Amazon

Sr. Customer Solutions Manager, USAF

Amazon$153K — $207K *
Aerospace & Defense
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 6+ years of experience leading large-scale technical or engineering programs
  • 5+ years of customer-facing engagement with executives and technologists
  • Bachelor's degree in STEM or business
  • Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams for transformation projects
  • Familiarity with USAF structure and cloud architectures at various classification levels
  • Active Top Secret US Government Security Clearance

Responsibilities

  • Lead complex DoD customer engagements as a trusted advisor to military and civilian leaders
  • Develop and execute cloud adoption roadmaps aligned with program milestones
  • Identify opportunities for large-scale migrations and modernization in USAF missions
  • Operate independently in classified environments to clarify ambiguous situations
  • Design assessments and frameworks for AI readiness and governance
  • Provide actionable insights from the customer's perspective within AWS
  • Bridge multiple AWS teams to ensure cohesive execution of customer strategies

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health insurance including medical, dental, and vision
  • 401(k) matching and flexible spending accounts
  • Paid time off and parental leave
  • Adoption and surrogacy reimbursement coverage
  • Access to mental health support and employee assistance programs
Full Job Description
Amazon Web Services is seeking a Senior Customer Solutions Manager to support our Air Force (DAF) Intelligence and Information Dominance customers. In this role, you will have the exciting opportunity to help drive the growth and shape the future of emerging technologies for the warfighter.

Your responsibilities will include accelerating delivery against customer outcomes as part of a cross-functional account team, managing an existing portfolio of mission-critical customers, and ensuring successful execution and value realization across USAF programs supporting command and control, weather, intelligence, and OCONUS missions. This includes driving adoption strategies, collaborating across AWS, and engaging with customers and industry partners to influence and accelerate cloud and AI adoption.

The role requires a professional who is experienced in customer success management, program delivery, and customer relationship management for emerging technology programs in the Department of Defense (DoD). The ideal candidate will have (1) expertise operating in entrepreneurial and highly matrixed environments, (2) the ability to translate customer requirements into technology solutions, and (3) past performance implementing and delivering technology solutions that drive measurable customer outcomes. Candidates should have an understanding of DoD infrastructures, policies, and operational performance requirements.

This position requires that the candidate selected be a US Citizen and currently possess and maintain an active Top Secret security clearance.

This position requires 25-40% travel dependent on customer locations and classification requirements.

Key job responsibilities

Own & Influence: Lead complex DoD customer engagements end-to-end as a trusted advisor to senior military and civilian decision makers, delivering measurable outcomes across multiple USAF programs

Drive Adoption & Delivery: Develop and execute cloud adoption roadmaps aligned with program milestones; accelerate delivery and value realization across a portfolio of classified workloads

Accelerate Value: Identify opportunities for large-scale migrations, generative AI, and modernization that advance USAF missions and operational efficiency

Navigate Ambiguity: Operate independently in classified environments (Secret/TS/SCI) with incomplete information, using high judgment to provide clarity to customers and internal teams

Enable & Govern: Design AI readiness assessments, governance frameworks, and executive briefings that prepare customers for cloud transformation and long-term operational excellence

Advocate & Advise: Serve as the customer's voice within AWS, providing actionable insights that inform service improvements and align internal teams to customer priorities

Collaborate & Coordinate: Bridge AEs, SAs, TAMs, and ProServe to ensure cohesive execution against customer cloud strategy

Build, Scale & Mentor: Build scalable mechanisms, develop best practices, and mentor within and across teams to elevate CSM performance

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- 6+ years of leading large-scale, technical or engineering programs with a proven record of thought leadership, business case development, realizing customer benefits, and successful program completion experience

- 5+ years of customer-facing work, engaging with customer executives, technologists or partners to solve business problems with advanced technologies experience

- Bachelor's degree in science, technology, engineering, math, business or equivalent

- Experience leading technical and non-technical transformation project teams with a proven ability to work across broad functional teams

- Experience with USAF organizational structure, DoW acquisition processes and contract vehicles, and cloud architectures across multiple classification levels.

- Current, active US Government Security Clearance of Top Secret or above

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- PMP certification, or SCRUM/Agile, SAFe certification

- Experience implementing cloud services including migrations and modernization projects or similar

- Knowledge of software development lifecycle, including design, development, test, build, deployment processes and timelines

- Experience in DoW or Intelligence Community environments with understanding of DoW/IC infrastructures, policies, and operational requirements

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.

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