Proactively identify and mitigate risks across teams, processes, and system architectures, reducing exposure to common failure modes such as unclear requirements, insufficient testing, and ineffective cross-team collaboration.
Leverage data to track program health, communicate progress to Directors and VPs through well-structured narratives, and align your program with broader organizational objectives.
Evaluate opportunities to integrate generative AI tools and other emerging technologies into program workflows, refining outputs and applying responsible practices to improve productivity and quality.
A day in the life
You will start your day reviewing program metrics and adjusting priorities based on the latest data. Much of your time is spent in working sessions with engineers, product managers, and business leaders — aligning on requirements, unblocking dependencies, and pressure-testing technical proposals. You will draft and refine program documents, prepare updates for senior leadership, and mentor other program managers. Expect to navigate ambiguity regularly, turning loosely defined problems into structured plans that teams can rally behind.
About the team
About AWS
Diverse Experiences
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Inclusive Team Culture
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Mentorship & Career Growth
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Work/Life Balance
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Experience owning/driving roadmap strategy and definition
Experience in project management disciplines including scope, schedule, budget, quality, along with risk and critical path management
Experience managing technical programs across cross-functional teams, building processes and coordinating release schedules
Experience building and evaluating system-level technical design
Experience defining KPI's/SLA's used to drive multi-million dollar businesses and reporting to senior leadership
Experience developing and executing/delivering product and technical roadmaps
Experience leading highly technical programs involving infrastructure, complex systems, systems engineering
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