Solutions Architect, Sports
Amazon
DESCRIPTION
AWS Global Sales drives adoption of the AWS cloud worldwide, enabling customers of all sizes to innovate and expand in the cloud. Our team empowers every customer to grow by providing tailored service, unmatched technology, and unwavering support. We dive deep to understand each customer's unique challenges, then craft innovative solutions that accelerate their success. This customer-first approach is how we built the world's most adopted cloud. Join us and help us grow.
Are you ready to take your Solutions Architect career to the next level? We're seeking experienced AWS professionals to step into a pivotal SA role, focusing on our Enterprise Sports customers. In this position, you'll be the driving force behind cloud adoption strategies, guiding organizations through complex migrations and best practices.
Your expertise will shape the technical direction for major accounts, as you build deep relationships with both customers and our partner network. You'll have the autonomy to influence cloud strategies, educate teams, and design scalable solutions that drive broad AWS adoption.
What sets this role apart is the enterprise-scale impact you'll have and the visibility you'll gain.
Key job responsibilities
- In partnership with the sales team, formulate and execute a sales strategy to exceed revenue objectives through the adoption of AWS Services.
- As a key member of the business development and sales team, ensure success in building and migrating applications, software and services on the AWS platform
- Educate customers of all sizes on the value proposition of AWS, and participate in deep architectural discussions to ensure solutions are designed for successful deployment in the cloud
- Conduct one-to-few and one-to-many training sessions to transfer knowledge to customers considering or already using AWS
- Capture and share best-practice knowledge amongst the AWS solutions architect community
- Author or otherwise contribute to AWS customer-facing publications such as whitepapers
- Build deep relationships with senior technical individuals within customers to enable them to be cloud advocates
- Act as a technical liaison between customers, service engineering teams and support
- Travel up to 30-40% could be included and will be discussed at the interview stage
About the team
Diverse Experiences
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