**European Sovereign Cloud Initiative**
AWS is set to introduce the European Sovereign Cloud (ESC), a significant development in utility computing. As part of this initiative, we are seeking experienced Technical Program Managers with a strong background in program management and software engineering.
You will play a pivotal role in delivering high-availability AWS services, including EC2, S3, Dynamo, Lambda, and Bedrock, exclusively for EU customers.
**Key Responsibilities:**
* Work closely with software development and product teams to deliver high-quality, scalable products deployed worldwide.
* Collaborate with product teams to deliver the best product with efficient use of resources and technologies.
* Assemble project teams, assign responsibilities, identify necessary resources, and develop schedules to ensure timely project completion by meeting project milestones.
* Assess risks, anticipate bottlenecks, provide escalation management, make tradeoffs, balance business needs versus technical constraints, and encourage risk-taking behavior to maximize business benefit.
**Requirements:**
* Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or other technical or business field.
* 6+ years of experience managing technical programs across cross-functional development teams, building processes, and coordinating release schedules.
* Experience in project management disciplines, including scope, schedule, budget, quality, along with risk and critical path management.
* Experience owning/driving roadmap strategy and definition.
**Preferred Qualifications:**
* Experience in software architecture and system design.
* Experience defining KPIs/SLAs used to scale businesses and provide reporting to senior leadership.
* Strong sense of ownership, including ability to promote operational excellence.
* Knowledge of professional software engineering practices & best practices for the full software development life cycle.
* Experience with AWS platforms, services, and design patterns.