Program Manager, Early Career Talent Program, APJ ECT SA

Are you passionate about developing the next generation of cloud talent and building world-class early career programs We have a role you might find interesting.

The AWS Early Career Talent (ECT) Program is dedicated to attracting developing and retaining exceptional early-career professionals who will become the future technical leaders of AWS. We design and operate end-to-end programs from campus internships through hiring residency and field progression ensuring every early-career hire has the structure mentorship and opportunities to thrive.

Key job responsibilities
We are looking for a Program Manager who loves building scalable mechanisms and is energized by developing people at the start of their this role youll own and drive the full lifecycle of our Early Career programs including:

- Internship Program: Design launch and continuously improve internship experiences that give students meaningful exposure to AWS and convert top performers into full-time hires.

- Hiring Program: Partner with Recruiting hiring managers and Bar Raisers to build efficient equitable new-graduate hiring pipelines that meet headcount goals while raising the talent bar.

- Residency Program: Own the post-hire enablement curriculum (e.g. TechU bootcamps shadowing rotations) that accelerates new hires from classroom to customer-ready.

- Field Progression Mechanism: Define and operate clear leveling criteria milestone checkpoints and promotion pathways so early-career talent can grow into independent field-ready contributors.

- Process & Mechanism Development: Identify gaps create scalable mechanisms (dashboards playbooks feedback loops) and drive continuous improvement across all ECT-related workflows.

You will collaborate cross-functionally with Solutions Architecture leadership HR FTO (Field Tech Ops) WFP (workforce planning) Recruiting APJ Solutions Architect organizations (APJ CSC APJ SUP APJ PACE Area Tech) and regional stakeholders to ensure program coherence and business alignment.

A day in the life
Diverse Experiences
AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications and skills listed in the job description we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting hasnt followed a traditional path or includes alternative experiences dont let it stop you from applying.

Why AWS
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the worlds most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating thats why customers from the fastest-growing companies to Global 500 enterprises trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.

Inclusive Team Culture
Here at AWS its in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employee-led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empowers us to be proud of our differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (identity diversity conference) conferences inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness.

Mentorship & Career Growth
Were continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earths Best Employer. Thats why youll find endless knowledge-sharing mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.

Work/Life Harmony
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 theres nothing we cant achieve in the cloud.


About the team
AWS Sales Marketing and Global Services (SMGS) is responsible for driving revenue adoption and growth from the largest and fastest-growing small- and mid-market accounts to enterprise-level customers including public sector.
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2 years of program or project management experience
- Experience owning and delivering end-to-end program outcomes across multiple workstreams with competing priorities
- Experience using data and metrics to determine and drive improvements
- Fluent in both Japanese and English (business level or above; reading writing and speaking in both languages)

- Experience designing or operating early career graduate internship or talent development programs
- Familiarity with the AWS or broader cloud/technology ecosystem
- Experience working with cross-functional stakeholders (Recruiting HR Engineering Sales) in a matrixed organization
- Experience building scalable mechanisms playbooks or standard operating procedures that reduce operational toil
- Proficiency in project management tools (e.g. Smartsheet Asana JIRA) and collaboration platforms
- PMP PgMP or equivalent certification is a plus

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