Remote AWS Cloud Transformation Program Leader

Cognizant; Little Rock (AR); Remote; USD 119,000 - 136,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Paid holidays

401(k) plan

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking an AWS Cloud Program Manager to lead enterprise cloud transformation initiatives remotely in the United States. You will drive migration, modernization, security, and DevOps programs with cross-functional teams and executive stakeholders, ensuring governance and timely execution.

Ideal candidates bring 12+ years of IT leadership and demonstrated success managing large cloud programs, with certifications such as AWS Solutions Architect or DevOps Engineer.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of IT experience with leadership of cloud, infrastructure, migration, or modernization programs.
• Healthcare, payer, regulated-industry, or large enterprise transformation experience preferred.
• Preferred certifications: AWS Solutions Architect - Professional, AWS DevOps Engineer - Professional, PMP, SAFe, AWS Cloud Practitioner

Responsibilities

• Lead AWS cloud transformation delivery across architecture, engineering, security, networking, migration, DevOps, and operations workstreams.
• Own integrated planning, milestones, RAID management, dependency tracking, governance cadence, and stakeholder communication.
• Coordinate across multiple programs and teams to remove blockers, align priorities, and maintain delivery momentum.
• Partner with cloud architects and engineering leads to ensure delivery aligns with AWS standards, security, and business goals.
• Prepare executive status updates, steering committee materials, escalation summaries, and decisions required for program progress.
• Promote strong delivery discipline, documentation quality, operating model maturity, and continuous improvement.

Skills

AWS cloud concepts

Executive stakeholder management

Delivery governance

Cross-functional leadership

Tools

Enterprise reporting tools

Job description

Cognizant is seeking an AWS Cloud Program Manager to lead enterprise cloud transformation initiatives remotely in the United States. You will drive migration, modernization, security, and DevOps programs with cross-functional teams and executive stakeholders, ensuring governance and timely execution.

Ideal candidates bring 12+ years of IT leadership and demonstrated success managing large cloud programs, with certifications such as AWS Solutions Architect or DevOps Engineer.