Are you passionate about shaping the future of by paving the way for innovation through customer advocacy Do you have the program management and technical acumen to earn trust with executives and project team members alike Are you a problem solver motivated to foster cloud adoption in alignment with your customers mission
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is seeking a Senior Customer Solutions Manager (CSM) to come join our Worldwide Public Sector Aerospace and Satellite team to help customers realize sustained business value by accelerating their cloud transformation journey.
Key job responsibilities
Working with organizations in all stages of their cloud adoption Customer Solutions Managers (CSMs) are advocates guiding customers through the value realization enablement and governance of their cloud transformation journey.
Value Realization: You identify and accelerate the customers realization of value throughout the cloud lifecycle through the adoption of AWS services AWS partner solutions AWS best practices and other.
Enablement: You help customers achieve organizational cloud readiness cloud fluency and cloud skills through skills guilds experience-based accelerators training partners and other.
Governance: You establish and mature operating models / structures to drive scale and long-term success through the application of AWS frameworks and mechanisms.
A day in the life
Empowered by an inclusive environment work/life harmony and career advancement you are a member of a diverse global community of Customer Solutions Managers (CSM) who deliver cloud solutions that influence business and IT transformation for our customers. Day-to-day you will balance your time between directly engaging with customers partners internal AWS teams and services to help our customers on their journey in the AWS Cloud.
You will work across AWS to apply your technical business and program management expertise to solve some of the most complex and challenging technology problems for our customers.
Working backwards from the customer you will define opportunities and understand associated business and technical risks that are strategic to the customers cloud journey including large-scale migrations data analytics digital transformation and innovation business agility and other.
You will influence technical stakeholders partner with cross-functional teams and pre/post sales to drive detailed discussions seeking alignment to deliver cloud adoption and migration strategies with and on behalf of your customer.
You create manage and deliver business and technology projects navigating risks or roadblocks and can execute in an ambiguous and changing environment.
You will serve as the customers cloud journey coach and be the voice of the customer within AWS
evangelizing customer needs to AWS leadership product and engineering teams
To support the evolution of the AWS customer experience and/or Customer Solutions Manager discipline you are expected to share best practice learnings into a reusable asset for internal re-use.
Seeking a candidate who is willing to pass the Certified Solution Architect Associate level within the first year of employment.
This position may require 25% - 40% travel dependent on geo and time of year. (geo-specific)
This position requires that the candidate selected be a US Citizen and obtain and maintain an active TS/SCI security clearance.
About the team
Worldwide Public Sector CSMs are advocates that help customers invent and build in the cloud.
Working backwards from the Customer we dive deep to understand context vision and strategic goals to proactively guide and accelerate cloud journeys.
Guided by Facts and Data through our expertise we inform priorities and influence the customer AWS service best practice and industry solution opportunities.
Focus on Excellence we take pride in our knowledge and expertise in bringing the best solutions forward to achieve customer outcomes.
Simplification and Agility we bring clarity to complexity and enable experience-based learning and iterative approaches to demonstrate results and value.
Inclusion Diversity & Equity we take intentional actions to support our authentic selves celebrate diverse perspectives and ensure opportunities for growth are available to all.
- 8 years of leading large-scale technical or engineering programs with a proven record of thought leadership business case development realizing customer benefits and successful program completion experience
- 5 years of customer-facing work engaging with customer executives technologists or partners to solve business problems with advanced technologies experience
- Experience leading technical and non-technical transformation project teams with a proven ability to work across broad functional teams
- Bachelors degree in science technology engineering math business or equivalent
- Experience in project management and delivery and/or program-management
- Demonstrated technical breadth in AWS and/or Cloud fundamentals
- Effective communication skills (active-listening verbal written and presentation) including progress updates risk management execution planning metrics establishment / tracking presentations technical content public speaking and white papers
- Experience implementing cloud services including migrations and modernization projects or similar
- 5 years working sales delivery on a quota bearing sales team
- Experience in external customer-facing role(s) within Aerospace and Satellite
- AWS certification(s) and/or other cloud provider certification(s)
- 1 years of experience implementing AWS/cloud services
- PMP or project management related certification (SCRUM/Agile Princee2 PgMP Six Sigma SAFe etc.)
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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $138200/year in our lowest geographic market up to $239000/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge skills and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered equity sign-on payments and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package in addition to a full range of medical financial and/or other benefits. For more information please visit This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.