Developer Relations Manager, India, AWS Developer Experience

Amazon; London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Amazon Web Services as a Developer Relations Manager in London, where you'll empower developers and drive cloud adoption across communities. Your role combines strategic leadership and technical advocacy to foster a vibrant developer ecosystem, leading a diverse team and community initiatives.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of hands-on technical experience in software development, cloud computing, or systems engineering.
• 2+ years in a customer-facing role.
• 5+ years in people management and leading cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a diverse team in developer engagement strategies.
• Oversee community engagement efforts.
• Collaborate with cross-functional partners to drive initiatives.

Skills

Communication

Technical Advocacy

Leadership

Community Engagement

Job description

Are you passionate about empowering developers and driving innovation in the cloud computing space? Do you have a knack for crafting strategies that resonate with diverse technical communities? Are you excited by the challenge of leading a multi-disciplinary team to engage and inspire developers across a region? If so, we have an extraordinary leadership opportunity for you!

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is seeking a Developer Relations Manager to join our team in Bangalore, India. In this pivotal role, you'll spearhead our developer engagement efforts across the region, driving adoption of AWS services and fostering a thriving developer ecosystem.

Key job responsibilities
As the Developer Relations Manager, you will serve as the Single Threaded Leader (STL) of a multi-disciplinary team, spearheading developer engagement strategies that align with both regional and global objectives. Your role combines strategic leadership, cross-functional collaboration, and a deep understanding of local developer ecosystems to drive impactful initiatives across community building, marketing, and technical advocacy. Key responsibilities include:

* Leading and mentoring a diverse team of Community Managers, Field Developer Marketing Managers, and Developer Advocates
* Crafting and executing comprehensive developer engagement strategies tailored to regional needs
* Collaborating closely with global and regional developer relations leadership, sales leadership, field marketing teams, and cross-functional partners
* Overseeing community engagement efforts and guiding localized marketing campaigns
* Recruiting top talent, establishing KPIs, and representing AWS as a thought leader in developer engagement

A day in the life
You might start your day as a DevRel Manager with a team strategy session, followed by a call with regional marketing leadership to align developer engagement with market priorities. You might then review metrics from recent events and campaigns, preparing insights for regional and global leadership. After potentially mentoring a team member, you could collaborate with product teams, sharing developer feedback to influence AWS services. Your day might end by participating in a local developer meetup, gathering firsthand community insights. Throughout, you'd balance strategic planning, team leadership, cross-functional collaboration, and community engagement, focusing on enhancing developer experience and AWS adoption.

About the team
The Developer Experience team's mission is to explore the future of development so that we can help developers navigate a path to that future. Our goal is to inspire developers around the world. We show them how to practically use new technologies to build efficiently in the cloud. We show them new things they are now able to achieve, both in tackling more complex cloud problems and building new solutions that leverage generative AI. We earn trust with developers by being authentic, and by being practitioners ourselves. We are on an exciting journey together, and not everything is solved yet.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

* 8+ years of hands-on technical experience (e.g. software development, cloud computing, systems engineering, infrastructure, security, networking, data & analytics)
* 2+ years in a customer-facing or developer community facing role
* 5+ years of experience in people management and leading cross functional teams
* Strong understanding of cloud computing technologies and the developer ecosystem
* Excellent communication and public speaking skills, with experience delivering technical content to developers of varied backgrounds

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

* Experience working in a global technology company, preferably in cloud computing or developer tools
* Track record of building and nurturing developer communities
* Proven ability to influence without direct authority across multiple stakeholders
* Data-driven approach to decision making and strategy development
* Familiarity with the Indian tech ecosystem and developer landscape
* Willingness to travel as required

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