Description

Can you help Amazon strive to be Earth’s Best Employer? Do you have a knack for early career development, mentoring and coaching?

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is looking for experienced and motivated technologists who possess a unique balance of technical depth, strong interpersonal skills, and business acumen to lead and develop a team of early-in-career solutions architects spanning a breadth of technology specializations. The ideal candidate will have a proven record of achievement around talent development programs for Early Career talent and with measurable results.

We’re hiring early-in-career technologists, including recent graduates, military veterans and other pivot their career towards tech, and providing training, coaching, and mentoring to develop them into productive, customer-facing Specialist Solutions Architects (SSAs). SSAs in the practice may include specialists in Compute, Edge Services, Security, Networking, High Performance Computing, Spatial Computing and Business Productivity Applications.

In this role, you will be a part of leading and building our “Specialist Acceleration Labs” team, as well as elevating the technical expertise and experience of your team of early-in-career Associate SSAs. The successful candidate must have exceptional coaching skills, strong business judgment, and demonstrated technical experience leading cross-functional teams.

Key job responsibilities

Talent Recruitment

• Lead and review the annual planning process including headcount, demand and recruiting, and goal planning the team in your geography.

• Act as liaison between AWS early career talent programs (i.e. Tech U, Military Apprenticeship and internships), SA leadership and Sales & Operations leading through influence, coordinating, and closing gaps in hiring and new hire development processes.

Talent Development

• Manage a team of 8-15 recent graduates to scale their career development in US.

• Proactively manage performance and career of individuals on your team (e.g. coaching, performance feedback, training, promotions)

Program Management

• Audit existing delivery of early-career programs, creating a closed-loop inspection mechanism to evaluate program outcomes, report progress, and drive continuous improvement.

• Own the global definition of career progression for early career talent for one of the domains - Databases, Analytics, Compute, Edge Services, Productivity Apps, Storage, etc.

Regional Impact

• Work with the regional field teams to identify opportunities to drive value for local customers through early career talent in proactive initiatives and scaling activities based on data and customer engagement insights.

• Identify local needs of the field team and drive alignment of global functions within your scope to address them.

A day in the life

A typical day would involve handling three key aspects:

• People management: As direct line manager this is your primary responsibility. This includes everything from regular 1:1 calls to special needs of your team members.

• Program Management: You connect with the domain leaders and tenured SAs to define, refine and implement standardized career progression path for early career talent. You define and report on key milestones of career progression and overall impact to global domain leaders.

• Regional programs: You work with regional field teams to drive programs of local impact by tapping into Specialist Acceleration Labs talent pool.

About the team

The team's mission is to drive tangible impact for AWS customers while developing the future talent pipeline within the Worldwide Specialist Organization.

We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:

New York, NY, USA

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree

• Proven ability of managing early career talent and developing them

• Prior working experience as a Solution Architect or similar role

• Comfortable in engaging effectively across internal and external organizations with technical and non-technical audiences

• Passion for technology and for learning

• Proven ability to prioritize conflicting business demands and delivering results

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous professional experience architecting / operating solutions built on AWS

• AWS certification (e.g. AWS Solutions Architect Associate or Professional) or other industry certification

• Technical Degree (Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering or equivalent) and/or relevant tech experience

Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $135,200/year in our lowest geographic market up to $262,800/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 https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.