Director, AWS Database, Analytics & Storage Solutions Architecture, Database & Analytics GTM

Amazon.com Inc

Seattle, WA

JOB DETAILS
SKILLS
Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3), Amazon Web Services (AWS), Architectural Analysis, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Best Practices, Big Data, Blog, Business Intelligence, Business Skills, Cloud Computing, Cloud Storage, Customer Relations, Customer Support/Service, Data Analysis, Data Processing, Data Warehousing, Database Analysis, Ecosystems, Electronic Medical Records, Field Sales, Machine Learning, Market Entry Strategy, Market Trend Analysis, NoSQL, Power Amplifier, Product Demonstration, Product Management, Product Planning, Product Positioning, Professional Services, Proof of Concept, Relational Databases (RDBMS), Storage Architecture, Strategic Planning, System Migration, Team Lead/Manager, Technical Strategy, Technical Writing, Thought Leadership, White Papers
LOCATION
Seattle, WA
POSTED
30+ days ago

Are you a data leader ready to shape how the world"s most innovative companies harness their data in the cloud - and prepare it for the agentic AI era? If you have deep expertise across relational and non-relational databases, data warehousing and lakehouse architectures, real-time event processing, and cloud storage - and a passion for solving complex, large-scale data challenges alongside customers - this is the role for you.

As Director of the worldwide Database, Analytics & Storage Solutions Architecture team at AWS, you will lead a global organization of specialist solutions architects who drive technical customer engagement, solution design, and adoption across AWS"s data portfolio. Your team will serve as the technical counterpart to the Database, Analytics & Storage go-to-market organization - partnering directly with service team engineering leaders, field sales, and customer executives to accelerate data-driven transformation.

This is a role for a leader who combines deep technical expertise with strategic business acumen, executive presence, and the ability to inspire a large, distributed team. You will set the vision for how AWS helps customers migrate, modernize, and unlock the value of their data at scale.

Key job responsibilities

  • Lead a worldwide team of specialist solutions architects and AWS Data technical field SME community members across AMER, EMEA, and APJ
  • Set the technical vision for customer engagement across AWS"s broad and deep spectrum of data services including Aurora, RDS, DynamoDB, ElastiCache, Redshift, EMR, S3, MSK, and OpenSearch
  • Drive measurable business impact through technical customer engagement, solution design, and hands-on architecture guidance that accelerates workload adoption
  • Serve as the technical counterpart to the Database, Analytics & Storage GTM leader, aligning SA strategy with business priorities
  • Partner with VP-level engineering leaders across database, analytics, storage, and search service teams to influence product roadmap through structured closed-loop feedback
  • Engage CxO-level executives at strategic customers (VP Engineering, CTO, CDO) to shape their data and AI strategies
  • Build durable mechanisms including migration & modernization playbooks, competitive technical response guides, POC frameworks, and AI-powered tools to scale SA knowledge and productivity
  • Develop thought leadership through technical content, conference keynotes, reference architectures, and community engagement
  • Leverage AI and agentic technologies to build automated architecture assessments, migration planning tools, and intelligent assistance that amplifies SA effectiveness
  • Own strategic planning for Data & Analytics GTM initiatives and serve as a trusted advisor to Directors and VPs on data technology trends, market opportunities, and competitive positioning
  • Serve as a globally recognized evangelist and thought leader for AWS Data & Analytics solutions through keynote speaking, white papers, reference architectures, and AWS Blogs
  • Architect advanced customer solutions for Real Time and Batch-based Big Data processing, Business Intelligence, NoSQL, and Machine Learning; demonstrate viability through proof-of-concepts and establish company standards for data architecture best practices
  • Craft compelling audience-specific content (product videos, customer success stories, demos, presentations, how-to guides) and serve as technical liaison between customers and engineering teams
  • Lead and develop a global team of Data & Analytics Solutions Architects, fostering a culture of collaboration, inclusion, and innovation
  • Create operational mechanisms to address recurring escalation patterns, reduce bureaucracy, and actively lead the broader SA community
  • Collaborate with AWS field sales, professional services, engineering, and product management teams to shape product vision, develop best practices, and drive partner go-to-market strategies
  • Lead large multi-org or global initiatives that drive significant business impact across the data and analytics ecosystem

About the Company

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Amazon.com Inc

At Amazon, we don’t wait for the next big idea to present itself. We envision the shape of impossible things and then we boldly make them reality. So far, this mindset has helped us achieve some incredible things. Let’s build new systems, challenge the status quo, and design the world we want to live in. We believe the work you do here will be the best work of your life.

Wherever you are in your career exploration, Amazon likely has an opportunity for you. Our research scientists and engineers shape the future of natural language understanding with Alexa. Fulfillment center associates around the globe send customer orders from our warehouses to doorsteps. Product managers set feature requirements, strategy, and marketing messages for brand new customer experiences. And as we grow, we’ll add jobs that haven’t been invented yet.

It’s Always Day 1
At Amazon, it’s always “Day 1.” Now, what does this mean and why does it matter? It means that our approach remains the same as it was on Amazon’s very first day – to make smart, fast decisions, stay nimble, invent, and stay focused on delighting our customers. In our 2016 shareholder letter, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos shared his thoughts on how to keep up a Day 1 company mindset. “Staying in Day 1 requires you to experiment patiently, accept failures, plant seeds, protect saplings, and double down when you see customer delight,” he wrote. “A customer-obsessed culture best creates the conditions where all of that can happen.” You can read the full letter here

Our Leadership Principles
Our Leadership Principles help us keep a Day 1 mentality. They aren’t just a pretty inspirational wall hanging. Amazonians use them, every day, whether they’re discussing ideas for new projects, deciding on the best solution for a customer’s problem, or interviewing candidates. To read through our Leadership Principles from Customer Obsession to Bias for Action, visit https://www.amazon.jobs/principles
COMPANY SIZE
10,000 employees or more
INDUSTRY
Retail
FOUNDED
1994
WEBSITE
http://Amazon.com/militaryroles