AI-Driven Tech Program Manager, Public Sector Prototyping

Amazon; Sydney; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Sydney, NSW, is seeking a Senior Tech Program Manager for the AWS Worldwide Public Sector Engineering team. You will own delivery of rapid AI‑driven prototypes and de‑risk major public sector technology investments across Australia and New Zealand.

This hands‑on role partners with software engineers and solutions architects to scope, build, and ship AI‑enabled solutions in weeks, not months, influencing multi‑million‑dollar decisions while ensuring security, compliance, and reusable

Qualifications

• 5+ years of technical product or program management experience.
• 7+ years of working directly with engineering teams experience.
• 3+ years of software development experience.
• 5+ years of technical program management working directly with software engineering teams experience.
• Experience managing programs across cross functional teams, building processes and coordinating release schedules.
• Experience with AI/ML technologies.

Responsibilities

• Own delivery of 2–4 concurrent engagements from qualification through build to customer handoff.
• Translate business problems into prototyping charters with defined outcomes, timelines, and exit criteria.
• Make architecture and design trade‑offs alongside engineers - own the technical outcome, not just the schedule.
• Lead sprint planning, backlog prioritization, and execution across short build cycles.
• Partner with sales and solutions architects to qualify opportunities against impact and feasibility.
• Lead Working Backwards workshops to define scope and success metrics.
• Architect for reuse across customers, verticals, and geographies; plan handover with transfer artefacts and code drops.
• Collaborate globally (NAMER, UKGI) to share patterns and adapt solutions across regions.
• Navigate data sovereignty, health privacy, and government security requirements; clear compliance blockers for co‑builds involving customer data.
• Primary interface between customer, account team, and engineering - aligning sales priorities with technical feasibility.
• Connect prototype outcomes to investment decisions; surface reusable patterns for service teams.
• Stay current on AWS AI/ML (Bedrock, SageMaker, agentic frameworks), serverless, and app modernization.
• Evaluate emerging GenAI, edge AI, and AI‑assisted development patterns for public sector applicability.

Skills

Technical program management

Eng team collaboration

AI/ML experience

Cross-functional coordination

Stakeholder management

Agile methodologies

Tools

AWS

Bedrock

SageMaker

Serverless

Containers

Job description

Amazon Sydney, NSW, is seeking a Senior Tech Program Manager for the AWS Worldwide Public Sector Engineering team. You will own delivery of rapid AI‑driven prototypes and de‑risk major public sector technology investments across Australia and New Zealand.

This hands‑on role partners with software engineers and solutions architects to scope, build, and ship AI‑enabled solutions in weeks, not months, influencing multi‑million‑dollar decisions while ensuring security, compliance, and reusable