AWS Technical Program Manager / Project Lead

AWS Technical Program Manager / Project Lead

Client is seeking a Core Engineering organization is driving the firm’s multi‑year cloud transformation as part of a CIO‑mandated initiative to exit all datacenters by 2030. Under the AWS‑funded MAP program, client is expanding its senior cloud leadership to accelerate platform adoption across dozens of internal business units.

We are seeking a highly senior, deeply technical AWS Program Manager / Project Lead able to operate with executive visibility, run complex multi‑team cloud engineering initiatives, and drive delivery with zero hand‑holding.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary delivery lead for a 4‑person AWS engineering pod building core cloud platform capabilities for client.
• Partner directly with Core Engineering leaders, architects, and security to define technical scope, milestones, backlogs, and workstream alignment.
• Drive end‑to‑end execution of MAP-funded cloud modernization, including planning, prioritization, daily standups, risk/issue management, and stakeholder reporting.
• Coordinate intake and alignment across multiple consuming business units, ensuring deliverables meet the “multiplier” adoption goals required by AWS.
• Translate business and compliance needs into technical execution plans, engineering tasks, security controls, and platform patterns.
• Ensure engineering outputs meet bank‑grade standards for security, auditability, and regulatory compliance.
• Manage stakeholder communication between AWS, client Core Engineering, and downstream teams.
• Oversee SOW deliverables, validate progress, and ensure the team hits timelines tied to AWS funding.
• Provide hands-on architectural and engineering guidance when needed (not a pure PM role).
• Operate autonomously with minimal oversight, making decisions quickly and escalating only when required.

Required Experience

• 15+ years in IT engineering, cloud program leadership, or technical program management.
• Deep expertise in AWS architecture, including IAM, VPC, EC2, S3, KMS, Secrets Manager, CloudTrail/GuardDuty, and multi‑account governance.
• Proven experience delivering cloud platform capabilities used across multiple engineering teams.
• Strong understanding of IaC (CDK preferred), Terraform, CI/CD, and secure cloud automation.
• Demonstrated ability to lead highly senior engineers and operate in a fast‑moving, ambiguous environment.
• Experience running initiatives with strict regulatory, security, or audit requirements (finance or DoD ideal).
• Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills; comfortable working with CTO‑level leadership.

Ideal Experience / Nice-to-Haves

• Experience with AWS CDK, reusable cloud constructs, platform blueprints, or multi-team enablement.
• AI/ML platform experience (SageMaker, inference endpoints, MLOps).
• Prior work inside highly regulated environments (banking, trading, DoD, healthcare).
• Hands-on engineering background (architect, SRE, DevOps lead).