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Description

Are you an enterprise executive that has led the transformation of your business using the cloud? Have you used the power of data and AI/ML to achieve business outcomes? Can you help executives and leaders from around the business understand the value of ground-breaking technology and how to use them to improve agility? Have you led a large business and cultural transformation? Have you built and scaled ground-breaking products, data-driven solutions, and AI/ML powered applications?

Description

Are you an enterprise executive that has led the transformation of your business using the cloud? Have you used the power of data and AI/ML to achieve business outcomes? Can you help executives and leaders from around the business understand the value of ground-breaking technology and how to use them to improve agility? Have you led a large business and cultural transformation? Have you built and scaled ground-breaking products, data-driven solutions, and AI/ML powered applications?

At Amazon Web Services (AWS), we're hiring enterprise strategists to guide our enterprise efforts and advise the largest companies' executives on how they can transform the way they use technology to deliver business value. Our enterprise strategists combine their personal experiences building on AWS with learnings from other customers, to help enterprises understand and realize the business value they can unlock using the AWS platform. This role shares authentic peer-level experience with customers, extracts and articulates patterns to develop thought leadership, and develops strategies to help AWS support enterprise executives better. You will be part of a global team of former c-suite executives with experience spanning multiple industries. The team's experience and thought leadership is shared through direct customer interactions and AWS channels such as the AWS Enterprise Strategy Blog ( and AWS Executive Insights (

Key job responsibilities

Ideal candidates will be able to speak to all aspects of business transformation in large organizations including leadership, change management, technology, operations, security, business case development, and budgeting using their own first-hand experience. In particular they will be able to help enterprises understand and navigate to a future state of these processes to capitalize on the unique power of the cloud. Enterprise strategists are expected to provide peer-level guidance to c-suite through direct engagement, deliver this guidance via written content like blog posts, act as executive spokespersons creating and delivering keynotes at events ranging from a few dozens to thousands. Finally, enterprise strategists will work with our internal teams to refine our services, and commercial strategy for enterprises.

Basic Qualifications

• A Bachelor's degree; Masters/MBA degree preferred.
• 10+ years in a leadership/executive position.
• Executive role leading a large in-house digital, product, technology, or data-analytics (e.g. CDO, CPO, CAIO, CIO, CTO).
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including group leadership and executive presentations.
• Be mobile and travel to client locations as needed.
• Estimated 40-60% travel requirement.
• Pre-established credibility, contacts, and recognition as executive thought-leader in speaking engagements and technology publications is preferred.
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• We are looking for someone who is passionate about:
• Shaping a vision and strategy to help organizations achieve their goals.
• Driving change within large organizations.
• Positioning how technology can solve business problems.
• Working with a diverse set of executive stakeholders.
  
  

Demonstrated Ability

• Leading major transformation using the AWS cloud inside of large organizations.
• Managing executive-level relationships both internally and externally.
• Articulating how to implement large-scale change.
• Delivering enterprise-wide technology transformations.
• Designing, building, and operating global teams.
• Innovating using cloud, data, and AI/ML.
• Empathizing with, and influence change in, large and complex organizations that move the status quo.
• Establishing themselves as a thought leader
• Identifying, experimenting with, and scaling mechanisms to improve and increase executive engagement.
  
  

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

Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company's reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $197,000/year in our lowest geographic market up to $350,000/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.


Company - Amazon Web Services, Inc.

Job ID: A3003124

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Director

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Public Relations and Marketing

• Industries

  IT Services and IT Consulting

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