Sr Manager, GenAI Strategy, Generative AI Innovation Center

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is looking for experienced and motivated business-oriented technology leaders who possess a unique balance of business knowledge, effective interpersonal skills, team leadership, and some technological depth in the following areas: analytics/big data, machine learning and generative artificial intelligence. This role will focus on leading a team supporting customers looking to enhance their business or operational outcomes through the use of advanced and emerging technologies by deploying Generative AI (or broader Data Science).

You will partner with customers, AWS Sales, AWS service teams, AWS industry teams and AWS Professional Services delivery teams to meet the specific needs of the customer, and extend that use to other customers. You will leverage and refine a programmatic approach to help customers measure and drive their business metrics. As a trusted customer advocate you will lead a team of Strategist that assess and provide best practices around program delivery, project approaches, and business measurement. The ability to connect business value to a scalable, repeatable, extensible approach is critical to the role.

Key job responsibilities
- Lead a team helping customers explore the art of the possible with generative AI
- Engage with various AWS teams, including applied scientists, solutions architects, business development, industry specialists, and partners
- Drive large complex opportunities, either personally or through your team, from ideation, through vision building and scoping, all the way to closure and participate in the delivery
- Educate customers on the value proposition of generative AI, and broader AWS services, and participate in business discussions to identify the intended success metrics
- Effectively evangelize and enable various AWS teams to work collaboratively with the Generative AI Innovation Center and across teams

About the team
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Basic Qualifications

- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Math, or a related field
- 10+ years of external or internal customer facing, project and team management experience
- Experience with writing communications such as strategy papers or white papers
- Experience participating in the sales lifecycle (directly or indirectly)
- Experience launching technical programs, projects, or related work that include the following: artificial intelligence, machine learning, generative AI

Preferred Qualifications

- Experience with presenting to audiences of 5 to 50 people of various levels (developers to executives) and backgrounds (business, technical, operations)
- Passion for educating, training, designing, and building solutions for a diverse and challenging set of customers
- Excellent understanding of industry-specific large-scale solutions
- Experience working as an industry practitioner, delivery lead, or industry executive

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