If you are a technically proficient problem solver and want to work directly with external customers, then this is the role for you. We are looking for a senior technical account manager with a strong sense of ownership, passion to provide a great customer experience, and excellent troubleshooting skills in ambiguous situations. Provide tactical and technical support to review customer cases related to integration with Amazon systems and enterprises. You will provide the strategy to review business applications and cloud services for compliance with our policies and investigate application integration problems with APIs, enterprise customers and Amazon services. You will dive deeply into technical details, diagnose, and reproduce issues with Amazon technology products (e.g., services, tools, data solutions, etc.). You will typically focus on guiding customers on how to properly use an API/Amazon service, educating them on best practices, and troubleshooting implementation and configuration problems. As a Senior Technical Account Manager (TAM), you may identify opportunities and known risks with a customer’s technical decisions. In addition, you will be the SPOC, representing Partner Operations within the senior leadership organization. Finally, you will help to coordinate the activities of a team of TAMs and security engineers in support of the responsibilities outlined above.
Key job responsibilities
Actively manage integration projects with a portfolio of Third-Party applications and service providers integrators that need to be integrated into the Amazon Buy with Prime merchant offerings
Work with 3P partners to set and meet milestones to deliver high-quality integration projects every time
Manage a team of TAMs directly reporting to you in different areas such as, certification, escalation handling and career development goals
Engage internal and external customers/teams to define requirements, test data integrity, verify business processes, and deploy product offerings
Partner to provide technical support to the development, PM and SA teams on documentation, certification best practices, security risks, troubleshooting and testing
Closely work with partners and internal security teams to design, propose and execute on industry level best practices related to security & risk for SaaS apps and 3P integrations
Manage the operational relationships with stakeholders of small to enterprise level businesses and ensure their products are setup for success
Provide advocacy and strategic technical guidance to help plan and build solutions using best practices, and proactively help protect your partners security and app solutions architecture.
A day in the life
In this role you will work closely with the team of technical account managers, internal product and development leadership and a wide range of technology partners and enterprise customers to deliver high quality, performant and business critical solutions. You will define processes that enable the team to scale, design tools that ensure developers can validate their solutions and integrations. You and the team will provide critical feedback to the sales support teams and internal development teams on how the technical integrations and applications work with both the customer tech stack and internal APIs.
We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:
Arlington, VA, USA | Austin, TX, USA | New York, NY, USA | Santa Clara, CA, USA | Santa Monica, CA, USA | Seattle, WA, USA | Tempe, AZ, USA
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
For this position, we expect min. 8 years of work experience in a technical account management position or similar roles
BA in computer science or relevant technical degree is required
SME status in one or more services (AWS, APIs, Integration testing) and understanding of the architecture and operational parameters of 3P applications, enough to effectively handle escalations
Experience with operational parameters and troubleshooting for the following: Security/ Applications Development in a distributed systems environment
Internal enterprise or external customer-facing experience as a technical lead
Ability to meet deadlines, prioritize workloads among evolving priorities, maintain a strong attention to detail and work independently
Data driven and demonstrates good working knowledge of metrics, KPIs and SLAs and put them to practice in delivering results.
Experience managing remote teams with diverse experience and range of skills
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
Meets/exceeds Amazon’s leadership principles requirements for this role
Meets/exceeds Amazon’s functional/technical depth and complexity for this role
3-5 years of experience driving and managing direct reports and teams
Desire to work in an ambiguously fast-paced, challenging environment
Experience as a SME and escalation point for operations teams, developers, and internal business partners
Experience partnering with multiple functional roles Solution Architects, Engineers, and Product Managers
Track record of managing and troubleshooting technical projects
Strong written and verbal communication skills
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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $73,900/year in our lowest geographic market up to $185,000/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.