Engagement Manager, Worldwide Public Sector Professional Services, State and Local Government & Education

About the role

AWS Engagement Managers seek to understand our customers’ needs, their missions, how success is defined, and ensure that we are exceeding expectations in developing and delivering solutions. As an Engagement Manager, you will collaborate across roles to understand a customer’s mission objectives and define project goals.

Responsibilities

You will lead peers, small teams, or groups of teams made up of AWS members, customer Stakeholders/SMEs, and potentially other vendors to create and execute a plan to achieve project goals by understanding AWS technologies, best practices, as well as the client environment. You will identify and mitigate limitations to execution. You will guide customers through their cloud journey to transform their business.

You will leverage AWS mechanisms to help customers envision strategic goals and requirements. You will use agile delivery methodology to lead project teams consisting of business and technical resources while managing scope, schedule, and cost. You will use your management and leadership capabilities to successfully execute project plans, remain sensitive to customer needs, resolve issues, escalate when appropriate.

Requirements

• 5+ years of leading the delivery of IT projects with external customers or equivalent experience
• 5+ years of program or engagement management work leading other project managers to deliver a program with multiple and concurrent projects experience
• 1+ years of working as a Scrum Master or Product Owner across multiple cross-functional teams experience
• 3+ years of cloud computing experience
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Engineering

Preferred Qualifications

• Project management certification (e.g., APM, CSM, PMI-ACP, PRINCE2)
• AWS certification
• Knowledge of the value proposition of the public cloud and cloud engagement delivery (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS)
• Experience working with and presenting to C-level executives, IT, and lines of businesses across organizations or equivalent

Benefits

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.

Pay

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, CA, San Francisco - $151,000.00 - $204,200.00 USD annually
• USA, VA, Arlington - $131,200.00 - $177,600.00 USD annually