Description Would you like a career that gives you opportunities to help customers change how they operate in today’s Digital Age and accelerate their cloud journey using Amazon Web Services (AWS)? Do you like to work on a variety of projects within some of the largest, most complex, enterprise customers at the forefront of exciting cloud adoption at scale, leading customer and partner teams to achieve repeatable AWS best practices? The Amazon Web Services Professional Services team is looking for a Customer Practice Manager (CPM) who can lead and support significant customer programs during the solution and sales pursuit stages. Our CPMs are accountable for helping enterprise customers develop a long-term AWS strategy. Together with customer teams and AWS partners, working closely with the Global Account Manager, the CPM oversees strategy execution in truly transformational, ground breaking projects. The CPM role is to act as a trusted advisor and AWS ambassador to senior stakeholders and enterprise teams within our largest customers to understand and help realize their critical business outcomes with AWS. AWS Sales, Marketing, and Global Services (SMGS) is responsible for driving revenue, adoption, and growth from the largest and fastest growing small- and mid-market accounts to enterprise-level customers including public sector. Key job responsibilities - Helping shape enterprise customers’ long-term, strategic, transformational roadmaps, having a high. - Bias for Action to Deliver Results in ProServe and Platform bookings in the near term. - Establishing Executive relationships across Business & Technology groups, becoming a strategic advisor and expert with deep knowledge of the cross-section of the customers’ business and available technology solutions. - Preparing and presenting technical and commercial proposals to (CxO) leaders that articulate accelerated business outcomes through cloud technologies. - Working with the AWS internal network, including specialist experts across AWS product and specialist resources as well as Account team, Partner team, Finance, and Legal. - Delivering on annual bookings targets with deal structure aligned with key customer goals and AWS Professional Services business objectives - Supporting scale through shared learnings and mechanisms across the Professional Services sales team. A day in the life AWS Professional Services engage in a wide variety of projects for customers and partners, providing collective experience from across the AWS customer base and are obsessed about strong success for the Customer. Our team collaborates across the entire AWS organization to bring access to product and service teams, to get the right solution delivered and drive feature innovation based upon customer needs. The main focus of Professional Services is to help our customers with defining and accelerating their Cloud Journey using the Cloud Adoption Framework: - Digital Optimization - Helping our clients accelerate the migration of existing workloads and infrastructure into the cloud across multiple business units and regions - Digital Innovation - Defining new business applications and offerings making use of the latest powerful AWS capabilities such as; Data Analytics, IoT and Machine Learning. This customer facing role may require up to 50% travel to customer sites. About the team About AWS: Diverse Experiences AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred 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? Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating — that’s why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses. Inclusive Team Culture Here at AWS, it’s in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employee-led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empower us to be proud of our differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness. Mentorship & Career Growth We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional. Work/Life Balance We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve in the cloud. Basic Qualifications - 8+ years of management consulting and IT experience with business, product, and digital transformation knowledge including overcoming challenges in customer-facing roles. - Experience with selling consulting/professional services with recurring revenue from accounts/territory. - Business development experience including multiyear, multiple service offerings with a total contract value of +10M agreements and familiarity with compliance & security standards across the enterprise IT landscape. - Experience with CRM systems and maintaining a clear and dependable view of pursuits, progress, and pipeline conversion - Experience assessing customer marketplace circumstances, organizational readiness, and C-Level willingness to initiate conversations that lead to broader strategic transformation programs. Preferred Qualifications - BA/BS degree with vertical industry sales and delivery experience of cloud services and solutions. - Experience with design of modern, scalable delivery models for technology consulting services. - International consulting or professional services sales and delivery experience with global F500 enterprise customers and partners. - Understanding of cloud computing and data transition challenges. - A partner network for joint pursuit and delivery. - Energy industry experience a plus Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us. 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. Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $138,200/year in our lowest geographic market up to $239,000/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.