Senior Engagement Manager, Professional Services, AWS Industries

Amazon; Herndon (VA); Hybrid; USD 154,000 - 208,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon's AWS ProServe is seeking a Senior Engagement Manager to lead delivery of large, complex transformation programs for Global 500 customers. You will orchestrate 50+ person teams, shape program direction, and drive AI-native, end-to-end delivery models while managing risks and inter-dependencies.

You will partner with AWS teams and customers, ensuring measurable business outcomes, ROI, and scalable delivery, with approximately 50% on-site collaboration in the U.S.

Qualifications

• 5+ years leading multiple Agile teams concurrently or at scale.
• 5+ years leading and delivering enterprise IT engagements.
• 5+ years cloud computing experience.
• Bachelor's degree in STEM field.
• Knowledge of public cloud value proposition and cloud delivery.

Responsibilities

• Build and nurture executive relationships (VP+), advising on direction, health, risks and ROI.
• Proactively manage inter-dependencies, mitigate risks, and drive accountability.
• Orchestrate across lines of business IT and partner teams with clear priorities.
• Define and track measurable customer outcomes as the North Star for success.
• Own program financial health including forecasting, revenue recognition, and scope management.
• Influence AI guardrails and AI-DLC adoption across delivery programs.
• Establish governance for agentic AI, including observability and cost controls.
• Proactively surface ideas to innovate with AWS teams to scale delivery.

Skills

Agile leadership

Enterprise IT engagements

Cloud computing

Education

Bachelor's degree in STEM

Tools

Jira

Rally

VersionOne

Taiga

Job description

Description

The Amazon Web Services (ProServe) team is seeking a Senior Engagement Manager to lead the delivery of our largest and most complex customer transformation programs. In this role, you will lead delivery quality and velocity for programs spanning several concurrent workstreams, orchestrating 50+ person teams of AWS builders, partners, and customers to deliver transformational AI, data, and enterprise modernization outcomes for Global 500 organizations.

Your objective will be to deliver distinctive customer business outcomes and experience. In doing so, you will lead the implementation of AWS delivery innovations with customers, including re-designing software development processes to become AI-native end-to-end (“AI-DLC”). You will bring exceptional stakeholder orchestration and relationship-building skills, intrinsic problem-solving ability to proactively shape program direction, anticipate and mitigate risks, and actively manage inter-dependencies, and the backbone to influence customers and partners when program success demands it. This is an opportunity to shape the future of the industry directly through hands‑on transformation leadership.

The AWS Professional Services organization is a global team of experts that help customers realize their desired business outcomes when using AWS services. We work together with customer teams and the AWS Partner Network (APN) to execute enterprise cloud computing and AI transformation initiatives.

This role requires approximately 50% co-location on site with customer, AWS and partner teams within the U.S.

Key job responsibilities

• Build and nurture trusted executive relationships (VP+), delivering strategic counsel on program direction, health, risks, and trade-offs to inform executive decisions

• Proactively manage inter-dependencies, mitigate risks, and drive accountability for program outcomes in ambiguous, fast-changing environments

• Orchestrate across customer lines of business, IT, and partner teams simultaneously, aligning these stakeholders on priorities, timelines, and definitions of success, and escalating blockers where necessary for resolution

• Define and track measurable customer business outcomes (e.g., time-to-market acceleration) as the north star for program success, translating technical delivery progress into executive‑ready value narratives that demonstrate ROI and inform strategic decisions

• Own the program financial health, including forecasting, revenue recognition, commercial management, change request negotiation, and scope management for fixed-price, milestone-based delivery constructs

• Influence human builder and agent builder teams effectively, establishing clear operating models and responsible AI guardrails as delivery increasingly incorporates AI‑augmented development workflows and agentic automation

• Drive adoption of AI-DLC (AI‑Driven Development Life Cycle) methodologies across delivery programs, adapting delivery models and team structures for accelerated scale and pace, establishing outcomes‑based governance frameworks for AI‑native builds, and steering multi‑agent systems at scale to drive delivery productivity across the program

• Establish and enforce governance frameworks for agentic AI in delivery — including observability, cost controls, human‑in‑the‑loop checkpoints, and compliance guardrails — ensuring AI‑augmented workflows remain auditable, secure, and aligned with customer and AWS security requirements.

• Proactively surface ideas on how ProServe and other AWS teams can innovate to help our customers achieve their goals at a faster pace and larger scale

About the team

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Basic Qualifications

• 5+ years of leading multiple Agile teams (like Scrum Masters, Product Owners) concurrently or at scale experience

• 5+ years of leading and delivering enterprise‑level IT engagements experience

• 5+ years of cloud computing experience

• Bachelor's degree in STEM field

• Knowledge of the value proposition of the public cloud and cloud engagement delivery (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS)

Preferred Qualifications

• active project management certification (e.g., APM, CSM, PMI-ACP, PRINCE2)

• AWS certification

• Experience in delivering customer engagements in a professional services role

• Experience with Agile and project management toolsets like Jira, Rally, VersionOne or Taiga

• Experience working with and presenting to C‑level executives, IT, and lines of businesses across organizations or equivalent

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

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 also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.

The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign‑on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location.

USA, FL, Tampa - 153,600.00 - 207,700.00 USD annually

USA, GA, Atlanta - 153,600.00 - 207,700.00 USD annually

USA, IL, Chicago - 153,600.00 - 207,700.00 USD annually

USA, MI, Southfield - 153,600.00 - 207,700.00 USD annually

USA, MN, Minneapolis - 153,600.00 - 207,700.00 USD annually

USA, NJ, Jersey City - 168,900.00 - 228,500.00 USD annually

USA, TX, Dallas - 153,600.00 - 207,700.00 USD annually

USA, TX, Houston - 153,600.00 - 207,700.00 USD annually

USA, VA, Arlington - 153,600.00 - 207,700.00 USD annually

USA, VA, Herndon - 153,600.00 - 207,700.00 USD annually