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Engagement Manager, WWPS ProServe DOW

Amazon Web Services (AWS) · Herndon, VA · Yesterday
Information Technology$250k/yrFull-time

Application deadline: August 4, 2026

About the role

The Amazon Web Services Professional Services (ProServe) team is seeking a highly skilled and versatile Engagement Manager (EM) to lead the delivery of complex cloud solution projects. In this role, you will combine technical expertise with strong project leadership skills to drive successful implementations of AWS-based solutions for our clients. You will bridge business requirements with technical solutions, facilitating technical discussions and ensuring alignment with customer outcomes.

Applying AWS frameworks like Well-Architected and Cloud Adoption Framework while demonstrating technical credibility across diverse stakeholders, you will distill customer needs into clear technical requirements, decompose complex problems, and make informed trade-off decisions considering performance, scalability, security, and business impact. You will validate technical solutions against business goals, recognize when additional technical evaluation is needed, and manage technical risks. You will be expected to achieve and maintain relevant AWS certifications, develop domain-specific expertise, and effectively communicate technical concepts to both technical and business audiences. As you progress, you’ll lead increasingly complex technical projects, shape cross-organizational technical strategies, and establish best practices in your domain.

This position requires an active TS/SCI Security Clearance.

Responsibilities

  • Lead and manage complex cloud migration and implementation projects
  • Leverage comprehensive knowledge of AWS services, architectures, and best practices to guide technical decisions and strategic planning
  • Bridge business requirements with technical solutions, facilitating engineering discussions and ensuring alignment with customer business outcomes
  • Distill customer needs into clear technical requirements and map them to business outcomes
  • Decompose complex technical problems into actionable, deliverable solutions
  • Contribute to technical documentation and define documentation standards

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in business administration, finance, economics, computer science, data science, engineering, or other related field
  • 5+ years of project/program management experience
  • Experience with Agile or other program management methodologies
  • 4+ years of IT implementation experience
  • Current, active US Government Security Clearance of TS/SCI or above

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience with AWS services or other cloud offerings
  • Project Management Professional (PMP) or equivalent certification
  • Experience working with and presenting to C-level executives, IT, and lines of businesses across organizations or equivalent
  • Experience managing technical projects consisting of 4 or more people totaling over a $250,000 budget
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills
  • Experience supporting DoD/DoW & National Security mission systems, and the ability to represent AWS within the customer's environment, driving discussions with senior personnel regarding trade-offs, best practices, project management, and risk mitigation

About the team

The AWS Professional Services organization is a global team of experts that helps customers realize their desired business outcomes when using the AWS Cloud. We work together with customer teams and the AWS Partner Network (APN) to execute enterprise cloud computing initiatives. Our team provides assistance through a collection of offerings which help customers achieve specific outcomes related to enterprise cloud adoption. We also deliver focused guidance through our global specialty practices, which cover a variety of solutions, technologies, and industries.

Diverse Experiences: AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications and skills listed, 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?

  • 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 (diversity) conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness.
  • 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 in the cloud.

Pay

The base salary range for this position is:

  • USA, CO, Denver: $131,200.00 - $177,600.00 USD annually
  • USA, FL, Tampa: $131,200.00 - $177,600.00 USD annually
  • USA, VA, Arlington: $131,200.00 - $177,600.00 USD annually
  • USA, VA, Herndon: $131,200.00 - $177,600.00 USD annually
  • USA, WA, Seattle: $131,200.00 - $177,600.00 USD annually

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.

Benefits

  • Health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription)
  • Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line
  • Flexible Spending Accounts
  • Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage
  • 401(k) matching
  • Paid time off
  • Parental leave

Learn more about our benefits at amazon.jobs/en/benefits.

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