📍 Location: Fully Remote (Maryland, U.S.)
📄 Employment Type: Contract
🚀 Start Date: Immediate
💲 Compensation: TBD — based on skills and experience
Important Screening Requirements
Due to client and clearance requirements, candidates must be U.S. Citizens or U.S. Permanent Residents (Green Card holders) and able to work in the United States without current or future visa sponsorship.
Candidates must also be willing to:
Undergo fingerprinting as part of the onboarding process
Successfully complete a government background investigation (CJIS-type clearance)
About the Role
We are seeking a Senior Engagement Manager to provide overall leadership and accountability for a large-scale application modernization and cloud transformation program. This individual will serve as the primary interface to AWS Professional Services and State of Maryland stakeholders, overseeing scope, schedule, budget, risk management, and cross-workstream coordination.
This role is responsible for ensuring successful delivery across multiple workstreams while maintaining strong executive stakeholder engagement and commercial oversight.
Key Responsibilities
Own overall engagement scope, schedule, budget, and delivery outcomes across multiple workstreams
Serve as the primary point of contact for AWS Professional Services and State of Maryland sponsors
Manage engagement governance, reporting, and executive communications
Maintain and actively manage the program risk register
Oversee change control processes and ensure alignment with approved Levels of Effort (LOE)
Coordinate cross-workstream dependencies, including database conversion and application modernization activities
Identify, escalate, and mitigate delivery risks and blockers
Drive stakeholder alignment and decision-making throughout the engagement lifecycle
Ensure delivery milestones, quality standards, and client expectations are consistently met
Required Qualifications
8+ years of experience delivering complex software modernization, digital transformation, or cloud migration programs
Proven success managing large-scale, multi-team engagements valued at $3M+ or greater
Experience delivering projects within public sector, state government, or highly regulated environments
Strong knowledge of project financials, Statements of Work (SOWs), Levels of Effort (LOEs), and change management processes
Demonstrated expertise in risk management and program governance
Strong executive communication and stakeholder management skills
Sufficient technical understanding to evaluate estimates and delivery approaches related to:.NET application modernization
Database migration and conversion initiatives
Cross-platform dependency management
Preferred Qualifications
Previous experience working with AWS Professional Services (ProServe), AWS Transformation Framework (ATF), or AWS partner-led engagements
PMP certification or equivalent project/program management credential
Experience leading cloud modernization programs involving multiple technical workstreams
Familiarity with large-scale government technology transformation initiatives
Ideal Candidate
The ideal candidate is a seasoned program leader who can balance executive stakeholder management, commercial oversight, risk mitigation, and technical delivery coordination while successfully driving complex cloud modernization initiatives from planning through execution.