Principal Strategic Transformation Program Leader, Professional Services, Korea

Amazon is hiring a Principal Strategic Transformation Program Leader, Professional Services, Korea in Seoul, South Korea. Level rates it ; you can apply on Amazon.

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On Level's scale, this role is Works on AI ●●●○: the daily work is on AI products, without building the model.
The posting mentions AWS, program management and strategic planning among its tools and skills.
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Lead end-to-end delivery of complex AI and cloud transformation programs for strategic clients in Korea.

AWS

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AWS Professional Services is looking to hire a senior transformation leader with deep consulting and delivery pedigree and a passion for delivering measurable and lasting impact. In this role, you will own the end-to-end delivery of complex, multi-workstream AI and cloud transformation programs for APJC’s most strategic customers, translating C-suite priorities into executable strategies and tangible business outcomes.
You will operate at the intersection of business strategy, technical innovation, and large-scale program execution. You will shape transformation roadmaps, navigate ambiguity, assemble high-performing delivery teams, and serve as the trusted voice on program health to senior customer and AWS executives. You will extend strategic leadership and commercial acumen to drive successful execution across complex stakeholder landscapes and realize program success.
In this capacity, you will be based in Seoul and may be at customer sites up to 100% of the time. You will work alongside AWS technology experts and have access to AWS’s breadth of AI and Cloud services to lead efforts to design and build solutions that drive transformational business outcomes for our customers.

Key job responsibilities
• Own and drive the end-to-end delivery of large-scale, multi-workstream AI and cloud transformation programs
• Translate customer strategic objectives into actionable roadmaps, plans, and success metrics
• Chair executive steering committees, drive critical decisions, and manage escalations
• Serve as a strategic advisor to C-suite executives, helping shape transformation vision and investment strategy
• Own program P&L, ensuring revenue targets and margins are delivered as planned
• Build, lead, and inspire high-performing, multidisciplinary delivery teams across AWS, customer, and partners
• Identify and mitigate strategic risks, navigating ambiguity and driving rapid resolution across stakeholders
• Establish governance frameworks, balancing agility, execution, quality, compliance, and delivery velocity

A day in the life
This is a customer facing role. You will be required to travel to client locations and deliver professional services as needed.

This customer-facing role requires native-level Korean fluency (verbal and written) along with strong English communication skills, as the position involves significant collaboration in English with global cross-functional stakeholders.

About the team
AWS Global Services
AWS Global Services includes experts from across AWS who help our customers design, build, operate, and secure their cloud environments. Customers innovate with AWS Professional Services, upskill with AWS Training and Certification, optimize with AWS Support and Managed Services, and meet objectives with AWS Security Assurance Services. Our expertise and emerging technologies include AWS Partners, AWS Sovereign Cloud, AWS International Product, and the Generative AI Innovation Center. You’ll join a diverse team of technical experts in dozens of countries who help customers achieve more with the AWS cloud.

About AWS
Diverse Experiences
AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.

Why AWS?
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating — that’s why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.

Inclusive Team Culture
AWS values curiosity and connection. Our employee-led and company-sponsored affinity groups promote inclusion and empower our people to take pride in what makes us unique. Our inclusion events foster stronger, more collaborative teams. Our continual innovation is fueled by the bold ideas, fresh perspectives, and passionate voices our teams bring to everything we do.

Mentorship & Career Growth
We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.

Work/Life Balance
We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve in the cloud.

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Basic qualifications

- Experience engaging and influencing C-level executives, both business and technical
- Experience producing executive-level written materials and presenting to executive audiences
- Ability to synthesize and communicate complex concepts to technical and business audiences
- Experience orchestrating delivery across complex, multi-party, and matrixed environments involving partners
- 10+ years of experience with proven track record of delivering large-scale digital transformation programs

Preferred qualifications

- Experience with AWS platforms, services, and design patterns
- Experience leading engagements using industry standard program management techniques including Agile at scale delivery frameworks and project management toolsets
- Experience delivering business or IT programs for Telco industry customers

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

How we rate this

Principal Strategic Transformation Program Leader, Professional Services, Korea at Amazon rates 65 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Works on AI (AI Level 3 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.

Classification

Works on AI. The daily work is on AI products, without building the model.

●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
●○○○ Little AI0 to 39

Levels come from how often the tools, models and workflows of the role are named in the posting itself. Read the description and count the AI tools, models and workflows it names.

Key facts

Principal Strategic Transformation Program Leader, Professional Services, Korea is an open job at Amazon.
Level rates this role AI Level 3 of 4: Works on AI.
The role is based in KR, Seoul.
The job was posted on June 17, 2026.
Seniority: senior.
Applications are handled by Amazon. Apply on Amazon

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