organizations operating in locations without reliable connectivity. The Amazon Leo Security team owns the security of product and operations end-to-end. We provide the necessary infrastructure and mechanisms to ensure the security of our satellite constellation and to protect the integrity and confidentiality of our customer data. Our team drives the research & development, deployment and operation of several mission-critical security systems and mechanisms. You will work in a start-up like environment, backed by Amazon’s infrastructure to bootstrap security mechanisms, and help instill the security culture in the organization.
Export Control Requirement
Due to applicable export control laws and regulations, candidates must be a U.S. citizen or national.
Key job responsibilities In this role, you will:
* Be proactive in removing roadblocks, fostering innovation, and managing multiple competing priorities in a fast-paced environment, driving continuous improvement and efficiency. * Create, optimize, and support cross-functional working groups and projects, fostering collaboration and synergy across departments to enhance security capabilities. * Manage tight deadlines with precision and drive results, exhibiting exceptional attention to detail and ensuring the successful completion of projects and initiatives. * Own the program lifecycle for large, complex security initiatives spanning multiple teams and VP organizations, including mission, vision, tenets, and roadmap contributions. * Partner with security engineers and senior technical leaders to perform program-level design reviews and risk assessments and ensure architectural choices appropriately balance short-term needs with long-term security posture. * Develop and maintain program mechanisms – including risk registers, review processes, and reporting structures – to ensure security risks are tracked, escalated, and remediated in partnership with risk owners. * Simplify and streamline cross-functional processes to increase selections velocity and reduce friction for solution teams. * Collect, analyze, and synthesize data from a variety of sources to create compelling written and verbal communications for Director and VP-level audiences, including Amazon 6-pagers and Monthly Program Reviews. * Build consensus among discordant views, escalate effectively, and ensure business and technical stakeholder needs are aligned across the program.
A day in the life In this role you'll work with a team of engineers, managers, and TPMs. You'll help identify business security priorities, mechanisms to address the security of Leo's products and services, and will work with partners and builder teams to simplify risk mitigation.
You will influence the security strategy of partner teams to optimize security outcomes for our customers. You'll participate in hiring, development, training of team members. You'll own a part of the team outcome and will be encouraged to grow your ownership and role.
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.
What We're Looking For You thrive in ambiguity and create clarity for others. You have experience managing programs spanning distributed systems, security infrastructure, or compliance-driven initiatives. You understand security controls, vulnerability management, SAST and DAST scanning systems well enough to have informed technical conversations and spot opportunities early. You manage through influence, not authority. You work across organizations with different priorities and build alignment. You communicate crisply to senior leadership, distinguishing signal from noise. You build mechanisms that scale: dashboards, status cadences, escalation paths, and dependency trackers that outlast any individual program review.
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.
Training & 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, training, and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.
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 flexible work hours and arrangements are part of our culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve. - 5+ years of technical program management working directly with software engineering teams experience - 5+ years of working directly with engineering teams experience - Experience developing and executing/delivering product and technical roadmaps - Background in satellite operations, aerospace, or highly regulated environments (ITAR/EAR) - Experience building proof-of-concept services to validate requirements
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company’s reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
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