Job summary
Are you an IT Executive (CIO / CTO / VP or equivalent) who has led successful Business - IT Transformation initiatives in the enterprise or public sector?
Are you looking to scale that expertise across a number of different organisations? Can you lead a skeptical customer through engagements related to IT strategy, business-IT governance, and organizational change management as they transition to a Cloud computing model?
Can you collaborate with both business and technology executives to shape their highly-visible, highly-impactful projects that are transforming their organization and potentially an entire industry?
Do you possess a diverse IT and / or Consulting background and in-depth knowledge of industry IT trends (including but not limited to : business case development, business architecture, IT and business innovation, organizational change management, IT governance, IT process & compliance, data center migrations, IT frameworks like ITSM, ITIL, TOGAF, COBIT, PMBOK, and cloud operating models), leveraging this credibility as advisors with customers, partners, and internal stakeholders?
At AWS, we're hiring Advisory Consultants in our Professional Services organisation based in Switzerland. Through deep professional services engagements, We help customers to establish their overall cloud vision, strategy, & roadmap - and then execute on that roadmap.
We are seeking outcome driven and customer obsessed experts who are passionate about :
Engaging deeply with C-level executives to define and execute enterprise-wide transformation programs
Identifying motivators and drivers for cloud adoption and unlocking business value for our customers; Creating compelling business cases for the transition to the cloud
Collaborating with specialist teams to drive and shape solutions to accelerate our customer’s business outcomes
Developing and promoting governance models supporting the consistent use of cloud technologies aligned to institutional strategies and policies
Enabling the People change critical to sustained business performance : Skills, Capabilities, and organizational design
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
Demonstrated leadership in the areas of IT operations, cloud computing, IT strategy, business architecture, or enterprise architecture
Trusted Advisor for maintaining C-level relationships with customers and stakeholders
Experience of implementing large-scale enterprise IT change management programs
Knowledge of designing, building, and operating global IT infrastructure services
Experience of executing on organizational change management for overall transformation
Work experience in consulting / advisory
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including group leadership and executive presentations
Ability to travel to client locations when needed, location can be virtual anywhere
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
Enterprise Architecture certifications / Frameworks (TOGAF, Zachman, GGEIT, Prosci, CCMP, EA Practitioner, CEA, Certified Business Architect)
Direct experience with data centre operations and public cloud providers
Led a cloud migration initiative as an AWS customer or consulting with a customer in their own IT transformation
Experience in an IT strategy & enterprise architecture that is focused on public cloud
Experience on creating and executing organizational change management strategies as part of a larger transformation
Experience selling and delivering billable professional services 
