Senior Technical Program Manager, AWS Region Services
Amazon is hiring a Senior Technical Program Manager, AWS Region Services in Stockholm, Sweden. Level rates it ; you can apply on Level.
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Lead technical program management for launching new AWS cloud regions and scaling distributed systems infrastructure.
Key job responsibilities
- Build and maintain relationships with key stakeholders through structured communications, operational reviews, and clear reporting on outcomes and business impact
- Work with engineers, developers, program and product managers to coordinate the launch of different services into special regions.
- Develop and manage comprehensive program roadmaps spanning multiple AWS workstreams.
- Identify process improvement opportunities and high-risk areas, and deliver against these in partnership with service and operations teams.
- Produce and evaluate launch, resource, and compliance metrics.
- Work with AWS service owners around the world to develop innovative solutions to complex technical challenges.
- Manage the build and deployment of new tooling to streamline and automate security, testing, and region launch related initiatives.
A day in the life
As Senior Technical Program Manager for our team, you will be responsible for planning, delivery and ongoing development of a strategic new AWS region. You will work at the forefront of cloud technologies, with interactions across the full breadth of AWS services. You will coordinate and influence teams across multiple disciplines (product, operations, engineering, leadership) and translate global strategy into local execution.
In this role, you’ll need to be passionate about delivering services to customers while also possessing a solid understanding of business needs. You will need a strong technical background, enabling you to produce concrete specifications and work closely with engineering to drive implementation. As part of our team, you’ll need a track record of operating independently with strong judgment, and you'll need to be to be creative and proactive in developing solutions.
About the team
Here at AWS, we hold high standards for the services we deliver to our customers: Our services are highly secure, highly reliable and highly available, and function at massive scale. Our diverse team is smart, passionate about the cloud, dedicated to serving customers, fun to work with, and dedicated to supporting new members. Our team has a broad mix of experience levels and Amazon tenures, and we’re building an environment that celebrates knowledge sharing and mentorship. We also put a high value on work-life balance, because striking a healthy balance between your personal and professional life is crucial to your happiness and success.
Basic qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, Math ("STEM" majors) or equivalent experience (Computer Science preferred)
- 10+ years of technical program management experience with strong technical background and ability to understand complex architectures and AI technologies
- 12+ years' experience in enterprise IT, software development, or technical consulting
- Experience managing programs involving Generative AI, Agentic AI, or emerging AI technologies with measurable outcomes
- Experience owning and driving roadmap strategy for technical programs, representing and advocating for customers during executive-level prioritization and planning
- Superior written and verbal communication skills with demonstrated experience engaging at executive levels across multiple organizations
Preferred qualifications
- Technical background with understanding of software development practices and ability to contribute to engineering discussions around architecture and technology decisions
- Direct experience implementing AWS services across compute, storage, analytics, or modern application architectures
- Understanding of Generative AI solution patterns including RAG, fine-tuning, model evaluation, and agentic AI architectures including multi-agent systems, tool use, and orchestration frameworks
- Experience with Amazon's Working Backwards methodology, Design Thinking frameworks, and writing PR/FAQs
- 5+ years of project management disciplines including scope, schedule, budget, quality, risk, and critical path management with experience defining KPIs and reporting to senior leadership
- Experience managing customer-facing technical engagements or professional services delivery
- AWS or other cloud certifications; PMP and/or SCRUM/Agile, SAFe certified
- Self-motivated problem solver who thrives in fast-paced environments with ability to learn new tools quickly and balance rapid solution delivery with thoughtful architecture decisions
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How we rate this
Senior Technical Program Manager, AWS Region Services at Amazon rates 10 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Little AI (AI Level 1 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.
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