Principal Delivery Consultant, AWS Industries

Amazon; City Of London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading cloud services provider in the UK is seeking a Principal Advisory Consultant to shape enterprise cloud adoption. This strategic role will influence leaders and drive business outcomes by leveraging AWS technologies. Ideal candidates have over 10 years of experience in cloud architecture, strategic sales, and managing complex programs across multiple organizations. The position offers a chance to mentor, drive innovation, and establish industry standards.

Benefits

Mentorship and career growth

Inclusive team culture

Work-life balance initiatives

Qualifications

• 10+ years experience in cloud architecture, migrations, and modernization.
• Experience with at least 5 enterprise cloud transformation initiatives.
• Strong communication skills for diverse audiences.

Responsibilities

• Drive complex technical initiatives across industries.
• Lead creation and delivery of novel technical services.
• Cultivate strategic relationships with senior leaders.

Skills

Cloud architecture

Cloud migrations

Implementation

Strategic sales

Industry relationship management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Business, or related field

Master's degree preferred

Tools

AWS Cloud services

Job description

The Amazon Web Services Professional Services (ProServe) team is seeking a Principal Advisory Consultant to shape and transform how enterprises leverage cloud technology. This strategic role will influence leaders across industries, market segments, and technical domains to drive transformative business outcomes. As a Principal-level advisor, you will be responsible for identifying patterns across customers, developing new architectural patterns, and creating innovative capabilities that define the future of cloud adoption.

Possessing a deep understanding of AWS products and services, as a Principal Delivery Consultant you will drive innovation and influence executive-level stakeholders across multiple organizations. You'll work closely with stakeholders as trusted advisors providing guidance on industry trends, enterprise cloud transformation, and innovative cloud solutions. You will be responsible sales support, ensuring alignment to customer business outcomes and value realization.

The AWS Professional Services organization is a global team of experts that help customers realize their desired business outcomes when using the AWS Cloud. We work together with customer teams and the AWS Partner Network (APN) to execute enterprise cloud computing initiatives. Our team provides assistance through a collection of offerings which help customers achieve specific outcomes related to enterprise cloud adoption. We also deliver focused guidance through our global specialty practices, which cover a variety of solutions, technologies, and industries.

Key job responsibilities

1. Drive significantly complex technical initiatives and strategic business transformations across industries and market segments
2. Lead the creation and delivery of novel technical services, capabilities, or industry-level solutions used globally
3. Identify patterns across customers and develop new architectural patterns and design principles that become industry standards
4. Cultivate strategic relationships with senior leaders and serve as a trusted advisor on transformative initiatives
5. Drive strategic sales opportunities from inception to closure at the executive level
6. Create scalable mechanisms and lead new initiatives that transform how customers adopt cloud technologies
7. Provide widely recognized thought leadership through industry presentations and executive engagements
8. Mentor and develop leaders while growing a culture of collaboration, empathy, and inclusion
9. Balance risk and quality while creating mechanisms to address recurring escalation patterns

A day in the life

Shared Delivery Team (SDT) partners with our customers to increase their shareholder value and assist in disrupting their business models. We enable our customers to drive competitive advantage by enhancing their digital capabilities that will enable them to innovate on new products and services.

Our key focus areas include: Cloud Strategy and Business Value Alignment (Enterprise Transformation), Cloud Operating Models & Governance, Cloud Migration Readiness and Planning, Organizational Change & Enablement, Data & AI Transformation

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 below, 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 (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

• 10+ years experience in cloud architecture, migrations, modernization, and implementation
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Business, or related field; Master's degree preferred 10+ years experience in enterprise cloud transformation initiatives involving C-suite executives with at least 5 enterprise cloud transformation initiatives from the following industries: Telco, Financial Services, Manufacturing, Energy, or Retail/CPG
• 10+ years experience implementing at least 3 technology solutions in one or more of the following domains that delivered minimum 15% cost reduction or $5M+ annual revenue growth: Cloud Migration Strategy and Business Value Alignment, Enterprise Transformation, Cloud Operating Models & Governance, Data & AI Transformation
• Led a minimum of 3 cross-functional teams of 10+ members each, managing complex programs spanning at least 2 distinct organizations per program, within the past 5 years

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong understanding of multiple industry verticals and their specific cloud adoption challenges
• AWS Professional level certifications (e.g., AWS Certified AI Practitioner, Machine Learning, Solutions Architect)
• Strong communication skills with the ability to explain technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Deep expertise in emerging technologies such as Generative AI, Agentic AI, and their enterprise applications
• Strong communication ability to create and deliver compelling technical and business presentations to VP and C-level audiences
• Write effective narratives and present them to leadership across teams

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