HCLS AI Cloud Architect — ProServe Specialist

Amazon Web Services (AWS); Jersey City (NJ); On-site; USD 201,000 - 272,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is seeking a Specialist ProServe Cloud Architect for the Healthcare and Life Sciences practice to lead AI-driven data architectures spanning research and clinical development. The role combines deep domain expertise with hands-on solution design, guiding executive stakeholders and shaping offerings that accelerate AI-native transformations.

The ideal candidate will blend research and regulated data know-how with professional services experience, delivering scalable,

Qualifications

• 7+ years of solving problems with technology in the Healthcare/Life Sciences Industry experience.
• 7+ years of working with Data & AI related technologies, including, but not limited to, AI/ML, GenAI, Analytics, Database, and/or Storage experience.
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, mathematics, statistics, machine learning or equivalent quantitative field, or Bachelor's degree
• 7+ years of working with Data & AI related technologies in Life Sciences R&D and Clinical Development contexts — including knowledge graphs, ontologies, data lakes, AI/ML, GenAI, and/or semantic data integration
• 7+ years of experience driving professional services business development, opportunity shaping, or technical pre-sales for R&D and/or clinical data platforms, AI/ML, or digital transformation programs in pharma/biotech

Responsibilities

• Serving as the practice's dedicated specialist and deep domain expert in R&D — including Amazon BioDiscovery and AI-native research — designing and delivering solution architectures that solve complex customer problems across both domains
• Developing innovative GTM strategies, offerings, and accelerators for the data and context layer space spanning research and clinical — identifying whitespace, shaping new service offerings, and positioning the practice to capture emerging demand across the R&D-to-clinical continuum
• Counseling HCLS executive customers to explore the art of the possible with AI-driven transformation across Research and Clinical Development, pushing the frontiers of innovation to achieve breakthrough outcomes from discovery through late-stage trials
• Collaborating with internal teams to innovate AWS solutions, services, accelerators, and demos that address evolving research and clinical data-readiness customer needs
• Designing complex, scalable, and secure data foundation, ontology‑orchestration, and Agentic AI architectures on AWS to achieve customer business outcomes (CBOs) across Research and Clinical Development
• Driving large, complex opportunities — spanning research, clinical, or both — from ideation, through vision building and scoping, solution architecture development, all the way to sales closure — owning technical qualification, de-risking delivery, and participating in the Sales-to-Delivery (S2D) motion
• Acting as a trusted advisor and thought leader to customers and internal colleagues on industry trends in R&D and clinical AI, data and context architectures, knowledge representation, and emerging technologies across the Life Sciences landscape
• Leading senior engagement on the practice's highest‑potential opportunities — including AI‑native drug discovery programs, clinical data platform modernization, data foundation builds, and enterprise ontology‑orchestration initiatives — across a portfolio of strategic Life Sciences accounts

Job description

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is seeking a Specialist ProServe Cloud Architect for the Healthcare and Life Sciences practice to lead AI-driven data architectures spanning research and clinical development. The role combines deep domain expertise with hands-on solution design, guiding executive stakeholders and shaping offerings that accelerate AI-native transformations.

The ideal candidate will blend research and regulated data know-how with professional services experience, delivering scalable,