Sr. WW Specialist, Advanced Computing Architectures, Advanced Computing

Are you passionate about defining the future of computing Do you have the technical depth in HPC quantum computing and AI-driven architectures combined with the business acumen to translate that expertise into a compelling vision for customers and internal stakeholders

Join the Advanced Computing team as a Business Development Specialist focused on Advanced Computing (AC) Architectures. This role builds on traditional HPC architectures and orchestrators to define and drive the next generation of computing fusing High Performance Computing with Quantum Computing AI and other emerging technologies.

You will lead the global go-to-market strategy for AC Architectures working directly with enterprise and public sector customers to understand their advanced computing needs sell the vision and help them chart a path from traditional HPC to converged computing approaches. Internally you will partner with AWS service teams (EC2 Braket PCS Batch SageMaker and others) product management engineering marketing professional services partner teams and sales leadership to influence roadmaps ensure alignment and scale execution. Your work will span from whiteboard sessions with Global 500 customers to strategy documents for AWS leadership on the competitive landscape in converged computing to keynote presentations at industry conferences.

You are a leader for specialists architects partners and account teams around the world setting direction and standards for how AWS approaches advanced computing challenges. You bring the voice of the customer into our product development roadmap and help AWS and its customers navigate the transition from todays HPC paradigms to the converged computing architectures of tomorrow.

Key job responsibilities
Lead the AC Architectures go-to-market strategy orchestrating sales motions across sales marketing partner product training and professional services teams to accelerate adoption.
Define and articulate the vision for next-generation computing architectures that fuse HPC Quantum Computing AI/ML and other emerging technologies and position AWS as the leader in this space.
Work directly with customers to understand their advanced computing needs sell the AC Architectures vision and help them chart a path from traditional HPC to converged computing approaches.
Partner internally with AWS service teams to influence roadmaps ensure alignment and scale execution of the AC Architectures strategy.
Serve as an evangelist and thought leader for Advanced Computing Architectures credibly representing AWS at industry events conferences symposiums and in customer engagements.
Leverage deep domain expertise in HPC quantum and AI to create field enablement content sales strategies and reference architectures.
Support field teams in solution building for high-priority customers bridging traditional HPC workloads with emerging AC paradigms.
Bring market signals competitive intelligence and customer feedback back to product teams to drive innovation on AWS product roadmaps.
Own reporting and planning cadences to AWS executives on GTM plan execution pipeline health and strategic progress.

About the team
The Worldwide Specialist Organization (WWSO) is part of AWS Sales Marketing and Global Services (SMGS). We work backwards from our customers most complex and business critical problems to build and execute go-to-market plans that turn AWS ideas into multi-billion-dollar businesses. WWSO teams include business development specialist and technical solutions architecture providing expertise across the entire life cycle of an AWS customer initiative.

Within WWSO this position is part of the Compute & Advanced Computing Specialist team which focuses on architectures and solutions to orchestrate and scale the most demanding compute-constrained customer workloads and use cases.

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- 5 years of Go-To-Market Business Development Sales or Consulting experience
- Bachelors degree in Computer Science Engineering a related technical field or equivalent
- 5 years of experience working with Advanced Compute technologies including but not limited to High Performance Computing (HPC) accelerated computing (GPUs custom silicon) and/or parallel and distributed computing architectures.
- 5 years of experience explaining complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical executive audiences.
- Knowledge of HPC orchestrators job schedulers and cluster management frameworks (e.g. Slurm PBS AWS PCS AWS Batch or equivalents).
- Experience with cloud computing concepts and architectures particularly as they relate to compute-intensive workloads.

- Masters degree or PhD in Computer Science Engineering Physics Quantum Information Science or a related field.
- Experience with or working knowledge of quantum computing concepts platforms or frameworks (e.g. AWS Braket Qiskit Cirq or similar).
- Experience with AI/ML workloads in the context of HPC or scientific computing (e.g. AI-driven simulation ML-accelerated modeling).
- Track record of thought leadership through published papers conference talks or industry keynotes in advanced computing domains

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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience qualifications and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical dental vision prescription Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans EAP Mental Health Support Medical Advice Line Flexible Spending Accounts Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage) 401(k) matching paid time off and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at CA San Francisco - 162700.00 - 220200.00 USD annually
USA MA Boston - 147900.00 - 200100.00 USD annually
USA TX Austin - 147900.00 - 200100.00 USD annually
USA VA Arlington - 147900.00 - 200100.00 USD annually
USA WA Seattle - 147900.00 - 200100.00 USD annually