Strategic Program Manager, AWS Professional Services

Strategic Program Manager, AWS Professional Services

Amazon Web Services Professional Services (ProServe) team seeks a senior transformation leader with deep Financial Services (FSI) consulting pedigree and a passion for delivering measurable, lasting impact through Agentic AI. In this role, you will own the end to end delivery of complex, multi workstream Agentic AI transformation programmes for ANZ's most strategic financial services customers, translating C suite priorities into executable strategies and tangible business outcomes.

You will lead the next generation of AI led transformation, including Builder Experience Transformation and large scale modernisation engagements underpinned by AWS Agentic AI accelerators and tooling such as AWS Transform (ATX). You will operate at the intersection of business strategy, technical innovation, and large scale programme execution, shaping how regulated FSI enterprises adopt agentic systems at scale.

With significant autonomy, you will shape transformation roadmaps, navigate ambiguity and regulatory complexity, build high performing delivery teams, and serve as the leadership voice on programme health to senior client executives. This is not a programme coordination role; it is a strategic leadership position where your judgement, commercial acumen, and ability to drive consensus across complex stakeholder landscapes will determine programme success.

In this capacity, you will be based in Australia or New Zealand and may be required to travel or be at customer site up to 50% of the time. You will report to the ANZ ProServe Area Delivery Leader. You will work alongside some of the world's leading technologists and have access to AWS's full breadth of AI, data, and cloud services to architect transformational outcomes that traditional consulting cannot deliver.

Basic Qualifications

• Proven track record of leading large scale ($10M+) AI, digital, or cloud transformation programmes from strategy through to realized business value
• Experience delivering transformation programmes within Financial Services or other highly regulated industries
• Demonstrated success building and sustaining trusted C suite relationships, influencing investment decisions, and steering executive governance forums
• Deep expertise in scaled Agile delivery methodologies (SAFe, with a track record of adapting frameworks to complex enterprise contexts
• Ability to synthesize and communicate complex technical and strategic concepts to diverse audiences, from engineering teams to board level executives
• Experience developing and delivering high impact executive presentations, business cases, and transformation narratives
• Track record of leading complex, multi party programmes in matrixed environments, orchestrating delivery across internal teams, system integrators, and consulting partners
• 7+ years of leading multiple Agile teams (such as Scrum Masters or Product Owners) concurrently or at scale
• 7+ years of leading and delivering enterprise level IT engagements
• Bachelor's degree in STEM field
• Knowledge of the value proposition of the public cloud and cloud engagement delivery (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS)
• Experience in leading multiple Agile teams (such as Scrum Masters or Product Owners) concurrently or at scale
• Experience in leading and delivering enterprise level IT engagements

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, a related technical field, or equivalent professional experience in lieu of formal education
• Familiarity with Agentic AI concepts and generative AI delivery patterns, and experience applying AI accelerators or automation tooling (such as AWS Transform / ATX) to modernisation or developer productivity outcomes
• Hands on experience with AWS services, architectures, and best practices in enterprise scale environments
• Practical application of AWS frameworks (Well Architected, Cloud Adoption Framework) to inform programme decision making and solution governance
• Understanding of FSI regulatory and risk considerations relevant to AI and cloud adoption in the ANZ market
• Relevant certifications: Project Management Professional (PMP), AWS Certified Solutions Architect, Agile certifications (CSM, SAFe Agilist, or equivalent)
• 5+ years of delivering customer engagements in a professional services role experience
• Active project management certification (e.g., APM, CSM, PMI-ACP, PRINCE2)
• AWS certification
• Experience in delivering customer engagements in a professional services role
• Experience with Agile and project management toolsets like Jira, Rally, VersionOne or Taiga
• Experience working with and presenting to C level executives, IT, and lines of businesses across organizations or equivalent

Key Responsibilities

• Own and drive the end to end delivery of large scale, multi workstream Agentic AI transformation programmes for FSI customers, ensuring measurable business outcomes
• Lead Builder Experience Transformation and modernisation engagements underpinned by AWS Agentic AI accelerators and tooling such as AWS Transform (ATX), embedding agentic ways of working into customer delivery organisations
• Translate complex customer strategic objectives into actionable programme roadmaps with clear milestones, dependencies, and success metrics
• Serve as the primary strategic advisor to C suite executives, shaping the agentic transformation vision and influencing investment decisions
• Build, lead, and inspire high performing multidisciplinary delivery teams across AWS, customer, and partner organisations
• Proactively identify and mitigate strategic, delivery, and regulatory risks, navigating ambiguity and driving resolution at pace within highly regulated FSI environments
• Chair executive steering committees, drive critical decisions, and manage escalations with authority and composure
• Establish robust programme governance frameworks, balancing agility with rigour to ensure quality, compliance readiness, and sustainable delivery velocity
• Own the programme delivery P&L, making delivery trade off decisions that maximise customer value while optimising schedule, budget, and resourcing

Acknowledgement of Country

In the spirit of reconciliation Amazon acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.

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