Amazon Web Services (AWS) is looking for an experienced and technical executive to lead our team of Specialized Field Solutions Architects (SAs) focused on SAP Technologies and AI Infrastructure. You will help hire and develop the industry’s best cloud-based solutions architects by enabling and coaching them on best practices, solution selling, presentation skills, as well as how to create and present architectures of widely varying size and complexity. In collaboration with sales, you will drive revenue growth across a broad set of enterprise customers and partners by helping them implement innovative cloud computing solutions on AWS. Working closely with our services teams, you will help enable new capabilities for our customers to develop and deploy SAP and AI workloads.

You should be passionate about helping companies/partners understand best practices for SAP technologies on AWS, migrating workloads, and the modernization of legacy architectures. You will have an opportunity to be a thought leader in terms of looking beyond the technology and considering the value AWS technology can bring to our customers. You will help team members ramp-up on AWS as well as develop speaking, writing, presentation, and executive interaction skills. You will also need to be adept at interacting, communicating and partnering across teams within AWS such as services teams, marketing, and professional services, as well as representing your teams to executive management.

At AWS, we "Work hard, Have fun, and Make history”. In this role, you will love what you do, and instinctively know how to make work fun. You will be dynamic and creative, and willing to take on any challenge and make a big impact.

• Key job responsibilities
• Single-threaded ownership of a US-based Specialist Solution Architecture team focused on helping AWS customers migrate and maintain their SAP workloads.
• Leads a team of senior Solution Architects supporting customers with large-scale generative AI workloads on self-managed infrastructure.
• Maintains key stakeholder relationships across AWS at a global level.
• Serves as a technical executive sponsor for key accounts in the US.
• Actively coaches and performance manages a high-performing team, holding a high bar for results and individual growth.

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 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:

AWS values curiosity and connection. Our employee-led and company-sponsored affinity groups promote inclusion and empower our people to take pride in what makes us unique. Our inclusion events foster stronger, more collaborative teams. Our continual innovation is fueled by the bold ideas, fresh perspectives, and passionate voices our teams bring to everything we do.

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.

Basic Qualifications

• 5+ years of management of technical, enterprise customer facing resources or equivalent experience
• 5+ years of infrastructure architecture, database architecture and networking experience
• Experience architecting/operating solutions built on any cloud service provider like Azure, AWS, GCP, OCI, etc.
• Bachelor's degree

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience architecting, migrating, transforming or modernizing customer requirements to the cloud
• Experience hiring, developing, and managing high-performing technical teams
• Knowledge of AWS services

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.

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. 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.

USA, GA, Atlanta - 201,000.00 - 272,000.00 USD annually
USA, IL, Chicago - 201,000.00 - 272,000.00 USD annually
USA, TX, Dallas - 201,000.00 - 272,000.00 USD annually
USA, VA, Herndon - 201,000.00 - 272,000.00 USD annually
USA, WA, Seattle - 201,000.00 - 272,000.00 USD annually