Senior Tech Program Manager, AWS Worldwide Public Sector Engineering (WWPSE)
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Senior Tech Program Manager, AWS Worldwide Public Sector Engineering (WWPSE)
Amazon Web Services is seeking a Senior Technical Program Manager to join the Worldwide Public Sector Engineering team in Sydney, Australia. This hands-on delivery role involves owning rapid engineering prototypes leveraging generative AI and agentic systems for public sector customers across Australia and New Zealand. The role requires deep technical program management experience, software development background, and expertise in AI/ML technologies.
Senior Tech Program Manager, AWS Worldwide Public Sector Engineering (WWPSE)
Amazon Web Services is seeking a Senior Technical Program Manager to join the Worldwide Public Sector Engineering team in Sydney, Australia. This hands-on delivery role involves owning rapid engineering prototypes leveraging generative AI and agentic systems for public sector customers across Australia and New Zealand. The role requires deep technical program management experience, software development background, and expertise in AI/ML technologies.
Salary
Core Qualifications
Technical (Must-have)
Soft Skills
Preferred Qualifications
Technical (Nice-to-have)
Key Responsibilities
- Own delivery of 2–4 concurrent engagements from qualification through build to customer handoff
- Translate business problems into prototyping charters with defined outcomes, timelines, and exit criteria
- Make architecture and design trade-offs alongside engineers - own the technical outcome, not just the schedule
- Lead sprint planning, backlog prioritization, and execution across short build cycles
- Partner with sales and solutions architects to qualify opportunities against impact and feasibility
- Lead Working Backwards workshops to define scope and success metrics
- Architect for reuse across customers, verticals, and geographies; plan handover with transfer artefacts and code drops
- Collaborate globally (NAMER, UKGI) to share patterns and adapt solutions across regions
- Navigate data sovereignty, health privacy, and government security requirements; clear compliance blockers for co-builds involving customer data
- Primary interface between customer, account team, and engineering - aligning sales priorities with technical feasibility
- Connect prototype outcomes to investment decisions; surface reusable patterns for service teams
- Stay current on AWS AI/ML (Bedrock, SageMaker, agentic frameworks), serverless, and app modernization
- Evaluate emerging GenAI, edge AI, and AI-assisted development patterns for public sector applicability