WW Tech Lead, Senior Solutions Architect Specializations, Partner Core Tech

About the role

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.

What you will do

• Own the worldwide technical strategy for AWS Specializations, driving competency launches, automation, and continuous program improvement across a portfolio that directly enables partner business growth
• Design automation solutions (including AI/agent-based validation) to accelerate application processing
• Build and operate cross-functional mechanisms across multiple programs that improve partner experience, unblock validation backlogs, and strengthen program integrity, evolving validation criteria to adopt AWS-wide approaches for measuring partner contributions and customer impact while maintaining a high quality bar
• Lead end-to-end program launches, from requirements definition through enablement, go-to-market, and post-launch success measurement, orchestrating multi-stakeholder launches at flagship events
• Navigate program portfolio evolution, including sunsetting legacy specializations and standing up new categories aligned to emerging technology domains
• Serve as the technical liaison for integrating Specializations with broader AWS go-to-market and partner programs, including partner recommendation engines, AWS Marketplace, and partner program qualification frameworks, ensuring Specialization designations are leveraged as a key criterion for partner discovery, customer-facing recommendations, and program eligibility at scale
• Drive fraud detection and compliance enforcement mechanisms that protect program credibility, ensuring the Specialization badge remains an earned mark of quality
• Collaborate with AWS business stakeholders and partners to shape the future direction of specializations and competency programs, connecting technical strategy to customer outcomes
• Publish thought leadership (blogs, announcements, technical content) communicating program changes, new launches, and best practices to the partner community
• Travel up to 25% to engage with strategic partners, deliver in-person enablement, and represent the program at AWS events

What you bring

• 8+ years of specific technology domain areas (e.g. software development, cloud computing, systems engineering, infrastructure, security, networking, data & analytics) experience
• 3+ years of design, implementation, or consulting in applications and infrastructures experience
• 10+ years of IT development or implementation/consulting in the software or Internet industries experience

Nice to have

• 5+ years of infrastructure architecture, database architecture and networking experience
• Experience working with end user or developer communities
• Experience managing relationships with SAP customers and partners

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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits .

• USA, CA, San Francisco - 176,600.00 - 239,000.00 USD annually
• USA, NY, New York - 169,000.00 - 228,600.00 USD annually
• USA, TX, Austin - 153,600.00 - 207,800.00 USD annually
• USA, TX, Dallas - 153,600.00 - 207,800.00 USD annually
• USA, VA, Arlington - 153,600.00 - 207,800.00 USD annually
• USA, WA, Seattle - 153,600.00 - 207,800.00 USD annually

Pay and benefits

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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.

About the company

This position is part of the AWS Specialist and Partner Organization (ASP). Specialists own the end-to-end go-to-market strategy for their respective technology domains, providing the business and technical expertise to help our customers succeed. Partner teams own the strategy, recruiting, development, and growth of our key technology and consulting partners. Together they provide our customers with the expertise and scale needed to build innovative solutions for their most complex challenges.

Are you passionate about launching programs that raise the bar for partner quality, building automation at scale and working at the intersection of technology and business?

This is a unique opportunity to serve as the steward of that trust at scale, ensuring the AWS Specialization badge remains the definitive mark of partner quality while making it faster and easier for qualified partners to earn.

Equal opportunity and notices

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.