Description
The Amazon Web Services Professional Services (ProServe) team is seeking a highly skilled and versatile Engagement Manager (EM) to join our team and lead the delivery of complex cloud solution projects. In this role you will combine technical expertise with strong project leadership skills to drive successful implementations of AWS-based solutions for our clients. You will bridge business requirements with technical solutions, facilitating technical discussions and ensuring alignment with customer outcomes. Applying AWS frameworks like Well-Architected and Cloud Adoption Framework while demonstrating technical credibility across diverse stakeholders, you will distil customer needs into clear technical requirements, decompose complex problems, and make informed trade-off decisions considering performance, scalability, security, and business impact.
Possessing strong technology and program/project management experience, you will validate technical solutions against business goals, recognize when additional technical evaluation is needed, and manage technical risks. You will be expected to achieve and maintain relevant AWS certifications, develop domain-specific expertise, and effectively communicate technical concepts to both technical and business audiences. As you progress, you'll lead increasingly complex technical projects, shape cross-organizational technical strategies, and establish best practices in your domain. In this role you will apply your management and leadership capabilities to successfully execute project plans, proactively identify and manage risks, resolve issues, escalate when appropriate, and drive projects to successful completion, while exceeding customer expectation.
The AWS Professional Services organization is a global team of experts that help customers realize their desired business outcomes when using the AWS Cloud. We work together with customer teams and the AWS Partner Network (APN) to execute enterprise cloud computing initiatives. Our team provides assistance through a collection of offerings which help customers achieve specific outcomes related to enterprise cloud adoption. We also deliver focused guidance through our global specialty practices, which cover a variety of solutions, technologies, and industries.
Eligibility for UK Government Security Clearance is required for this role (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/united-kingdom-security-vetting-clearance-levels)
Key job responsibilities
As an experienced technology program/project manager, you will be responsible for:
- Leading and managing complex cloud migration and transformation programmes from inception to completion
- Ensuring successful delivery of programme outcomes within agreed time frames, budget and quality parameters
- Developing and executing programme level strategic planning with the agility to adjust strategies as necessary to meet evolving business objectives
- Building and maintaining strong stakeholder relationships across customers, partners and internal teams at all levels
- Chairing executive level meetings, driving key decisions and resolving programme level risks and issues with appropriate escalation paths
- Establishing robust programme structure, governance model and communication plan
- Leading a multidisciplinary team of project managers and technical specialists
- Ensuring compliance with security, regulatory and governance requirements across all programme work-stream
About The Team
Diverse Experiences
AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, a related field, or equivalent experience
- Experience conveying complex technical concepts to both technical and business audiences
- Experience coordinating and leading large-scale Digital or Global IT Transformation initiatives
- Experience leading engagements using industry standard program management techniques including Agile at scale delivery frameworks and project management toolsets
- Experience with cloud computing
- Experience developing customer-facing presentations
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in logistics
- Experience in data analysis
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Company - AWS EMEA SARL (UK Branch)
Job ID: A10461517
