Senior Engagement Manager, Day 1 Delivery Excellence (D1D) Excellence

Senior Engagement Manager, Day 1 Delivery Excellence (D1D) ExcellenceJob ID: 3052625 | Amazon Web Services Australia Pty Ltd

The Amazon Web Services Professional Services (ProServe) 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, escalate when appropriate, and drive projects to successful completion, while exceeding customer expectation.

The AWS Professional Services organization is a global team of experts that help customers realize their desired business outcomes when using the AWS Cloud. We work together with customer teams and the AWS Partner Network (APN) to execute enterprise cloud computing initiatives. Our team provides assistance through a collection of offerings which help customers achieve specific outcomes related to enterprise cloud adoption. We also deliver focused guidance through our global specialty practices, which cover a variety of solutions, technologies, and industries.

Key responsibilities

Leading and managing complex cloud migration and implementation projects

Leveraging comprehensive knowledge of AWS services, architectures, and best practices to guide technical decisions and strategic planning

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

Decomposing complex technical problems into actionable, deliverable solutions

Contributing to technical documentation and defining documentation standards

About the teamThe Day 1 Delivery Excellence (D1D) team drives AWS Professional Services'' commitment to flawless execution and customer success. We establish global delivery standards that combine innovation with proven methodologies, transforming customer engagements into extraordinary experiences. Our team works closely with field teams to create resilient processes and clear requirements, ensuring consistent, measurable outcomes. Through continuous improvement and active collaboration, we capture and scale leading practices across the organization, fostering a customer-obsessed culture that defines excellence in cloud service delivery.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

Bachelor''s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, related field, or equivalent experience

5+ years experience in cloud computing

Experience in project management of technical programs

AWS Cloud Practitioner Certification and at least 1 active industry certification (SAFe, PMI, Scrum Alliance, etc.)

5+ years delivering customer engagements in a professional services role

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

AWS experience preferred

Project Management Professional (PMP) and/or AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate

Strong understanding of AWS services, architectures, and best practices

Experience applying AWS frameworks like Well-Architected and Cloud Adoption Framework

Proven ability to establish technical credibility with engineering teams and senior technical decision-makers

Experience with Agile and project management toolsets (e.g. Jira, Rally, VersionOne, Taiga, Git)

Experience using Scaled Agile frameworks (e.g. SAFe, LeSS)

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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