Cloud Platform Product Manager – Security Clearance Eligibility Required

• Lead product delivery for secure AWS-based platforms in government transformation programmes
• Shape product roadmaps balancing compliance, security, performance, and user experience
• Establish and lead Appvia’s product management strategy
• Define and own product vision and roadmap for secure AWS-based platform products
• Align product delivery with business objectives, government standards, and compliance frameworks
• Drive backlog prioritisation across feature delivery, security requirements, and operational excellence
• Act as product voice with government stakeholders
• Facilitate workshops, discovery sessions, and demos with end-users, security officers, and senior decision-makers
• Collaborate with platform engineers, architects, and security specialists to translate requirements into deliverables
• Support definition and rollout of outcome-focused SOWs
• Ensure clear responsibility boundaries between platform-focused product teams
• Ensure delivery aligns with DevSecOps best practices, including automation, IaC, and continuous assurance
• Define and monitor KPIs/OKRs covering adoption, performance, cost optimisation, and compliance
• Report progress, risks, and measurable outcomes to government stakeholders

Requirements

• Proven experience as a Technical Product Manager / Platform Product Owner in secure, complex environments
• Strong AWS knowledge, including EC2, S3, RDS, IAM, VPC, CloudWatch, and CloudFront
• Understanding of platform engineering concepts
• Infrastructure-as-Code experience with Terraform and CloudFormation
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and DevSecOps toolchains
• Experience with containerisation and Kubernetes
• Experience with secure multi‑tenanted environments / landing zones
• Experience working with UK government programmes
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
• Must hold active SC clearance or be eligible for SC
• Eligibility requires a British Passport or ILR, residence in the UK for at least the last 5 years, no criminal records, and no financial irregularities
• Multi-cloud exposure to Azure or GCP is desirable
• Knowledge of FinOps and cloud cost optimisation is desirable
• Hands‑on software development or platform engineering background is desirable
• Agile delivery at scale experience is desirable
• Relevant expert/professional-level cloud certification is highly desirable, e.g. AWS Solutions Architect Professional
• Kubernetes administration certification is desirable, e.g. CKA or CKSS

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in leading product delivery for secure AWS-based platforms, aligning product vision with government standards and compliance frameworks. Proficient in stakeholder management, driving operational excellence, and implementing DevSecOps best practices.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Technical Product Management
• AWS Knowledge
• Infrastructure-as-Code
• DevSecOps Experience
• SC Clearance

Hard Skills

• AWS EC2
• AWS S3
• AWS RDS
• AWS IAM
• AWS VPC
• AWS CloudWatch
• AWS CloudFront
• Terraform
• CloudFormation
• Kubernetes

Soft Skills

• Excellent Communication
• Stakeholder Management

Certifications & Qualifications

• AWS Solutions Architect Professional
• Kubernetes Administration Certification

Industry Keywords

• Government Transformation
• Compliance Frameworks
• Operational Excellence
• Cloud Cost Optimisation
• FinOps

Tools & Technologies

• CI/CD Pipelines
• Containerisation
• Multi‑Tenanted Environments
• Agile Delivery