As a key member of the Strategic Initiatives Team, you will lead growth opportunities across WWSO (Worldwide Specialist Organization). Our team accelerates growth by identifying, validating, and scaling new opportunities, combining business strategy, technical expertise, and operational excellence to transform insights into impactful initiatives aligned with WWSO and AWS strategic priorities.

WWSO Mission: WWSO builds and executes strategies that accelerate AWS adoption while democratizing expertise and driving product innovation, led by our vision to ensure AWS is the best place to run today's and tomorrow's workloads. The Strategic Initiatives Team plays a crucial role in this vision by identifying and validating opportunities that drive meaningful customer outcomes at scale.

Key Responsibilities:
- Design and implement mechanisms to test strategic hypotheses
- Meet directly with customers, partners, and service teams to identify emerging market opportunity and/or refine strategic focus areas
- Qualify impact of potential initiatives through data analysis and market validation
- Lead stakeholder alignment around high-impact opportunities
- Develop business cases and strategic recommendations for senior leadership
- Collaborate with technical teams to evaluate feasibility of new opportunities
- Build mechanisms to measure impact and track progress of strategic initiatives

Success in this role means:
- Leading scalable growth opportunities that accelerate AWS adoption
- Building strong partnerships across organizations
- Driving to WWSO's strategic priorities
- Demonstrating strong business judgment
- Delivering measurable business impact

This role reports to the Strategic Initiatives Team leadership and works closely with Technical and Programs teams to drive growth initiatives across WWSO.

About the team
This position is part of the AWS Specialist and Partner Organization (ASP). Specialists own the end-to-end go-to-market strategy for their respective technology domains, providing the business and technical expertise to help our customers succeed. Partner teams own the strategy, recruiting, development, and growth of our key technology and consulting partners. Together they provide our customers with the expertise and scale needed to build innovative solutions for their most complex challenges.

Diverse Experiences
AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.

Why AWS?
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Inclusive Team Culture
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Work/Life Balance
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