Principal Consultant - Consumer Packaged Goods

Amazon ,
London, Greater London

Overview

Job Description

Do you have global technology consulting experience deploying technologies, platforms and solutions in the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry? Do you have extensive international technology experience and skills to deliver AWS services, technologies and infrastructure solutions to multi-national consumer packaged goods customers? Would you like to be part of a cross-functional team focused on increasing technology adoption of cloud computing by engaging with technical leaders, C-level executives and influencers at all levels across the Consumer Packaged Goods industry? At AWS, we are hiring a Global Consumer Packaged Goods Principal Consultant into our Professional Services team focused on cloud computing technology to help develop, deploy and drive new platforms, solutions, working directly with our Business Development Teams, AWS Partners and global CPG clients. The position requires a blend of skills including strong business acumen, Cloud Infrastructure Architecture, and Enterprise Applications knowledge. The also requires a keen understanding of the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry. This position will also be responsible for understanding the use cases for the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry and developing the AWS-based technical solutions that address our customer's needs. This includes use of, and/or integrations with, third party solutions as well as developing reference architectures specific to the CPG Industry that highlight the use of AWS services in partnerships. At AWS, we are looking for an experienced CPG technology consultant with deep technical expertise in their specialty area with an ability to travel both domestic and internationally. They will have strong relevant CPG industry and technical experience combined with exceptional people skills. AWS Principal Consultant: -Deliver technology guidance, support POC's (Proof-of-Concepts), perform enterprise portfolio assessments, review industry best practices and conduct technology leadership workshops. -Collaborate directly with global CPG customers and partners assessing, planning and executing cloud migrations for our large enterprise customers. -Provide leadership to customers migrating existing platforms, solutions and systems using the full range of AWS cloud services. They also manage engagements and assist with non- technical change management work on policies, procedures, operations and people. -Acquire new technology skills and serve as trusted advisors for internal and external customers including global CPG customers' Technology leaders and associated teams. -Package and publish best practices and repeatable offerings to AWS Partners to accelerate their transition to cloud-based AWS services. Responsibilities include: Customer Engagements - Collaborate with Account Teams, Business Development, Solution Architects and other stakeholders to develop strong customer and partner relationships. Lead the design and platform adoption of major CPG customers on the AWS platform. Industry Leadership - Lead AWS architecture discussions, cloud operations optimization, AWS migrations, security, and integration of AWS services supporting global customer requirements. Support Sales Teams - Support customer and Partner projects proving the value of AWS products, services and support moving to new distributed cloud environments. Technology Leadership - Collaborate with AWS field sales teams, pre-sales teams, training and support teams to help global CPG partners and customers successfully engage and use AWS services. Services include Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3), Amazon Greengrass, Amazon Simple DB/RDS databases, AI Services (LEX), AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM), and more. Develop Partnerships - Develop technical and executive level relationships with key System Integrators (SI's), Independent Software Vendors (ISV's) and Managed Service Providers (MSP's) who can help AWS drive the adoption of our CPG solutions for our customers. Support best practices efforts for all AWS and Partners. Deliver Deep Industry Expertise - Work with global AWS Professional Services leadership to grow the AWS Professional Services (ProServe) Practice. Work with Business Development Teams, developing and deploying key technology solutions in the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry Vertical. Customer Advocacy - Understand our customer requirements and priorities to ensure they have a voice internally at AWS. Work with AWS engineering groups, technology and professional ProServe teams conveying deep technical requirements from major CPG customers and partners, driving key inputs into short-term and long-term AWS technology roadmaps. Deliver Value - Lead and manage delivery of a key CPG ProServe Technical engagements with customers and partners in the CPG industry. Industry Events and Organizations - Support key industry trade shows, session panels, keynotes, industry groups, technology organizations and technology standards b