Principal Product Mgr - Tech, Unified Auth, Unified Auth

About the role

Unified Auth secures every service transaction within Amazon SDO's service-oriented architecture by authenticating services, authorizing API access, and enforcing least-privilege access to business data such as Cart, Orders, Customer Identity, and Employee Information. Classified as a Maximally Secure Application, it governs access across all Amazon services. A single customer interaction (e.g., checkout) spans tens to hundreds of inter-service calls that must be secured and observed. Stores, Alexa, Prime Video, Ads, Selling Partners, Payments, Fulfillment, and internal systems rely on Unified Auth to meet evolving security and privacy standards, including DMA, GDPR, and SOC 2 Type II.

Requirements

• 8+ years of product or program management, product marketing, business development or technology experience
• Experience with feature delivery and tradeoffs of a product
• Experience technical product management
• Bachelor's degree
• Experience working directly with Engineers on product enhancements
• Experience in project management methodologies, business analysis, or process improvement
• Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

Additional Information

Unified Authorization is responsible for securing customer and corporate interactions across all of Amazon. Whether it's the retail website, Alexa, Prime Video, Consumer Payments, or Kindle, we ensure actors are authenticated and authorized to take the requested action. Every aspect of Amazon's business interacts with our systems, enabling secure access at scale across services, identities, and devices. As Amazon evolves toward more autonomous and AI-driven systems, Unified Authorization is expanding to support **emerging interaction models**, where software can act on behalf of users and services. This requires rethinking how access is granted, evaluated, and governed in increasingly dynamic environments, while maintaining strong security, privacy, and customer trust. As a global security provider, we sit at the intersection of resiliency, availability, and the need to move at internet scale-continuously adapting our platform to meet new patterns of access and usage across Amazon. A Principal Product Manager, Tech (PMT) at Amazon will own end-to-end delivery of new services and capabilities from conception to launch. You will define vision and strategy, partner closely with engineering and security teams, and deliver scalable, customer-obsessed solutions that enable secure and seamless access experiences. Key job responsibilities On a typical day, PMTs engage with customers and stakeholders, define and prioritize roadmaps, dive deep into technical and operational challenges, and launch new capabilities. You will work across teams to define success metrics, drive adoption, and ensure our systems continue to meet the highest bar for security and reliability. From Day 1, PMTs are given ownership of large, high-impact products, the autonomy to think strategically, and the ability to drive significant innovation in one of Amazon's most critical security domains. Key job responsibilities -Influences large engineering org priorities -Defines long-term product strategy/vision in the security space -Solve complex problems related to enabling Service -Providers to operate a large scale infrastructure securely -Work with internal customers and stakeholders throughout the execution process. A day in the life Start by reviewing metrics and customer signals to identify risks or friction. Engage with internal teams to understand needs and emerging access patterns. Partner with engineering to prioritize roadmap and make trade-offs. Dive deep into issues to drive root cause and long-term fixes. Spend focused time shaping ambiguous problems into clear product direction. Align across security, privacy, and infrastructure teams to unblock execution. Refine roadmap based on insights and drive adoption. Communicate updates to leadership with clear outcomes and decisions. End the day closing loops and setting priorities for impact at Amazon scale.

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