Description
Have you ever wanted to be part of a team who is building industry changing technology? Amazon’s Project Kuiper is an initiative to launch a constellation of Low Earth Orbit satellites that will provide low-latency, high-speed broadband network connectivity to unserved and underserved communities around the world.
The Kuiper Ground Infrastructure Services team is looking for a forward thinking, results-oriented, and innovative Security Manager who will take a lead role in ensuring the secure operations of Kuiper Ground Infrastructure environments. The candidate will have the ability to develop strategy and lead Kuiper Ground Infrastructure security operations across multiple sites.
Operate with autonomy, a high-level of discretion, will require significant creativity and judgment. The ideal candidate will be confident, decisive, influential and an innovative leader who can communicate a compelling and comprehensive set of outcomes to be achieved.
Key job responsibilities
Have presence and influence to define and enforce high standards for programs you lead, implement and monitor at all levels.
Coordinate security investigations and risk/threat assessments.
Be comfortable with ambiguity, and be able to define structure, processes and standards where none yet exist.
Deliver on the physical security mission and tenets; mitigating risk and balancing tradeoffs in cost, efficiency and operational challenges.
Demonstrated ability to assess security risks and implement physical security measures and controls at the high Amazon bar.
Work directly with Kuiper business partners to deliver "security as a service" that safeguards life, data, and property, while facilitating business operations in a complex and fluid environment.
Ensure Kuiper Ground Terminal operations consistently meet the high bar for physical security.
Up to 25% travel required both domestic and international
Ability to deliver a compelling written business cases and drive physical security initiatives.
A day in the life
As a Kuiper Security Manager, will be expected to implement and verify compliance with security procedures, standards and policies; while optimizing the effectiveness and efficiency of physical security at our sites. Champion new initiatives for the physical security team and oversee operations in coordination with multiple business partner teams.
The candidate will have experience driving processes to achieve industry-leading security and driving down costs through process improvement and technology enhancement.
Build trust, establish and maintain customer relationship with Kuiper business partners to a comprehensive strategy that enhances security, while enabling our partners to scale Kuiper services.
Perform risk analysis for the Kuiper ground terminal sites, particularly with respect to level of crime, terrorism, and threats from natural and man-made disasters.
Partner effectively with internal customers in evaluating current and future policies, security services, campaigns, processes and initiatives.
Liaison with local, state, federal, and international law enforcement agencies for the locations of the Kuiper ground terminal sites.
About the team
Here at Amazon, we embrace our differences. We are committed to furthering our culture of inclusion. Amazon has ten employee-led affinity groups, reaching 40,000 employees in over 190 chapters globally. We have innovative benefit offerings, and host annual and ongoing learning experiences. Amazon’s culture of inclusion is reinforced within our 16 Leadership Principles, which remind team members to seek diverse perspectives, learn and be curious, and earn trust.
At Amazon, our mission is to be the most customer-centric company on Earth. To get there, we need exceptionally talented, bright and driven people. We're dedicated to supporting new team members. Our team has a broad mix of experience levels and Amazon tenures, and we’re building an environment that celebrates knowledge sharing and mentorship.
We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:
London, GBR
Basic Qualifications
• Physical security experience leading and implementing multiple security best practices
• Professional experience in leading large, global compliance programs
• Experience in law enforcement, loss prevention, risk management, supply chain management, or other related field
• Data collection experience with root cause analysis
Preferred Qualifications
• A curious self-starter with a proven track record of diving into unknown territory, learning new concepts, and pushing your comfort zone.
• An effective multi-tasker who navigates a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment with grace and efficiency.
• Excellent at creating and maintaining working relationships across all levels and disciplines, receptive to feedback and input from others, and quick to apply changes.
• Work with internal subject matter experts to gather information, synthesize business and technical concepts, build strategic business metrics, and write original content that drives decision-making at the highest levels of the organization.
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