Private Equity Principal AI SA, AWS Private Equity

About the role

Shape how the largest Private Equity (PE) firms and their portfolio companies derive transformative business value through Generative AI and Artificial Intelligence. Build and influence relationships with technical leaders, C-level executives, and operating partners across the PE ecosystem while defining the strategic direction of GenAI adoption at scale.

As a Principal PE AI Solutions Architect at AWS, you will be a strategic technical leader and the foremost GenAI authority enabling PE firms and their portfolio companies to leverage Generative AI, Machine Learning, and Deep Learning to solve complex business challenges and accelerate portfolio-wide strategic initiatives. You will define scalable AI adoption frameworks, influence AWS service roadmaps based on PE customer needs, and drive cross-organizational alignment across AWS specialist teams.

You will work with AWS's comprehensive AI portfolio including Amazon Bedrock, Amazon SageMaker, Amazon Quick Suite, and other AWS AI services, while mentoring other solutions architects and raising the technical bar across the team.

Responsibilities

• Define the strategic technical vision for AI/ML adoption across Private Equity firms and their portfolio companies, establishing scalable frameworks and reusable patterns that accelerate value realization across entire portfolios.
• Own and drive the most complex, ambiguous, multi-stakeholder engagements end-to-end, setting technical direction across multiple customer and AWS teams while influencing long-term investment decisions.
• Architect enterprise-grade GenAI solutions including AI agents, RAG applications, and AI-powered workflows, establishing reference architectures and best practices that scale across the PE ecosystem.
• Design end-to-end AI/ML solutions from data aggregation through model deployment and production maintenance, defining architectural standards that other solutions architects can replicate.
• Shape AWS's GenAI strategy for PE by providing feedback to service teams on customer needs, influencing product roadmaps, and identifying gaps in AWS's AI portfolio.
• Develop thought leadership content, deliver executive-level technical presentations, and represent AWS at industry events to establish AWS as the platform of choice for PE AI transformation.
• Drive cross-organizational collaboration across AWS specialist teams, system integrators, and partner organizations, building mechanisms that improve delivery at scale.
• Mentor and develop solutions architects across the team, raising the technical bar through design reviews, knowledge sharing, and hands-on guidance.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in specific technology domain areas (e.g., software development, cloud computing, systems engineering, infrastructure, security, networking, data & analytics).
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics, or equivalent.
• Experience developing technology solutions and evangelizing end-to-end technology roadmaps that guide IT transformations toward cloud computing.
• Experience communicating across technical and non-technical audiences and at C-level, including training, workshops, and publications.

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of distributed systems design and implementation or equivalent.
• Knowledge of large-scale automation and workflow management or equivalent.
• Knowledge of database design and implementation or equivalent.
• Strong presentation and whiteboarding skills with a high degree of comfort speaking with internal and external executives, IT management, and developers.
• Experience architecting, migrating, transforming, or modernizing customer requirements to the cloud.

About the team

AWS values diverse experiences. The Private Equity AI Solutions Architecture team is a diverse group of technologists who pride themselves on being customer-obsessed and innovation-driven.

Why AWS

• Inclusive Team Culture: AWS values curiosity and connection. Employee-led and company-sponsored affinity groups promote inclusion and empower our people to take pride in what makes us unique. Inclusion events foster stronger, more collaborative teams.
• Mentorship & Career Growth: Continuous learning and development through knowledge-sharing, mentorship, and career-advancing resources to help you grow into a better-rounded professional.
• Work/Life Balance: AWS values work-life harmony, striving for flexibility to support both professional success and personal well-being.

Pay

The base salary range for this position is $201,000 - $272,000 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

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

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