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

AWS is building the future of sovereign cloud computing. As a Principal Technical Program Manager on our Digital Sovereignty team you will drive strategic programs that enable AWS customers to maintain control over their data while leveraging the full power of AWS cloud services.
You will work directly with the Director of Digital Sovereignty and Managing Director of European Sovereign Cloud to orchestrate technical workstreams that support our global strategy and initiatives.
This role requires deep technical expertise strategic thinking and the ability to influence without authority across a complex matrixed organization. You will own technology roadmaps manage portfolios of programs and drive execution of initiatives with broad cross-organizational impact. You will also help the director to prioritize his external engagements.

Key job responsibilities
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
About Digital Sovereignty at AWS
AWS has prioritized sovereignty since our beginning as the only major cloud provider allowing customers to control the location and movement of their data. Digital sovereignty means different things across countries and regionsthere is no single definition. Through conversations with customers analysts and regulators we have identified key themes: data residency and security operator access restriction resiliency and survivability and independence and transparency.
The AWS European Sovereign Cloud represents our commitment to meeting the evolving sovereignty requirements of EU customers. Learn more:

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- 10 years managing technical programs across cross-functional development teams
- 8 years experience with Bachelors degree or 5 years with Masters 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

- Masters 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

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