AWS Program Manager

Job Title: AWS Program ManagerKey Skills: AWS, Generative AI program governanceExperience: 8-15+ YearsLocation: United StatesCoforge is seeking Single-threaded AWS leader for the customer's business unit portfolio. Owns delivery outcomes, commercial health, partner performance, and the customer relationship across all three programs, as well as the interlocks between them, starting with the data layer that gates control tower releases. Works alongside the accounts Delivery Practice Manager, engagement managers, and Account Executive.Key Responsibilities:Portfolio Leadership:Run one integrated plan, RAID log, and status narrative across all three programs; extend the Executive Review, Steering Committee, and weekly status cadence to all programs.Hold the scope boundary between the control tower and the enterprise data workstream; own the interlock cadence, maintain the joint dependency register, and escalate data-layer readiness risk.Act as the single AWS point of contact to customer sponsors; keep sequencing and release commitments aligned across competing programs.Bring engagement managers, workstream leads, and partner leads into one operating model with a shared release calendar, change-control process, and escalation path.Delivery and Recovery:Own the control tower recovery: re-baseline the release plan, drive testing delays back to green, and hold the scope-completion date.Enforce the blueprint-before-build model and lock requirements per release.Drive live delivery blockers to closure with workstream leads and customer SMEs.Run deliverable review and acceptance for partner-produced work (AWS retains architecture authority and acceptance).Stand up the third program: shape scope, drive the Work Order to execution, run Sales-to-Delivery and Launch Ready Planning, and build the governance stack.Commercial and Financial:Own EAC, burn, and margin across the portfolio, with weekly burn tracking.Manage ProServe Investment consumption and the amendment/milestone rhythm; raise change requests when assumptions shift.Track the customer PO position and keep the invoicing cycle ahead of delivery.Report as-sold vs. as-delivered margin under ProServe KPI tolerance, with monthly variance and corrective action.Partner Management:Manage three partner firms delivering under AWS paper, with responsibilities documented in a RACI and distinct Work Orders per firm.Keep partner Work Order coverage ahead of the work.Run partner performance reviews, hours reconciliation, and time-and-expense approval through PSA Communities.Maintain the AWS technical-oversight posture supporting super-thin-prime delivery.Risk, Security, and Compliance:Carry OQR and Bar Raiser conditions into the engagement RAID and track to closure.Ensure adequate security and compliance staffing posture across the portfolio.Own the Responsible AI path for the GenAI workstream (RAIR approval, Project Charter gate, training-data validation).Enforce standing guardrails: customer data stays in customer environments, no open ingress (0.0.0.0/0), no wildcard IAM allow, S3 Block Public Access on.Required Skills & Experience10+ years leading cloud, data, or software consulting delivery, including 3+ years running a multi-project portfolio or a $10M+ program.Demonstrated recovery experience with schedule- or margin-distressed programs.Multi-partner co-delivery governance (subcontracted GSIs on prime paper, Work Order management, deliverable acceptance).Commercial fluency across T&M and fixed-fee (EAC/burn management, change control, amendments, PO/invoicing).Executive communication to VP level and above.Agile/SAFe delivery leadership at scale (release planning, PI planning, cross-workstream requirements management).Working command of enterprise data delivery on AWS (pipelines, lakehouse/data-product patterns, analytics) with architecture literacy.Preferred QualificationsPharma, life sciences, or other regulated industry experience.Prior AWS ProServe delivery leadership (OQR, Bar Raiser, S2D, LRP, SDMP, PSA Communities).Generative AI program governance experience.PMP, PgMP, or SAFe Program Consultant certification.