Senior TPM – Platform Engineering & Emerging Tech

Amazon Web Services (AWS); Herndon (VA); On-site; USD 149,000 - 201,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc. seeks a Senior Technical Program Manager to own ASCI program execution from planning through delivery, coordinating across AWS service, engineering, security, and customer/government stakeholders.

This highly technical role requires strong ownership and the ability to drive results without direct authority. The candidate must manage technical readiness, compliance milestones, and onboarding activities while maintaining program visibility and risk mitigation.

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
• Current, active US Government Security Clearance of Top Secret with SCI eligibility or above
• 5+ years of project management disciplines including scope, schedule, budget, quality, along with risk and critical path management experience
• Experience managing projects across cross functional teams, building sustainable processes and coordinating release schedules
• Experience defining KPI's/SLA's used to drive multi-million dollar businesses and reporting to senior leadership

Responsibilities

• Own programs end to end. Run ASCI's launch and onboarding programs from planning through delivery, holding the schedule, scope, and cross-team commitments.
• Drive technical and compliance milestones. Shepherd each launch and customer onboarding through the readiness, accreditation, and connectivity steps it depends on, keeping them sequenced and unblocked.
• Coordinate across many teams. Align AWS service, engineering, security, and field teams, and work directly with customers and government stakeholders to keep delivery moving.
• Manage risks and dependencies. Identify risks, dependencies, and critical-path blockers early, and drive them to resolution before they slip the plan.
• Build the mechanisms. Create and maintain the trackers, milestone plans, and operating cadence that give the program and its stakeholders a clear, current view of status.
• Report status and drive decisions. Produce concise status, escalations, and program narratives for senior leadership, and run the reviews that keep stakeholders aligned.

Job description

Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc. seeks a Senior Technical Program Manager to own ASCI program execution from planning through delivery, coordinating across AWS service, engineering, security, and customer/government stakeholders.

This highly technical role requires strong ownership and the ability to drive results without direct authority. The candidate must manage technical readiness, compliance milestones, and onboarding activities while maintaining program visibility and risk mitigation.