The Amazon Web Services Professional Services (ProServe) team is seeking a highly skilled and versatile Senior Engagement Manager (EM) to join our team and lead the delivery of complex cloud solution this role you will combine technical expertise with strong project leadership skills to drive successful implementations of AWS-based solutions for our clients. You will bridge business requirements with technical solutions facilitating technical discussions and ensuring alignment with customer outcomes. Applying AWS frameworks like Well-Architected and Cloud Adoption Framework while demonstrating technical credibility across diverse stakeholders you will distill customer needs into clear technical requirements decompose complex problems and make informed trade-off decisions considering performance scalability security and business impact.
Possessing strong technology and program/project management experience you will validate technical solutions against business goals recognize when additional technical evaluation is needed and manage technical risks. You will be expected to achieve and maintain relevant AWS certifications develop domain-specific expertise and effectively communicate technical concepts to both technical and business audiences. As you progress youll lead increasingly complex technical projects shape cross-organizational technical strategies and establish best practices in your this role you will apply your management and leadership capabilities to successfully execute project plans proactively identify and manage risks resolve issues escalate when appropriate and drive projects to successful completion while exceeding customer expectation
The AWS Professional Services organization is a global team of experts that help customers realize their desired business outcomes when using the AWS Cloud. We work together with customer teams and the AWS Partner Network (APN) to execute enterprise cloud computing initiatives. Our team provides assistance through a collection of offerings which help customers achieve specific outcomes related to enterprise cloud adoption. We also deliver focused guidance through our global specialty practices which cover a variety of solutions technologies and industries.
Key job responsibilities
As an experienced technology program/project manager you will be responsible for:
- Leading and managing complex cloud migration and implementation projects
- Leveraging comprehensive knowledge of AWS services architectures and best practices to guide technical decisions and strategic planning
- Bridging business requirements with technical solutions facilitating engineering discussions and ensuring alignment with customer business outcomes
- Distilling customer needs into clear technical requirements and map them to business outcomes
- Decomposing complex technical problems into actionable deliverable solutions
- Contributing to technical documentation and define documentation standards
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- Experience in cloud computing
- Experience in project management of technical programs supporting Fortune 500 companies across multiple industries.
- Bachelors degree in Computer Science Engineering related field or equivalent experience
- 10 years Project Management hands-on experience in managing and delivering enterprise level IT projects.
- 10 years Program Management /Engagement Management experience leading other project managers to deliver a program with multiple and concurrent projects.
- AWS experience preferred
- Project Management Professional (PMP) and/or AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate
- Strong understanding of AWS services architectures and best practices
- Experience applying AWS frameworks like Well-Architected and Cloud Adoption Framework
- Proven ability to establish technical credibility with engineering teams and senior technical decision-makers
- Demonstrated ability to successfully manage multiple and concurrent projects/customers.
- Proven track record of increasing project scope and complexity and possesses a deep knowledge of Agile and Scaled program management best practices and how to pragmatically apply across large complex projects.
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