Senior Technical Engagement Manager, UKGI PubSec Engagement Management Team

Job  | AWS EMEA SARL (UK Branch)

The Amazon Web Services Professional Services (Pro Serve) team is seeking a highly skilled and versatile Engagement Manager (EM) to join our team and lead the delivery of complex cloud solution projects. In this role you will combine technical expertise with strong project leadership skills to drive successful implementations of AWS-based solutions for our clients. You will bridge business requirements with technical solutions, facilitating technical discussions and ensuring alignment with customer outcomes.

Applying AWS frameworks like Well-Architected and Cloud Adoption Framework while demonstrating technical credibility across diverse stakeholders, you will distill customer needs into clear technical requirements, decompose complex problems, and make informed trade‑off decisions considering performance, scalability, security, and business impact. Possessing strong technology and program/project management experience, you will validate technical solutions against business goals, recognize when additional technical evaluation is needed, and manage technical risks.

You will be expected to achieve and maintain relevant AWS certifications, develop domain‑specific expertise, and effectively communicate technical concepts to both technical and business audiences. As you progress, you’ll lead increasingly complex technical projects, shape cross‑organizational technical strategies, and establish best practices in your domain. In this role you will apply your management and leadership capabilities to successfully execute project plans, proactively identify and manage risks, resolve issues, elevate when appropriate, and drive projects to successful completion while exceeding customer expectations.

Eligibility for UK Government Security Clearance is required for this role ()

• Leading and managing complex cloud migration and transformation projects/programmes from inception to completion
• Ensuring successful delivery of project/programme outcomes within agreed time frames, budget and quality parameters
• Developing and executing project/programme level planning with the agility to adjust strategies as necessary to meet evolving business objectives
• Building and maintaining strong stakeholder relationships across customers, partners and internal teams at all levels
• Driving key decisions and resolving project/programme level risks and issues
• Establishing robust governance model, project/programme structure and communication plan
• Leading multidisciplinary teams of technical specialists
• Ensuring compliance with security, regulatory and governance requirements
• Bridging business requirements with technical solutions, facilitating engineering discussions and ensuring alignment with customer business outcomes
• Distilling customer needs into clear technical requirements and mapping them to business outcomes

• Experience in leading and delivering enterprise-level IT engagements
• Knowledge of technology principles and services including infrastructure, business applications, data management, security, application platforms, and consumer‑facing technology
• Experience in leading multiple Agile teams (like Scrum Masters, Product Owners) concurrently or at scale

• 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, Version One or Taiga
• Experience working with and presenting to C‑level executives, IT, and lines of businesses across organizations or equivalent

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