Amazon

Sr. Manager, Solutions Architecture — Communication Developer Services, AWS WWSO CDS

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24 hours ago
Chicago, IL, USA +6 moreStaff+
H1B Sponsor

Base Salary

$201k - $313k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Lead, coach, hire, and develop a worldwide team of Specialist Solutions Architects, including performance management and promotion readiness.
  • Own and execute the Communication Developer Services technical go-to-market strategy and launch programs that accelerate adoption and revenue.
  • Set the technical bar for architecture reviews, proofs of concept, migrations, and scaled enablement for Amazon SES and AWS End User Messaging.
  • Use AI and data to identify customer patterns and build playbooks, automation, and reference architectures.
  • Collaborate with product marketing, sales, partner teams, business development, and business operations to accelerate the sales cycle.
  • Represent customer needs in product roadmaps and drive prioritized feature requests to service teams.
  • Shape the vision for conversational and agentic AI across customer communication channels.
  • Establish operating mechanisms including adoption tracking and technical win/loss reviews.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in a relevant field or equivalent work experience.
  • At least 7 years of design, implementation, or consulting experience with distributed applications or cloud technologies.
  • At least 3 years of people-management experience leading and developing technical teams such as Solutions Architects or engineers.
  • Experience developing strategies that influence organizational-level leadership decisions.
  • Experience with cloud architecture and at least one communication or customer-engagement domain such as messaging, email, CPaaS, or marketing technology.
  • Preferred experience developing, deploying, and managing AI products at scale.
  • Preferred experience leading Specialist or go-to-market-aligned Solutions Architecture teams within a cloud or SaaS provider.
  • Preferred familiarity with Amazon SES, AWS End User Messaging, or comparable messaging and email platforms.
  • Preferred track record of leading business initiatives that drove measurable adoption or revenue growth.
  • Preferred experience partnering with product or service teams to shape roadmaps based on field and customer feedback.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health insurance including medical, dental, vision, prescription, life, and AD&D coverage.
  • Employee assistance, mental health support, medical advice line, flexible spending accounts, and adoption and surrogacy reimbursement coverage.
  • 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave.
  • Sign-on payments and restricted stock units are included in the Amazon package.
  • Work-life flexibility, mentorship, knowledge-sharing, career-growth resources, and inclusive employee affinity groups.
  • Position is listed in San Francisco, Atlanta, Chicago, New York, Dallas, Arlington, and Seattle.

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