Strategic Technical Program Lead — Public Sector AI

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Arlington (VA)

On-site

USD 127,000 - 172,000

Full time

2 days ago

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Job summary

Amazon Web Services, Inc. in Arlington, VA is seeking a senior engineering program manager to own outcomes for public sector initiatives.

You will embed with sales leaders, shape what gets built, and drive engineering teams to deliver scalable, reusable AI-powered solutions across government, health, research, and education sectors. You'll partner with AWS service teams and customers, qualify opportunities, and manage delivery from initial engagement through transfer to operations, influencing

Qualifications

4+ years of technical product or program management experience.
4+ years of software development experience.
4+ years of project management disciplines including scope, schedule, budget, along with risk and critical path management experience.
Experience managing programs across cross functional teams, building processes and coordinating release schedules
Experience with Cloud platforms (preferably AWS), database systems (SQL and NoSQL), AI tools for development productivity, contributing to open-source projects, and/or version control systems
Experience working cross-functionally and driving decision making among stakeholders with competing goals

Responsibilities

Anticipate where your vertical is heading and shape strategy, getting engineering involved early where it makes the biggest difference - including where AI is the critical path
Own the qualification mechanism that drives which opportunities receive engineering investment, weighing scale, reuse, complexity, time-to-impact, and delivery risk
Set and apply the bar that qualifies an engagement - scalability, reusability, multi-customer applicability, force-multiplier potential - and make the hard calls on those that don't clear it
Work side by side with engineers through the build, making the architecture, scoping, and tradeoff decisions that determine success - you own the technical outcome, not just the schedule
Drive co-build execution with AWS Service Teams and Partners, applying AI to accelerate delivery and create reusable patterns that benefit many customers
Own delivery end-to-end from qualification through transfer, resolving technical and cross-team ambiguity without escalation
Keep leadership current on investments, outcomes, and realized impact
Influence peers and partner teams, and mentor less-experienced engineers and program managers