Location
London

Hours
Full Time

Salary
Competitive, commensurate with experience

About the Role
AWS is building the future of sovereign cloud computing. As a Principal Technical Program Manager on our Digital Sovereignty team, you will drive strategic programs that enable AWS customers to maintain control over their data while leveraging the full power of AWS cloud services. You will work directly with the Director of Digital Sovereignty and Managing Director of European Sovereign Cloud to orchestrate technical workstreams supporting global strategy and initiatives. This role requires deep technical expertise, strategic thinking, and the ability to influence without authority across a complex, matrixed organization. You will own technology roadmaps, manage portfolios of programs, and drive execution of initiatives with broad cross-organizational impact. Additionally, you will assist the director in prioritizing external engagements.

Key Responsibilities
- Develop annual strategic plans aligning cross-functional technical contributors toward unified business outcomes
- Identify gaps and opportunities across countries, architectures, and organizations
- Influence organizational technical priorities and business strategy through data-driven contributions
- Maintain and foster executive relationships at Director and Vice President levels
- Collaborate with the Director and Go-To-Market team to plan, prepare, and execute high-impact executive customer engagements
- Lead global programs coordinating efforts across matrixed teams including Solution Architects, Technical Business Developers, Technical Program Managers, and Account Managers
- Drive execution through influence and collaboration, providing technical guidance and mentorship without direct reporting relationships
- Define clear, measurable goals and success metrics aligned with internal Amazon customer needs
- Assess risks, anticipate bottlenecks, manage escalations, and balance business needs with technical constraints
- Manage team outcomes and cross-functional deliverables using Salesforce and tracking mechanisms
- Foster collaboration with AWS service teams (EC2, S3, Global Networking, Bedrock), Infrastructure, Partners, and Professional Services
- Orchestrate cross-functional initiatives accelerating innovation and customer outcomes
- Facilitate knowledge sharing and best practice development across technical contributors
- Build organizational capability and ensure consistent approaches to complex technical challenges
- Provide strong, data-driven, strategic technical judgment
- Lead design, implementation, and delivery of highly complex cross-functional projects in ambiguous or new technology areas
- Create scalable mechanisms, methodologies, and best practices for the organization
- Recognize and steer teams away from prior technology failure patterns
- Write effective narratives (PRFAQs, strategic documentation) and present to senior leadership
- Provide technical review and input to support go-to-market teams in developing, scaling, and maintaining technical enablement materials

About the Team
Digital Sovereignty at AWS focuses on enabling customers to control the location and movement of their data, addressing data residency, security, operator access restriction, resiliency, survivability, independence, and transparency. The AWS European Sovereign Cloud represents our commitment to meeting evolving sovereignty requirements of EU customers.

Why AWS?
- Work-Life Harmony: We value work-life balance and flexibility
- Inclusive Team Culture: We promote inclusion and empower our people through affinity groups
- Mentorship and Career Growth: We offer knowledge-sharing, mentorship, and career development resources
- Diverse Experiences: We encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds and non-traditional career paths

Experience
- 8+ years experience with a Bachelor's degree, or 5+ years with a Master's degree or equivalent experience
- Experience developing strategies that influence leadership decisions at the organizational level
- Experience in digital sovereignty, regulated industries, public sectors, regulators, and European data regulations and certifications (GDPR, C5, SecNumCloud, etc.)
- Demonstrated experience building processes and working with software development teams
- Proficiency in project management disciplines including scope planning, schedule, budget, quality, risk, and critical path management
- Experience leading creation, revision, and improvement of standard operational procedures (SOPs)

About You
- Strong sense of ownership and ability to promote operational excellence
- Ability to influence and collaborate across complex, matrixed organizations
- Excellent communication and presentation skills, including to senior leadership
- Data-driven and strategic technical judgment
- Comfortable working in ambiguous or new technology areas
- Passionate about innovation and continuous improvement

Qualifications
- Preferred: Master's degree in a technical field
- Preferred: Experience in information security and compliance
- Preferred: Experience defining KPIs and SLAs used to scale businesses and provide reporting to senior leadership
- Deep knowledge of core system technologies or broad understanding of company systems and technologies