Sr. Manager, Solutions Architecture Media, Entertainment, Games & Sports

We are seeking an experienced Sr. Manager Solutions Architecture to lead our Solutions Architecture team supporting one of the biggest customers within the Media Entertainment Games & Sports (MEGS) vertical. This role combines deep industry expertise with people leadership to drive customer success and business growth for our most strategic accounts in the rapidly evolving media and entertainment ecosystem.

Key job responsibilities
**Team Leadership & Management**
Lead and develop a team of Solutions Architects for key MEGS accounts
Drive performance management hiring and team member career growth
Provide technical coaching with deep MEGS industry expertise

**Strategic Account Management**
Develop and execute technical strategy for major MEGS accounts
Partner with Sales to align solutions with customer objectives
Build technical relationships with customer executives and decision makers
Lead complex engagements across content production broadcast streaming gaming and sports analytics
Measure and optimize team effectiveness through defined KPIs

**Technical Leadership & Innovation**
Guide digital transformation initiatives including cloud migration and content delivery optimization
Work with AWS media teams on feature prioritization and roadmap development
Support executive briefings and technical deep-dive sessions
Establish training programs focused on media workflows

**Industry Impact & Development**
Create thought leadership content including whitepapers and case studies


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About the team
The Media Entertainment Games & Sports vertical represents one of the most dynamic and innovative sectors in cloud computing today. Our MEGS direct accounts include industry titans spanning Hollywood studios global streaming platforms major gaming companies professional sports leagues and emerging digital content creators. This vertical is at the forefront of technological transformation driving breakthrough innovations in content creation real-time streaming immersive gaming experiences and sports analytics that captivate billions of viewers worldwide.

Working with MEGS customers means being part of the future of entertainment - from enabling the next blockbuster films visual effects pipeline to powering live sports broadcasts that reach global audiences from supporting the infrastructure behind the worlds most popular games to facilitating the streaming platforms that define modern entertainment consumption. The scale creativity and technical complexity of these workloads make this one of the most exciting and challenging verticals in the industry.

- 5 years of management of technical enterprise customer facing resources or equivalent experience
- 10 years of infrastructure architecture database architecture and networking experience
- Bachelors degree
- Experience architecting/operating solutions built on any cloud service provider like Azure AWS GCP OCI etc.
- Experience in external enterprise customer-facing role as a technical lead with strong oral and written communication skills presenting to both large and small audiences
- Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively with Sales leadership and drive technical strategy for revenue growth

- Experience architecting migrating transforming or modernizing customer requirements to the cloud
- AWS Associate level certification
- Experience architecting/operating solutions built on AWS
- Experience with a variety of digital media workflows and post production
- Experience working with Media & Entertainment industry customers

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Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees supervisors and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees supervisors and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal state and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct adverse and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies exercise sound judgment effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism and safeguard business operations and the Companys reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $180900/year in our lowest geographic market up to $312800/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.