Sr Customer Solutions Manager, US FED NATSEC - Amazon : Job Details

Are you passionate about shaping the future of the National Security by paving the way for innovation through customer advocacy? Do you have the program management and technical acumen to earn trust with executives and project team members alike? Are you a problem solver motivated to foster cloud adoption in alignment with your customer's mission?Amazon Web Services (AWS) is seeking a Senior Customer Solutions Manager (CSM) to come join our Worldwide Public Sector National Security team to help customers realize sustained business value by accelerating their cloud transformation journey.Key job responsibilitiesWorking with organizations in all stages of their cloud adoption, Customer Solutions Managers (CSMs) are advocates guiding customers through the value realization, enablement, and governance of their cloud transformation journey.Value Realization: You identify and accelerate the customer's realization of value throughout the cloud lifecycle through the adoption of AWS services, AWS partner solutions, AWS best practices, and other.Enablement: You help customers achieve organizational cloud readiness, cloud fluency and cloud skills through skills guilds, experience-based accelerators, training partners, and other.Governance: You establish and mature operating models / structures to drive scale and long-term success through the application of AWS frameworks and mechanisms.Ownership: You establish ownership of specific programs who have already adopted AWS as a cloud service provider and expect a high level of support from AWS to maintain their footprint on AWS.Divide and Conquer: In this role you will be expected to operate independently from others on your team in order to keep up with varying demands within your area of responsibility.Diversification: In addition to your specific area of responsibility, addressing key gaps which could benefit both internally and externally with customers will be key. A day in the lifeEmpowered by an inclusive environment, work/life harmony, and career advancement, you are a member of a diverse, global community of Customer Solutions Managers (CSM) who deliver cloud solutions that influence business and IT transformation for our customers. Day-to-day, you will balance your time between directly engaging with customers, partners, internal AWS teams and services to help our customers on their journey in the AWS Cloud.You will work across AWS to apply your technical, business, and program management expertise to solve some of the most complex and challenging technology problems for our customers.Working backwards from the customer, you will define opportunities and understand associated business and technical risks that are strategic to the customer's cloud journey including large-scale migrations, data analytics, digital transformation and innovation, business agility and other.You will influence technical stakeholders, partner with cross-functional teams and pre/post sales to drive detailed discussions seeking alignment to deliver cloud adoption and migration strategies with, and on behalf of your customer.You create, manage, and deliver business and technology projects navigating risks or roadblocks and can execute in an ambiguous and changing environment.You will serve as the customer's cloud journey coach and be the voice of the customer within AWS, evangelizing customer needs to AWS leadership, product, and engineering teams.To support the evolution of the AWS customer experience and/or Customer Solutions Manager discipline, you are expected to share best practice learnings into a reusable asset for internal re-use.Seeking a candidate who is willing to pass the Certified Solution Architect, Associate level within the 6 months of employment.This position may require 10%- 15% travel dependent on geo and time of year.This position requires that the candidate selected be a US citizen and must currently possess an active Top Secret security clearance. The position further requires that, after start, the selected candidate obtain and maintain an active TS/SCI security clearance with polygraph and satisfy other security related requirements. About the teamDiverse Experiences Amazon 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.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. 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 and Career GrowthWe'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. BASIC QUALIFICATIONS- 5+ years of leading large-scale, technical or engineering programs with a proven record of thought leadership, business case development, realizing customer benefits, and successful program completion experience- 2+ years of customer-facing work, engaging with customer executives, technologists or partners to solve business problems with advanced technologies experience- Bachelor's degree in science, technology, engineering, math, business or equivalent- Experience leading technical and non-technical transformation project teams with a proven ability to work across broad functional teams- Current, active US Government Security Clearance of Top Secret or abovePREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS- PMP certification, or SCRUM/Agile, SAFe certification- Experience implementing cloud services including migrations and modernization projects or similarAmazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. 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