Job summary
As we grow our business, the Worldwide Public Sector (WWPS) International team is seeking to hire a Government Transformation leader, responsible for leading AWS’ government transformation engagements with public sector customers in the EMEA Geo-Region

They will be an experienced technical practitioner who has delivered technology transformation at scale across a government and/or regulated industries. They should also be internationally recognized as a thought leader and effective communicator, capable of leading the government transformation agenda across EMEA.

The Government Transformation Leader will help government and other public service leaders accelerate their modernisation and reform programs.
Responsibilities will include but are not limited to:
· Supporting public sector organizations in the process of transitioning to digital government.
· Establishing - and delivering in partnership with leading business schools in the region - the Executive Education program in Government Transformation.
· Developing government-specific services to accelerate business transformation
· Evangelize cloud computing at the C-suite level and contribute to driving user adoption and engagement
· Acting as an advisor and help public sector organizations facing strategic challenges.
· Building strong, long-term relationships across public sector organizations in the EMEA geography and wider WWPS engagements
· Travel required in this role is 40-50%


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Key job responsibilities
Work with our customers to help them accelerate their modernisation and reform programs. You will evangelise successful approaches to transformation and be recognised as a leading authority in public service reform. This can include lecturing as faculty on the GovExecEd program, building, collaborating and publishing rich educational content becoming the trusted adviser to our C Level customers in multiple countries. You will also be part of the GTT leadership team building a unique capability in support of our sales and business development teams.

About the team
The Government Transformation Team (GTT) helps our customers accelerate their reform and modernisation programs. We work with executive and operational leaders in public service and at the core of the team are former public service executives who have led nation-scale digital transformation. Our Advisory team share the experience, examples, and expertise of successful public service transformations with executive level customers; the AWS Institute (https://aws.amazon.com/institute/) delivers the GovExecEd courses, creates agenda-setting events and content assets to a growing membership of senior public service leaders.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

· 10+ years in leading government transformation programs
· 10+ years of government financial modelling, business case development and treasury policy experience.
· 5+ years of government digital services experience
· Bachelors Degree or equivalent experience

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

· Articulates to senior level public sector stakeholders the value proposition of transformation and an inspiring vision for change, creating opportunities to develop markets and customers.
· Open data implementation experience.
· Wardley Mapping (or similar value chain/situational awareness mapping) experience.
· Deep technical knowledge.
· Significant international leadership experience.
· Track record of building rapport with senior customer executives.
· Experience in senior government decision making role is desirable.
· MBA or comparable education preferred
· Meets/exceeds Amazon’s leadership principles requirements for this role
· Meets/exceeds Amazon’s functional/technical depth and complexity




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