Principal Technical Program Manager, Digital Sovereignty AWS Digital Sovereignty & European Sovereign CloudDigital

Description

Strategic Leadership

• Develop annual strategic plans that align cross-functional technical contributors toward unified business outcomes
• Identify gaps and opportunities across countries, architectures, and organizations
• Influence organizational technical priorities and business strategy through data-driven contributions
• Maintain and foster executive relationships at Director and Vice President levels
• Collaborates with the Director and Go-To-Market team to plan, prepare, and execute high-impact executive customer engagements, ensuring technical discussions are tailored, well-coordinated, and aligned to customer priorities

Program Execution

• Lead global programs and coordinate efforts across matrixed teams of Solution Architects, Technical Business Developers, Technical Program Managers, and Account Managers
• Drive execution through influence and collaboration, providing technical guidance and mentorship without direct reporting relationships
• Define clear, measurable goals and success metrics aligned with internal Amazon customer needs across diverse business units
• Assess risks, anticipate bottlenecks, provide escalation management, and make tradeoffs between business needs and technical constraints
• Manage team outcomes and cross-functional deliverables using Salesforce and tracking mechanisms

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Foster deep collaboration with AWS service teams (EC2, S3, Global Networking, Bedrock), Infrastructure, Partners, and Professional Services
• Orchestrate cross-functional initiatives that accelerate innovation and customer outcomes
• Facilitate knowledge sharing and best practice development across technical contributors
• Build organizational capability and ensure consistent approaches to complex technical challenges

Technical Excellence

• Bring strong, data-driven, and strategic technical judgment to decisions
• Lead design, implementation, and delivery of highly complex cross-functional projects in ambiguous or new technology areas
• Create scalable mechanisms, methodologies, and best practices for the organization
• Recognize and actively steer teams away from prior technology failure patterns
• Write effective narratives (PRFAQs, strategic documentation) and present to senior leadership
• Provides technical review and input to support the go-to-market team in developing, scaling, and maintaining internal and external technical enablement materials, ensuring accuracy and technical credibility across internal and external audiences

About The Team

Basic Qualifications

• 10+ years managing technical programs across cross-functional development teams
• 8+ years experience with Bachelor's degree, or 5+ years with Master's degree
• Demonstrated experience building processes, coordinating release schedules, and working with software development teams
• Proficiency in project management disciplines: scope, schedule, budget, quality, risk, and critical path management
• Experience leading creation, revision, and improvement of standard operational procedures (SOPs)
• Experience developing strategies that influence leadership decisions at the organizational level
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in a technical field or MBA
• Proven ability to influence without direct authority
• Experience owning and driving a business roadmap strategy
• Experience defining KPIs and SLAs used to scale businesses and provide reporting to senior leadership
• Strong sense of ownership and ability to promote operational excellence
• Excellent problem-solving skills with ability to work independently
• Experience presenting decisions to leaders three levels above (L10/L11)
• Deep knowledge of core system technologies or broad understanding of company systems and technologies
• Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers.
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Company

• AWS EMEA SARL (Abu Dhabi Branch) - O49