Amazon has announced that Amazon Web Services (AWS) is hiring for the Strategic Customer Engagements (SCE) team in Chicago, focusing on the private equity industry. The role involves engaging with customers on strategic initiatives and driving AWS growth.

According to Amazon Jobs, this position focuses on leading negotiations and closing large, complex deals while shaping strategies to meet customer business goals. Responsibilities include collaborating with sales and business development teams to manage performance metrics, promoting cloud adoption, and developing AWS’s value proposition. The position requires working with stakeholders across regions, including finance, legal, and service teams, and advising on the commercial strategy of deals. Candidates should have over ten years of experience in strategic cloud services deals, working with C-level executives and internal stakeholders. The role offers a salary ranging from $128,600 to $212,600 annually.

Amazon provides full-time employees benefits such as health, dental, and vision coverage; a 401(k) plan with company matching; life and disability insurance; restricted stock units; and an Employee Assistance Program. Additional benefits include paid time off, parental leave, adoption assistance, and the Career Choice program covering 95% of tuition for hourly employees.

AWS is described as a comprehensive cloud platform offering over 200 services including infrastructure technologies and emerging solutions like artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning. It serves a wide range of customers including startups, enterprises, and government agencies through a broad partner network.

The company also offers various services beyond AWS. According to its What We Do webpage provided by Amazon, these include online shopping platforms, delivery of fresh produce, media distribution services like Alexa and Fire TV devices, logistics operations, customer service support as well as entertainment through platforms such as Amazon Originals Prime Video Audible.