Description
Created as a direct response to our customers and partners who were finding it difficult to source cloud talent on the open market, AWS re/Start is a cohort-based workforce development program that prepares individuals for careers in the cloud and connects them to potential employers. The program is free to the learner and focused on helping unemployed and underemployed individuals launch a new career.
Through coursework and hands-on labs, using real world scenarios, learners can gain the technical skills they need for entry-level cloud roles. AWS re/Start also provides learners with professional skills training like resume and interview coaching to prepare them for employer meetings and job interviews.
AWS Training and Certification is seeking a dynamic, organized, and experienced Program Manager who is passionate about talent development programs that influence job outcomes for unemployed people. This individual will join the AWS re/Start team and be focused on the United Kingdom and Ireland.
The successful candidate must be a fluent English speaker. They will be able to take ownership of the program in their region by sustaining an effective network of delivery organizations and work placement channels. They will earn the trust of the relevant internal stakeholders to support the successful growth of the program across the region.
The candidate will establish solid working relationships with other AWS teams in order to access local funding mechanisms, identify underemployed, unemployed and under-represented communities, deliver the re-skilling program and monitor the impact of the program and continuously seek ways to improve the effectiveness of the program in their region.
You must have a collaborative work style, an entrepreneurial mindset and the ability to manage multiple workstreams. You are experienced and passionate about technology and training, are extremely data-driven, and willing to dive deep to understand the talent needs of AWS customers and partners in order to inform the delivery roadmap. The candidate would benefit from a background of Business Development and delivery large-scale programs in the technology talent industry.
Key job responsibilities
- Lead program in the region to meet goals of AWS re/Start delivery and job connections.
- Use your localized knowledge to deepen the stakeholder network across public bodies, charities, and corporate organizations to socialize AWS re/Start and to identify opportunities for the program.
- Build an understanding of the job market, engaging with prospective employers.
- Build sustainable business models across the priority countries in the AWS re/Start roadmap.
- Engage directly with AWS business development and account teams as well as AWS customers and partners to establish entry-level resource gaps, which if fulfilled, would support the customers’ Cloud Adoption journey and provide a job placement for an AWS re/Start individual(s).
- Monitor the execution of the program through Collaborating Organizations, paying particular attention to the job placement success levels.
- Track and report key performance indicators and provide additional support and guidance to the collaborating organizations, where appropriate.
- Work with marketing and public relations teams to promote the brand and the program.
About The Team
Diverse Experiences
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Basic Qualifications
- Experience defining program requirements and using data and metrics to determine improvements
- Experience managing, analyzing and communicating results to senior leadership
- Experience owning program strategy and end to end delivery
- Experience implementing repeatable processes and driving automation or standardization
- Experience in program or project management
Preferred Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree
- Experience with six sigma methodologies
- Experience managing teams
- Experience delivering cross functional projects
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Company - AWS EMEA SARL (UK Branch)
Job ID: A3032051
