Description

The Amazon Web Services (AWS) Marketplace is looking for a Support Engineer to join

our fast-paced Private Offer Success Team (POST). The AWS Marketplace is an online store that helps customers find, buy, and immediately start using software and services that run on the AWS Cloud. This is an exciting opportunity to help deliver on our mission to bring Amazon’s e-commerce expertise to cloud software and fundamentally change how software is discovered, purchased, and deployed by AWS customers.

The Support Engineer role works with external Marketplace sellers and partners to drive adoption of AWS Marketplace’s strategic Private Offers program. This role combines operations, program management, and business development to build programs and processes that scale. They will drive operational improvements to add value, eliminate waste, and improve the customer experience. They will work with internal stakeholders to improve the Private Offers program, including collaborating with technical teams to deliver new features to AWS

customers, and build new programs or expand on existing ones that deliver high value.

The role requires a strong communicator who can learn concepts quickly, and apply them to

problem solve and come up with creative solutions. The ideal candidate has strong attention to

detail, can execute well to deliver results, interact with external customers to resolve escalated

issues, strong customer obsession, high level of ownership, and a drive to improve current

processes.

AWS Sales, Marketing, and Global Services (SMGS) is responsible for driving revenue, adoption, and growth from the largest and fastest growing small- and mid-market accounts to enterprise-level customers including public sector. The AWS Global Support team interacts with leading companies and believes that world-class support is critical to customer success. AWS Support also partners with a global list of customers that are building mission-critical applications on top of AWS services.

Key job responsibilities

• Perform the seller and customer escalation and support process.

• Build or contribute to the creation of new processes.

• Build and maintain program-related content and collateral.

• Perform quality control functions to ensure high quality output.

• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to maintain successful operations, including Leadership, Business Development, Finance, Legal, Sales, Business Intelligence, Product, Engineering, etc.

A day in the life

We are looking for a customer-centric contributor who enjoys building new processes and improving existing ones. The right candidate thrives in an environment where they need to balance daily operational objectives with contributions to long-term business objectives. Providing world-class support to Partners will help you to identify ways our team and business can improve. You will be expected to take those insights and partner with the team and other internal stakeholders (Product, Sales, Business Development, Engineering, Business Intelligence) to drive improvements to the AWS Marketplace Private Offers experience

About the team

Diverse Experiences

Amazon values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred 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

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating — that’s why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.

Work/Life Balance

We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve in the cloud.

Inclusive Team Culture

Here at AWS, it’s in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employee-led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empower us to be proud of our differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness.

Mentorship and Career Growth

We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.

We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:

Cape Town, ZAF

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience.

• 2+ years of program or operations experience, preferably within sales, business development, or technical organizations.

• 2+ years of experience providing customer support and troubleshooting technical issues.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience building new programs and initiatives for scale.

• Experience working with Product Management and Engineering teams to deliver new technical features of a Product.

• Experience with Lean/Six Sigma methodology

Amazon is an equal opportunities employer, and we value your passion to discover, invent, simplify and build. We welcome applications from all members of society irrespective of age, sex, disability, sexual orientation, race, religion or belief. Amazon is strongly committed to diversity within its community and especially welcomes applications from South African citizens who are members of designated groups who may contribute to Employment Equity within the workplace and the further diversification of ideas. In this regard, the relevant laws and principles associated with Employment Equity will be considered when appointing potential candidates. We are required by law to verify your ability to work lawfully in South Africa. Amazon requires that you submit a copy of either your identity document or your passport and any applicable work permit if you are a foreign national, along with an updated curriculum vitae.