Director, System Development, Region Services, AWS

Job title:

Director, System Development, Region Services, AWS

Company

Amazon

Job description

DESCRIPTIONAmazon Web Services provides a highly reliable, scalable, low-cost infrastructure platform in the cloud that powers hundreds of thousands of businesses in 190 countries around the world. To meet the growing demand for AWS services around the globe, we need exceptionally talented, bright, and driven people. For this role, we are looking for a dynamic, organized, self-starting Systems Development Director to lead our operations/engineering organization for new AWS region builds.Does the challenge of leading and driving large, cross-organizational initiatives for one of the world’s largest cloud providers excite you? Do you enjoy working in an entrepreneurial environment, engaging directly with stakeholders, diving into complex technical problems, and innovating to deliver solutions? Are you passionate about all aspects of team building and talent development? If so, we would love to speak with you.In this role, you will have the opportunity to work with AWS infrastructure and product teams to design, deliver, operate and automate utility computing services for new AWS regions. You will assess risks, anticipate issues, overcome technical obstacles, make high-judgement trade-offs, and balance business needs with technical constraints.To be successful in this role, you’ll need a deep understanding of distributed system design, delivery, operations and automation. Your development management expertise and operational excellence will influence your team’s decisions and drive secure and scalable solutions. And as an AWS leader, you will need to be passionate about innovating and iterating region build and operations models, in order to deliver great customer experiences.By working together on behalf of our customers, we are building the future one innovative product, service, and concept at a time. Are you ready to embrace the challenge? Come build the future with us!Key job responsibilities
The role is the single threaded leader for Systems Development and Operations in the AWS UK region build team. The role works to set and execute the strategic vision for operations teams in collaboration with product, sales, security and service teams. The role requires a detailed understanding and ability to drive critical aspects of operations. The leader in this role should be customer obsessed, with ability to balance long-term vision with near-term customer needs. The role will lead strategic initiatives and provide support to operations and development teams in the UK.BASIC QUALIFICATIONS– BS degree in Computer Science or related technical field
– Substantial experience building and leading engineering teams that design and deliver large-scale distributed systems
– Experience in software development, systems engineering and automation, under UNIX/Linux
– Demonstrated ability to hire and retain top performers, and lead a high performing team
– Decisive, confident, and experienced with influencing others
– Proven coaching and leadership skills including evidence of successful succession planning
– Strong communication and negotiation skills, demonstrated ability to work cross-functionally with multiple teams and stakeholders
– Ability to work at all levels in the organisation
– Experience delivering successfully, at pacePREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS– MS/PhD degree in Computer Science
– Experience managing engineering teams
– Experience of problem-solving, debugging and large-scale event management, with customer-facing services
– Successful track record in working on large cross-functional, cross-organisational transformation efforts
– Experience working as part of a global team, across multiple time zonesAmazon is an equal opportunities employer. We believe passionately that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success. We make recruiting decisions based on your experience and skills. We value your passion to discover, invent, simplify and build. Protecting your privacy and the security of your data is a longstanding top priority for Amazon. Please consult our Privacy Notice (https://www.amazon.jobs/en/privacy_page) to know more about how we collect, use and transfer the personal data of our candidates.Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need an adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please contact the Applicant-Candidate Accommodation Team (ACAT), Monday through Friday from 7:00 am GMT – 4:00 pm GMT. If calling directly from the United Kingdom, please dial +44 800 086 9884 (tel:+448000869884). If calling from Ireland, please dial +353 1800 851 489 (tel:+3531800851489).

Expected salary

Location

London

Job date

Thu, 27 Jun 2024 22:13:32 GMT

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