Job Description

DESCRIPTION

Do you enjoy deconstructing complex systems to see how each component works? Do you think about how you could use artificial intelligence and machine learning to optimize an entire system and its various components, which may include enterprise planning, inventory, system analysis, and customer service? Then come work for us!

As a Specialist Solutions Architect, you will continuously sharpen your knowledge around business processes optimization and will use your domain knowledge to help customers solve their most complex and strategic operational challenges through the use of AWS services.
Internally, you will be the voice of the customer. You will articulate customer needs by synthesizing your observations from customer engagements and market trends around business processes optimization to inform the roadmap of AWS features.
You will evangelize and educate about AWS applications and industry trends in the business optimization space using public speaking and content engagements like workshops, user group meetings, online videos, and conferences. In support of these activities you will lead the creation and sharing of best practices, technical content (e.g. white papers, blog posts), and reference architectures.

If you like talking about about the art of the possible, while challenging the impossible, come build the future with us.

Responsibilities
Collaborate with business stakeholders across multiple Lines of Business areas such as operations, planning, finance, and marketing on value-based process improvement discussions in addition to engaging data science and IT organizations internally and externally
Design working prototypes, reference examples, proofs of concept that make the best use of AWS offerings.
Personalization of demos to ensure delivery of a simple, appealing and compelling customer presentation.
Produce and validate reference architecture implementations and blog posts to evangelize design patterns and best practices for applying business process optimization to help customers in different vertical segments like consumer packaged goods, retail, manufacturing, healthcare, and life sciences.
Act as a technical liaison between customers and the AWS product teams to provide customer based product improvement feedback.
Assess and/or guide the assessment of large datasets to discover meaningful patterns, trends and relationships.
This is a customer facing role. You will be required to travel to meet customers when needed (and it is safe to do so).

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

5+ years of experience working in or with customers in industries such as Manufacturing, Retail, Wholesale Distribution, CPG, Pharmaceuticals, Life Sciences, Service Parts Planning on their fulfillment based operational processes.
Experience in business logistics, industrial engineering, and/or demand planning while leveraging analytics and business performance metrics to justify process changes or investments in new business applications.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to work effectively across internal and external organizations.
Multiple project experiences participating in integrated business planning initiatives for multi-national organizations.
Experience working with cross-functional / extended teams.
Proven ability to relate in-depth application functionality to improve business operations and processes to both business and technical practitioners.
Experience selling to Fortune 1000 and/or Global 2000 organizations.
Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics or related business operations or equivalent professional or military experience.
Experience in Lean, Six Sigma or other structured process improvement methodologies.

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

This position can be remote, but candidates must be based near an AWS office location (Arlington, Atlanta, Austin, Boston, Chicago, Cupertino, Dallas, Detroit, East Palo Alto, Herndon, Houston, Irvine, Minneapolis, Nashville, New York City, Pittsburgh, Portland, San Diego, San Francisco, Washington D.C., Sunnyvale, Santa Monica, Seattle, Tempe)