Senior Engagement Manager, Professional Services (AWS)

Amazon; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 260,000 - 380,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Web Services (AWS) seeks a Senior Engagement Manager to lead professional services engagements, guiding teams of consultants and client partners to achieve customer outcomes with AWS cloud solutions. You will direct end-to-end delivery, manage risks, and ensure high value delivery across projects.

Strong leadership across agile teams, vendor/consulting experience, and cloud expertise are essential for success in this role. Travel to client sites is required.

Qualifications

• 5+ years leading multiple Agile teams concurrently or at scale.
• 7+ years leading and delivering enterprise IT engagements.
• Bachelor's degree in STEM field.
• Knowledge of cloud services such as AWS or equivalent.
• Experience delivering customer engagements in a professional services role.

Responsibilities

• Manage projects end to end, from requirements to delivery.
• Lead teams of AWS consultants, partners and client teams.
• Communicate effectively with stakeholders and manage risks.
• Travel to client locations and deliver professional services when needed.

Skills

Agile leadership

Enterprise IT engagements

Cloud services AWS

Agile at scale

IT vendor/consulting experience

Professional services experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in STEM field

Job description

Senior Engagement Manager, Professional Services

Would you like a career that gives you opportunities to help customers and partners use cloud computing web services to do big new things faster, at lower cost? Do you want to be part of history and transform businesses through cloud computing adoption? Do you like to work on‑site in a variety of business environments, leading teams through high impact projects that use the newest cloud infrastructure and platform technologies? Would you like a career path that enables you to progress with the rapid adoption of cloud computing? At Amazon Web Services (AWS), we’re hiring a technical Engagement Manager to lead AWS consultants, partners and client teams. Engagement Managers manage and deliver AWS cloud products and services that enable our customers to realize their business objectives. These professional services engagements focus on the full platform of AWS customer solutions to help our customers and partners remove constraints and accelerate their journey to AWS. Key job responsibilities As Engagement Manager you will manage projects independently and also deliver as part of larger teams. You will own work streams end to end, starting by understanding the customer required outcomes, then leading the team through delivery, managing customer expectations, proactively handling risks and following an effective governance structure, in order to deliver solutions tied to the customer business objectives. You will communicate in an effective way with AWS team members and stakeholders, as well as with customer counterparts. Achieving customer satisfaction will be a relevant driver of your work. As an Amazonian leader you will embrace and apply the Amazon Leadership Principles, proactively engaging other teams to learn and share, and participating actively in the recruitment and onboarding of future team members. This is a customer facing role. You will be required to travel to client locations and deliver professional services when needed.

A day in the life

AWS Professional Services 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 feature innovations for our customers across all industries. Engagement Managers help Customers make decisions to meet their technical and business objectives by providing best practices, proactively identifying and closing project gaps. Amazon aims to be the most customer centric company on earth. Amazon Web Services (AWS) provides a highly reliable, scalable, low-cost infrastructure platform in the cloud that powers critical applications for hundreds of thousands of businesses in 190 countries around the world.

Diverse Experiences

AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the 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

• 5+ years of leading multiple Agile teams (like Scrum Masters, Product Owners) concurrently or at scale experience
• 7+ years of leading and delivering enterprise-level IT engagements experience
• Bachelor's degree in STEM field
• Knowledge of cloud services such as AWS or equivalent
• Experience in leading multiple Agile teams (like Scrum Masters, Product Owners) concurrently or at scale
• Experience in enterprise IT, either as a vendor, consultant or have prior experience working with or managing technical programs
• 7+ years of delivering customer engagements in a professional services role experience

Preferred Qualifications

• project management certification such as PMP, Scrum, or other Agile certification
• AWS certification
• Experience with Agile or other program management methodologies
• Experience working with and presenting to C-level executives, IT, and lines of businesses across organizations or equivalent
• 5+ years of cloud and on-premise integration experience, or Bachelor's degree

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status. Veterans, military spouses, and people with disabilities are encouraged to apply.