Strategic Initiatives PM – KSA Cross-Region Cloud

Amazon; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 240,000 - 420,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon in Saudi Arabia is seeking a hands-on Program Manager to lead cross-region initiatives within MENAT. Based in KSA, you will influence senior leaders and external stakeholders, driving strategy to execution across sales, services, partners, and public sector.

You will articulate progress, risks, and decisions concisely with data-informed narratives for executive reviews, campaigns, and government engagements. The role requires ownership, collaboration, and delivery discipline at scale.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of technical product or program management experience.
• 7+ years of working directly with engineering teams 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 in written and verbal communication skills to communicate with technical and non-technical audiences, including senior leadership.
• Experience in building financial and operational reports/data sets that inform business decision-making, or experience communicating results to senior leadership.
• Experience communicating complex information and solutions to senior stakeholders and influencing decisions, or experience using financial models, KPIs, and data analysis to support business decisions.
• Experience working in a fast-paced and ambiguous environment.
• Experience in English-language communication skills, both written and verbal.

Responsibilities

• Define program scope, milestones, success metrics, and delivery timelines for cross-region initiatives with a focus on KSA market priorities.
• Build and maintain program plans and governance frameworks that keep complex programs on track.
• Drive end-to-end delivery from ideation through launch, iteration, and scale.
• Proactively identify risks and blockers, elevate early, and propose mitigation paths.
• Coordinate with local KSA stakeholders, government entities, and regulatory bodies to ensure program compliance and alignment with national priorities.
• Engage with senior internal leaders and external executives to drive alignment on priorities and resources.
• Navigate matrixed organisations to build consensus and secure commitments without direct authority.
• Serve as the connective tissue between sales, professional services, partner, marketing, and public sector teams.
• Represent the team in cross-functional forums, leadership reviews, and customer-facing engagements.
• Build and maintain relationships with Saudi public sector entities, semi-government organisations, and strategic partners.
• Facilitate leadership reporting by producing crisp, data-driven status updates, dashboards, and narrative documents.
• Translate complex program details into clear executive summaries appropriate for VP-level and above.
• Document decisions, action items, and follow-ups; drive accountability across teams.
• Write compelling narratives (6-pagers, PR/FAQs, strategy documents) aligned to Amazon's writing culture.
• Establish scalable mechanisms such as cadences, templates, tooling, and reporting frameworks that increase team velocity.
• Manage budgets, vendor relationships, and procurement processes where applicable.
• Analyse data (pipeline, coverage, program metrics) to surface insights and drive decisions.
• Continuously improve processes through retrospectives, automation, and simplification.
• Support Saudization targets by identifying opportunities for local talent development and knowledge transfer within program teams.
• Coordinate multi-stakeholder events, conferences, and campaigns (virtual and in-person) from planning through post-event analysis—with emphasis on KSA-based activations.
• Manage logistics, timelines, content development, and vendor coordination.
• Drive post-event measurement and impact reporting.

Skills

Program management

Engineering collaboration

Executive communication

Data analysis

Stakeholder management

Ambiguity handling

English fluency

Education

Bachelor's degree

PM certification

Tools

AWS Solutions Architect

PMP

AWS AI Practitioner

AWS Certification

Job description

Amazon in Saudi Arabia is seeking a hands-on Program Manager to lead cross-region initiatives within MENAT. Based in KSA, you will influence senior leaders and external stakeholders, driving strategy to execution across sales, services, partners, and public sector.

You will articulate progress, risks, and decisions concisely with data-informed narratives for executive reviews, campaigns, and government engagements. The role requires ownership, collaboration, and delivery discipline at scale.