Job ID: 2810559 | Amazon Web Services, Inc.
We are seeking a passionate, talented, and organized individual who thrives under a high amount of autonomy, driving goals, programs, and projects across different teams within the Amazon Connect specialist field organization. In this position you will have an opportunity to launch and drive initiatives that enable scale and growth of the Amazon Connect business and help innovate the AWS approach to business applications.
WWSO is part of the AWS Specialist & Partner (ASP) org, which works backwards from our customer’s most complex and business critical problems to build and execute go-to-market plans that turn AWS ideas into multi-billion-dollar businesses. WWSO teams include business development, specialist and technical solutions architecture with deep technology and industry expertise who help carry their fields into the future. As part of WWSO, you'll provide expertise across the entire life cycle of an AWS customer initiative, from developing ideas for new services to accelerating the adoption of established businesses. We pride ourselves on thinking big, delivering exceptional results for our customers, and working across AWS as #OneTeam.
As AWS and Amazon Connect continues to grow rapidly, we are seeking an experienced Program Manager to join our team. The Amazon Connect Specialist Team is made up of deep CX and Enterprise Contact Center domain experts who work directly with our customers to solve their most complex challenges. We stay closely connected to our customers and bring valuable data and insights to our product teams, strengthening the product roadmap. Our team is at its best when a customer is thinking big and needs specialized experience to innovate for their business. Amazon Connect was designed from the ground up to be omnichannel, it provides a seamless experience across voice and chat for our customers and agents leveraging AWS.
Key job responsibilities
- You are a proven leader, passionate learner, and motivated to take on new challenges. You like to solve interesting organizational challenges that have direct customer and business impact.
- You enjoy collaborating in a diverse, dynamic team environment and drive cross-functional initiatives.
- You want to have fun; surround yourself with a highly talented pool of Solutions Architects that like to solve complex problems, but also enjoy work life balance.
- You’re looking to lead initiatives that support scale, standardization, and repeatability.
About the team
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- 5+ years of program or project management experience
- Experience using data and metrics to determine and drive improvements
- Experience owning program strategy, end to end delivery, and communicating results to senior leadership
- Bachelors or equivalent experience
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- 2+ years of driving process improvements experience
- Master's degree, or MBA in business, operations, human resources, adult education, organizational development, instructional design or related field
