Canada Specialist Solutions Architect Leader

Amazon; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 194,000 - 291,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Canada is seeking a world-class technical leader to head a national team of specialist Solutions Architects across GenAI, HPC, compute, networking, storage, databases, and analytics. The role partners with local sales to accelerate cloud adoption, guide cross-functional collaboration, and shape technology roadmaps through customer feedback from Canada.

The leader will facilitate C-level technical discussions, capture the voice of customers, and influence product and service direction

Qualifications

• 8+ years of managing a technical team of solution architects, sales engineers or similar roles.
• Experience architecting/operating solutions built on any cloud service provider like Azure, AWS, GCP, OCI, etc.
• Experience in direct customer engagement, with a focus on support to senior executives (Vice President and C-level)

Responsibilities

• Build and lead a high-performing team of specialist Solutions Architects, fostering a culture of innovation, continuous learning, and customer obsession
• Develop and nurture strategic relationships with customers' technical leaders, driving executive-level conversations that align AWS solutions with customers' business and technical objectives
• Act as a technical thought leader, representing AWS in executive-level discussions, public speaking engagements, and writing content that showcases how AWS delivers value to customers
• Pioneer the adoption of emerging technologies, identifying opportunities to integrate Generative AI, Analytics, and automation into customer solutions, and invent on their behalf
• Guide the development of whitepapers, presentations, and other high-value customer-facing content to share best practices
• Develop and execute strategies to drive long-term adoption and growth with Data and Developer tools, Advanced Compute, Core Services, Migration/Modernization, or Business Applications specialty
• Partner with cross-functional teams across Solution Architecture, Sales, Business Development, Marketing, Partners, and Training to execute customer acquisition programs and strategies

Skills

Team management

Cloud architecture

Executive engagement

Job description

Amazon Canada is seeking a world-class technical leader to head a national team of specialist Solutions Architects across GenAI, HPC, compute, networking, storage, databases, and analytics. The role partners with local sales to accelerate cloud adoption, guide cross-functional collaboration, and shape technology roadmaps through customer feedback from Canada.

The leader will facilitate C-level technical discussions, capture the voice of customers, and influence product and service direction