Delivery Practice Manager - AI/ML, Data & AI (ProServe)

Description The Amazon Web Services Professional Services (ProServe) team is seeking an experienced Delivery Practice Manager (DPM) to join our ProServe Delivery Team at Amazon Web Services (AWS). In this role, you'll manage a team of ProServe Delivery Consultants while supporting AWS enterprise customers through transformative projects. You'll leverage your IT and/or Management Consulting background to serve as a strategic advisor to customers, partners, and internal AWS teams. As a DPM you will be responsible for building and managing a team of Consultants and or Engagement Managers working with customers and partners to architect and implement innovative solutions. You’ll routinely engage with Director, C-level executives, and governing boards, whilst being responsible for opportunity capture and driving engagement delivery. You’ll work closely with partner teams; drive business development initiatives through thought leadership; provide portfolio guidance and oversight; and meet and exceed customer satisfaction targets. As a DPM you are primarily focused directly or through their teams, on understanding and defining business outcomes for customers by building trust, identifying applicable AWS Professional Services offerings, and creating proposals and SOW’s. Your experience gained leading teams within the technology sector, will equip you with the ability to optimize team performance through implementing tailored people development plans, ensuring your teams are aligned to customer needs, and have the skills and capacity to address customer outcomes. Possessing the ability to translate technical concepts into business value for customers and then talk in technical depth with teams, you will cultivate strong customer, Amazon Global Sales (AGS), and ProServe team relationships which enables exceptional business performance. DPMs success is primarily measured by consistently delivering customer engagements by supporting sales through scoping technical requirements for an engagement, delivering engagements on time, within budget, and exceeding customer expectations. They will hold the Practice total utilization goal and be responsible for optimizing team performance. Key job responsibilities As an experienced Professional Services Delivery Manager, you will be responsible for: Building and managing a high-performing team of Delivery Consultants Collaborating with Delivery Consultants, Engagement Managers, Account Executives, and Cloud Architects to deploy solutions and provide input on new features Developing and overseeing the implementation of innovative, forward-looking IT strategies for customers Managing practice P&L, ensuring on-time and within-budget delivery of customer engagements Driving business development initiatives and exceed customer satisfaction targets About the team The AWS Professional Services organization is a global team of experts that help customers realize their desired business outcomes when using the AWS Cloud. We work together with customer teams and the AWS Partner Network (APN) to execute enterprise cloud computing initiatives. Our team provides assistance through a collection of offerings which help customers achieve specific outcomes related to enterprise cloud adoption. We also deliver focused guidance through our global specialty practices, which cover a variety of solutions, technologies, and industries.

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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. 10046 Basic Qualifications Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Math, or a related field Experience in IT and/or Management Consulting/Services and people leadership role Experience managing IT transformation projects Experience leading data & analytics solution delivery supporting Fortune 500 companies across multiple industries and geographies, including familiarity with SDLC and agile methodologies Experience in direct people management, including building and leading technical service delivery teams with business operations and financial management responsibilities Preferred Qualifications Advanced technology degree or AWS Professional level certifications (e.g., Solutions Architect Professional, DevOps Engineer Professional) preferred Strong project management and resource management capabilities Financial acumen with P&L management experience Ability to navigate complex stakeholder relationships and drive change Sales and negotiation skills for opportunity capture and proposal development Excellent communication, presentation, and negotiation skills with the ability to build and maintain C-level client relationships Experience building data or machine learning pipelines, incl. deep learning, GenAI, LLM, etc. as well as hands on experience on AWS services like SageMaker and Bedrock, and programming skills such as Python, R, SQL, Java, Julia, Scala, Spark/Numpy/Pandas/scikit, JavaScript Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status. 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