Amazon Web Services Spending & Transaction Policy Team is looking for a talented Senior Operations Leader to support AWS’ dynamic and rapidly growing business. Amazon Web Services is at the forefront of the "cloud" computing and service industry providing IT infrastructure services such as on-demand compute capacity, storage, delivery, database services, browsers and more.

Reporting to the Approvals Global Leader, this role will be the thought leader responsible for owning all deal approval integration goals, initiatives, strategy, and communications.

A successful candidate will be able to distill diverse inputs from large internal customer segments and stakeholders to set a vision, design strategy, and achieve consensus on goals and priorities; work with internal or external cross-functional teams to execute integration milestones; communicate with senior leadership on integration status; train teams in preparation for onboarding; and work backwards to successfully integrate business unit. Candidate must be willing to roll up their sleeves and build with us.

**Position can be located in any US AWS designated hub location.

Key job responsibilities
- Write narratives and lead meetings to secure alignment from GDSP and Business Unit leadership on approvals integration project plan
- Create and own the project plan scope and roadmap for all deal approval related integration initiatives
- Partner with business unit stakeholders to execute on project plan
- Develop and implement operational measurement and efficiency strategies including challenging existing deal approvals policies and processes to optimize performance of approvals processing end to end
- Collaborate with Approvals Team to onboard approvals processing and monitor post transition activities

About the team
Diverse Experiences
AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the qualifications and skills listed in the job description, 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?
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Inclusive Team Culture
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Work/Life Balance
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Location
This role could be open to candidates located near an AWS GDSP office.

We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:

Arlington, VA, USA | Nashville, TN, USA | Seattle, WA, USA