Job Description
Amazon Web Services India seeks a Senior Technical Program Manager for Developer Programs who thrives in a dynamic, fast-paced environment and has a passion solving business problems through highly scalable, event-driven, cloud-based applications. This person will work with developers, helping them understand distributed infrastructure & application architectures such as microservices; technologies in the application integration, containerization and serverless space; and patterns and practices, frameworks and best-practices used in the design, build and deployment of modern applications
As Sr. Technical Program Manager you will manage a large and strategic program to support enterprise customer transformations and helping developers build using state of art technologies. As part of a team, you will lead delivery on program executables such as: aligning to customer outcomes, contracting, governance, training management, tracking project schedules and quality, and working with a team.
This is an ideal role for someone who has experience working for a Global System Integrator (GSI), a large IT consulting firm, or a Fortune 100 company coupled with working knowledge of AWS, Cloud Economics, Business Case Development, Large Program management and executive interactions. In this role, you will develop and support an Enterprise Transformation Program working with global partners. It is a team effort - it requires the ability to lead, influence and coordinate with many stakeholders. If you are a problem solver with a broad program management background, a solid technical breadth, and have the ability to drive initiatives with different customer types - you will enjoy this role!
Key job responsibilities
Own the Technical Program Management of strategic deals and enterprise transformation between the partner, customer, and AWS India.
Develop best practices, scalable mechanisms and repeatable processes on all aspects of the pre-sale, detailed design and post-sale strategic deals and enterprise transformations.
Program tracking and common project management principles (agile development and project management methods, e.g. SCRUM); mapping complex combinations of resources against objectives, track dependencies and risk, assess impact of change across interdependent workstreams and projects
Experience working with global teams
Collaborate with internal stakeholders and develop programs to enable the partners
Tracking strategic deals metrics with the partners and provide visibility to the senior leadership team on a regular basis
Lead and improve program operational & reporting procedures (activities, goals, funding, budgeting, etc.)
Participate in workshops, design sessions and other program management activates to drive program adoption by the partner and customer
Organize workshops and facilitate the sharing of knowledge across the customer, partner and AWS teams
Work closely with Partner Development Managers, Solution Architects, Professional Services and Account Team during the lifecycle of the Enterprise Transformation from ramp-up through delivery.
About the team
AWS Sales, Marketing, and Global Services is responsible for driving revenue, adoption, and growth from the largest and fastest growing small- and mid-market accounts to enterprise-level customers including public sector.
Diverse Experiences
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- Previous experience as a technical program manager with a track record of successful product/services delivery on large engagements. 7+ years of experience leading complex cross-organizational projects and land them with on time and with high quality. 5+ years of program management experience in a related industry or segment.
- Certifications and work procedures related to project management (i.e., program management tools, e.g. MSFT Project /Visual Studio, Jira, Confluence, Slack). Relevant industry certifications (possibly PMP, SAFe, CSCP, CISSP, SANS/GIAC, CompTIA, Microsoft, Linux, Cisco)
- Technology Breadth: able to demonstrate knowledge in a range of technologies from cloud migration patterns, microservices, security/governance, DevOps, and data analytics.
- Able to solve organizational problems, articulate views/roadmaps for future development, and understand the interaction between infrastructure, operations, and development.
- Strong presentation skills and the ability to articulate complex concepts to cross functional audiences. Strong written skills, able to create complex narratives with a high level of quality. Demonstrated ability to think strategically about business, product, and technical challenges, BS level degree required in computer science, business or math background preferred
- Prior experience using AWS in large-scale applications. Exemplary writing and communication skills. Passion for working with developers
- 10+ years of experience with complex projects and program management. Broad technical knowledge of large-scale distributed systems, cloud-scale hardware and virtualization platforms Experience working with/for Global Systems Integrators and knowing the market landscape
- Detail oriented, yet able to look at a wide array of choices & identify what truly matters. Outstanding customer relationship management experience and collaboration skills
- Proven ability to manage and report against progress, mitigate risks, and make trade off decisions - Knowledge and/or experience in one or more of the following: MCSA, MCSD, and/or MCSE Meets/exceeds AISPL’s leadership principles requirements for this role
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