About the Role
This is a principal-level technical pre-sales role serving as the senior technical authority for AWS co-sell across EMEA. You will own the technical strategy behind co-sell pursuits, develop reference architectures, lead proof-of-concept work, and build trusted relationships with AWS field teams. This individual contributor role has senior influence, mentoring delivery teams and shaping technical standards to drive alliance growth.
Responsibilities
- Provide technical leadership on strategic pursuits, acting as the senior technical partner on priority AWS co-sell opportunities.
- Set the technical win strategy and lead client-facing deep-dives alongside AWS SAs.
- Design reference architectures that anchor joint AWS solutions and become reusable standards.
- Scope and lead proof-of-concept work, shaping POCs for production system conversion.
- Build trusted relationships with AWS Solutions Architects, Specialist SAs, and ProServe.
- Advise leadership on AWS architecture strategy and stay ahead of AWS roadmaps.
- Set the technical bar as the alliance scales.
Requirements
- 5+ years in technical pre-sales, solution architecture, or technical consulting with senior client-facing credibility.
- Deep hands-on AWS expertise with a track record of delivered projects.
- Strong record leading demos and POCs that win competitive pursuits.
- Command of enterprise architecture patterns and the judgment to apply them.
- Experience in a Global Systems Integrator, agency, or professional services environment.
Skills
- Generative AI: Amazon Bedrock, SageMaker, agentic and generative AI application patterns
- Data & Analytics: Amazon Marketing Cloud (AMC), AWS Clean Rooms, data lakes, analytics pipelines
- Customer Experience: Amazon Personalize, Amazon Connect, serverless architectures
- Modern Applications: Lambda, Step Functions, API Gateway, container orchestration
- Integration: Event-driven architectures, microservices, API design
Location
- EMEA
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Principal-level
- Senior
Education Level
- AWS certifications: Solutions Architect Professional and specialty certifications (ML, Data Analytics) (Preferred)
- Hands-on experience with Amazon Bedrock and generative AI implementations (Preferred)
- Familiarity with Amazon Marketing Cloud (AMC) and advertising technology (Preferred)
- Prior AWS partner-company or direct AWS experience (Preferred)
- Experience supporting co-sell motions with AWS field teams (Preferred)
- Vertical compliance familiarity (Preferred)
About the Company
- WPP Enterprise Solutions designs, builds, and operates growth systems for competitive businesses, leading clients in transformation and modernization.
- WPP Enterprise Solutions is the enterprise technology and transformation capability of WPP, delivering data, AI, and modern applications for leading brands.
- WPP partners with AWS to bring these capabilities to clients and is building toward AWS Premier Partner status.
- WPP is a trusted growth partner for the world’s leading brands, using talent, data, and partnerships to help clients navigate change and deliver transformational growth.
Equal Opportunity
- WPP (VML/WPP Enterprise Solutions) is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without discrimination or regard to characteristics.
- We are committed to fostering a culture of respect in which everyone feels they belong and has the same opportunities to progress in their careers.
