DESCRIPTION

At Amazon Web Services (AWS), we’re hiring a Strategic Program Leader (SPL) to manage large investment and billable programs with the Automotive and Manufacturing industries largest customers. The Strategic Program Manager leads a combined AWS team of ProServe Engagement Managers, Consultants, and specialists, along with our partners, to deliver digital transformation projects with our customers. As the overall engagement lead, you will drive a large delivery team, enable stakeholder alignment, build team cohesion, manage program and project risks. You will assist in training internal teams in cloud best practices, development/framework best practices, accelerate innovation and cloud adoption scenarios, prioritize delivery of use cases, and enable innovation and growth on the core platform.

In this role you work with senior executives to solve the biggest challenges in the Automotive and Manufacturing industries. You will combine your expertise with Amazon’s culture of innovation to transformative strategic engagements for our automotive customers.

AWS Sales, Marketing, and Global Services (SMGS) 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.

AWS engage in a wide variety of projects for customers and partners, providing collective AWS customer experience, best practices, and obsessing about strong success for the Customer. Our team collaborates across the entire AWS organization to bring access to product, service, and training teams, to deliver the right solutions and drive innovations for our customers. These engagements focus on the full suite of AWS offerings to deliver comprehensive transformation for our customer and their industry.

Key job responsibilities
– Large scale Program Management – Lead a large delivery team comprised of teams from across AWS and from the customer’s organization
– Advisory – Work as a strategic business partner to help customers achieve their business outcomes and help to drive innovation throughout the engagement lifecycle
– Training – Teach customers, partners, and internal teams on our delivery framework and continue to develop and iterate on the current methodology
– Partnering – Manage partners as part of the broader set of organizations involved, conduct partner enablement briefings and trainings to further scale program success.
– Delivery – Define and plan complex integrated workstreams, delivering executive level and detailed status reports that properly communicates a project’s progress and financials tailored to the audience. This role is responsible for managing Engagement Managers, AWS delivery consultants, and managing the scope and budget of each individual project
– Pre-Sales – Work with Account Teams and – ProServe leaders to demonstrate ProServe contribution to accelerate customer’s business outcomes and AWS adoption, with focus on strategic opportunities.
– Feedback – Work with AWS engineering, support and business teams to convey partner and customer feedback and lessons learned.

This is a customer facing and may require up to 50% travel.

About the team
Diverse Experiences
AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.

Why AWS?
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating — that’s why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.

Inclusive Team Culture
Here at AWS, it’s 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 & Career Growth
We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.

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, there’s nothing we can’t achieve in the cloud.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

– BA/BS degree with 10+ years’ experience leading the delivery of multiple enterprise-level transformations, including at the Executive Director or VP level or equivalent consulting role.
– 10+ years managing scope, schedule, budget, and program risks and setting strategic roadmaps and partnership plans.
– Experience leading diverse technical and soft-skilled teams of 25 or more.
– Experience managing C-level executive stakeholders (CIO, CEO, CTO, etc.), including in strategic negotiations.
– 10+ years mentoring, coaching or training other project/engagement managers, the business or customers on best practices, frameworks and/or methodologies.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

– 10 years of automotive, supply chain, or manufacturing experience with a major automotive manufacturer, tier 1 supplier, or analogous industry.
– Consulting experience at the C-suite and Board level or equivalent internal experience.
– Consulting leadership experience or similar internal role.
– Public speaking and/or conference presentation experience.

Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.

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