Are you a customer-obsessed builder with a passion for helping Startups achieve their full potential Do you have the business savvy Startup background and tech skills necessary to help position AWS as the best cloud provider for Startups Do you love building new strategic and data-driven businesses Join the Worldwide Specialist Organization (WWSO) Startup team as a Sr. Manager of Specialist Solutions Architects!
The Worldwide Specialist Organization (WWSO) is part of AWS Sales Marketing and Global Services (SMGS) which is responsible for driving revenue adoption and growth from the largest and fastest growing small- and mid-market accounts to enterprise-level customers including public sector. We work backwards from our customers most complex business-critical problems to build and execute go-to-market plans that turn AWS ideas into multi-billion-dollar businesses. WWSO teams include technical business development specialist and technical solutions architecture. As part of WWSO youll provide expertise across the entire customer life cycle from accelerating the adoption of established businesses to developing ideas for new services. We pride ourselves on thinking big delivering exceptional results for our customers and working across AWS as #OneTeam.
The WWSO team helps customers adopt our newest and most advantageous technologies. We are technology specialists. The WWSO Startup team is a team dedicated to helping Startups scale quickly and cost-effectively on AWS. We want Startups to grow better when they choose AWS and we make it easier by recommending the right technologies and then by helping Startups get up and running quickly.
This position specifically is part of the WWSO Startup team where you will lead a team of Solution Architects that helps Startups adopt AWS Generative AI Database Analytics and Containers technologies among others.
Key job responsibilities
Hire and develop a team of excellent Specialist Solutions Architects who work with Startups in NAMER.
Interact at the CxO/VP level as well as with developers and technical architects to ease adoption develop pipeline secure lighthouse customers drive top-line revenue and explore strategic partnerships.
Become a trusted advisor within customer accounts through Technical Thought Leadership.
Develop and deploy programs that leverage AWS Field Solution Architect teams as well as technology and consulting partner channels.
Collaborate with AWS Product and Technical teams to create solutions that solve customer problems including reference architectures patterns automation and release plan.
You will:
Hire and Develop the best storytellers and technologists.
Work with the most promising Startups.
Guide your team to find ways to scale tech knowledge via products programs and the AWS Field.
Gather critical Startup feedback to inform our product roadmaps.
About the team
About the team
This position is part of the AWS Specialist and Partner Organization (ASP). Specialists own the end-to-end go-to-market strategy for their respective technology domains providing the business and technical expertise to help our customers succeed. Partner teams own the strategy recruiting development and growth of our key technology and consulting partners. Together they provide our customers with the expertise and scale needed to build innovative solutions for their most complex challenges.
Why AWS
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the worlds most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating thats why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.
Work/Life Balance
We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home theres nothing we cant achieve in the cloud.
Inclusive Team Culture
Here at AWS its in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employee-led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empower us to be proud of our differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness.
Mentorship and Career Growth
Were continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earths Best Employer. Thats why youll find endless knowledge-sharing mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.
- Bachelors degree
- 10 years of progressive technology implementation experience
- 7 years of managing and developing high performance teams experience
- 7 years of management of technical enterprise customer facing resources or equivalent experience
- 7 years of experience with at least two of the following technology categories: Compute Containers Analytics Database AI/ML Storage.
- Advanced degree
- Startup background and experience at a VC or PE-backed firm in a Technical Executive capacity.
- Familiarity with open-source software used by Startups and working knowledge of software development tools and methodologies common to Startups.
- Strong data-based storytelling skills with a high degree of comfort speaking with Startup executives and developers.
- Cloud expertise as demonstrated by one or more cloud certifications.
- Demonstrated ability to adapt to new technologies and learn quickly.
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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.