Cloud Platform Delivery Lead - AWS: Senior Manager

Industry/Sector

Not Applicable

Specialism

Product Innovation

Management Level

Senior Manager

Job Description & Summary

At PwC, our people in integration and platform architecture focus on designing and implementing seamless integration solutions and robust platform architectures for clients. They enable efficient data flow and optimise technology infrastructure for enhanced business performance.

Those in solution architecture at PwC will design and implement innovative technology solutions to meet clients' business needs. You will leverage your experience in analysing requirements, developing technical designs to enable the successful delivery of solutions.

Growing as a strategic advisor, you leverage your influence, expertise, and network to deliver quality results. You motivate and coach others, coming together to solve complex problems. As you increase in autonomy, you apply sound judgment, recognising when to take action and when to escalate. You are expected to solve through complexity, ask thoughtful questions, and clearly communicate how things fit together.

Your ability to develop and sustain high performing, diverse, and inclusive teams, and your commitment to excellence, contributes to the success of our Firm.

Examples of the skills, knowledge, and experiences you need to lead and deliver value at this level include but are not limited to:

* Craft and convey clear, impactful and engaging messages that tell a holistic story.

* Apply systems thinking to identify underlying problems and/or opportunities.

* Validate outcomes with clients, share alternative perspectives, and act on client feedback.

* Direct the team through complexity, demonstrating composure through ambiguous, challenging and uncertain situations.

* Deepen and evolve your expertise with a focus on staying relevant.

* Initiate open and honest coaching conversations at all levels.

* Make difficult decisions and take action to resolve issues hindering team effectiveness.

* Model and reinforce professional and technical standards (e.g. refer to specific PwC tax and audit guidance), the Firm's code of conduct, and independence requirements.

The Opportunity

As part of the Cloud Business Group team you are expected to lead one or more teams to deliver overall solution architecture. As a Senior Manager you are expected to lead large projects and innovate processes, focusing on achieving results and maintaining operational excellence. You are expected to interact with clients at a senior level and drive overall project success, leveraging your influence, knowledge, and network to deliver quality results.

You are expected to motivate and coach others, coming together to solve complex problems, and apply sound judgment, recognizing when to take action and when to escalate.

Responsibilities

* Lead one or more teams to deliver overall solution architecture

* Guide large projects and drive process innovation

* Maintain operational excellence while engaging with clients at a senior level

* Build trust with multi-level teams and stakeholders through transparent communication

* Motivate and coach teams to address complex challenges

* Contribute to the overall success of the firm

* Foster an environment that encourages professional growth and innovation

* Secure the successful execution of client projects

What You Must Have

* 7 years of experience

* Bachelor's degree or in lieu of a degree, demonstrating three years of specialized training and/or progressively responsible work experience in technology for each missing year of college

What Sets You Apart

* Bachelor's Degree in Computer and Information Science, Management Information Systems, Computer Engineering, Mathematics, Analytics, Business Analytics preferred

Preferred Knowledge/Skills

Demonstrates extensive ability to provide end-to-end delivery leadership and technical direction for AWS-based platforms and cloud migration initiatives, including managing delivery across multiple parallel AWS work streams (e.g., six to seven concurrent work streams). Demonstrates the ability to make informed technical decisions, identify delivery risks, evaluate trade-offs, and implement mitigation plans in collaboration with engineering teams and stakeholders.

Demonstrates extensive ability to lead large-scale cloud migration and modernization initiatives within AWS environments, including defining and applying migration patterns such as rehosting, replatforming, and refactoring. Demonstrates the ability to manage migration sequencing, dependency planning, cutover strategies, and operational readiness to support stable production outcomes.

Demonstrates extensive knowledge of AWS architecture and hands-on technical execution across services such as virtual networking, identity and access management, container orchestration, compute services, serverless functions, relational databases, load balancing, domain name services, and observability tooling. Demonstrates the ability to design, implement, and validate architecture decisions through hands-on…