Medicaid & State Health Cloud Growth Lead

Amazon Inc.; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 148,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Inc. in Chicago seeks a senior strategic program leader to drive State and Local Government health and human services initiatives within AWS. You will shape national strategies for Eligibility and Medicaid modernization and guide cross‑functional programs with partners, customers, and AWS teams.

You will bring Medicaid, cloud transformation, data-driven decision making, and leadership influence to deliver scalable, compliant solutions that improve outcomes for beneficiaries nationwide.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• 6+ years of professional or military experience.
• 6+ years of developing, negotiating and executing business agreements experience.
• Experience developing strategies that influence leadership decisions at the organization level.
• Experience managing programs across cross functional teams, building processes and coordinating release schedules.
• Experience interpreting data and making business recommendations.
• Experience developing, leading, negotiating and executing corporate and/or business transactions.
• Experience with technology transformation initiatives.
• Experience working in and with State Medicaid and/or Human Service Agency leadership, influencing legislative priorities and CMS initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Engage and build trusted partnerships with State Health and Human Services Agencies at the executive level (e.g., State Medicaid Director, Medicaid CIO, etc.).
• Develop and execute strategies that drive partner and customer cloud adoption, starting with Eligibility and Medicaid customers and problems/challenges.
• Serve as a highly credible expert on the Medicaid and/or Eligibility domain with AWS partners, customers, and internal AWS teams.
• Work with AWS partners to develop repeatable solutions, programs, and models to accelerate and drive cloud adoption.
• Develop joint go-to-markets and other solutions to create new opportunities with our partners.
• Perform administrative business development functions to lead strategy, partnering with AWS Partners and Account Managers/Executives to deliver results.

Skills

6+ years experience

Negotiating & executing business deals

Strategic leadership influence

Program management across cross‑funcs

Data interpretation & business advice

Corporate/ business transactions

Technology transformation initiatives

Medicaid/State government experience

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Amazon Inc. in Chicago seeks a senior strategic program leader to drive State and Local Government health and human services initiatives within AWS. You will shape national strategies for Eligibility and Medicaid modernization and guide cross‑functional programs with partners, customers, and AWS teams.

You will bring Medicaid, cloud transformation, data-driven decision making, and leadership influence to deliver scalable, compliant solutions that improve outcomes for beneficiaries nationwide.