Defence Cloud Programs Lead (Senior PM)

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

Job summary

Amazon Web Services is seeking a Senior Program Manager for Defence within the Worldwide Public Sector in Sydney. You will coordinate end-to-end delivery of Defence initiatives, manage dependencies across AWS teams, and maintain stakeholder engagement to ensure outcomes align with customer needs.

You will support cloud transformation projects, monitor risks, and drive improvements through data-driven approaches. Travel ~10% interstate as required.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of program or project management experience.
• Experience using data and metrics to determine and drive improvements.
• Experience owning program strategy, end-to-end delivery, and communicating results to senior leadership.

Responsibilities

• Program end-to-end coordination of Defence initiatives from concept through delivery, tracking dependencies across AWS teams.
• Support the delivery of cloud and transformation projects, ensuring schedule adherence and quality.
• Engage with Defence stakeholders, coordinating logistics and maintaining alignment on milestones.
• Coordinate weekly alignment meetings, updates, and cross-team sessions to keep delivery teams synchronized.
• Track milestones with technical delivery teams and maintain schedule documentation.
• Maintain project trackers, dashboards, and status reports with updates on progress, risks, blockers.
• Monitor milestone risks and issues, elevating per protocols and supporting mitigation strategies.
• Contribute to process improvement initiatives using data and metrics.

Skills

Program management

Data-driven

Executive communication

Education

MBA

Job description

Amazon Web Services is seeking a Senior Program Manager for Defence within the Worldwide Public Sector in Sydney. You will coordinate end-to-end delivery of Defence initiatives, manage dependencies across AWS teams, and maintain stakeholder engagement to ensure outcomes align with customer needs.

You will support cloud transformation projects, monitor risks, and drive improvements through data-driven approaches. Travel ~10% interstate as required.