Job Opportunity in UAE as an Education to Workforce Program Manager in MENA

Amazon offers a job opportunity in UAE as education to workforce program manager in MENA. You will work hand-in-hand with public sector country managers, account management, and field teams to help academic institutions and governments adopt and implement AWS programs designed to progress learners towards employability by exposing students, learners, and educators to AWS content, hands-on labs, AWS-authored curricula, and AWS certifications from the entire AWS portfolio of education to workforce offerings. You will be responsible for identifying customer needs, signing up customers, introducing the appropriate program(s), and owning the strategic goals for the program in your territory. You will also support customers during the implementation of the program(s).

You will be responsible for:

• Developing opportunity pipelines, evangelizing workforce offerings, and driving successful adoption and implementation of related education and workforce-readiness programs (e.g AWS Educate, Academy) within government and education institutions.

Additional responsibilities:

• Establish and track program goals, business metrics, and indicators for success.
• Meet or exceed quarterly/annual program targets.
• Drive user story brainstorming, review, and clarification sessions with technical teams to deliver maximum customer value with available time constraints and resources.
• Develop and execute a comprehensive program plan.
• Maintain a robust program plan.
• Ensure highest level of customer satisfaction.

You must have:

• Fluent in Arabic and English.
• Experience in engaging with education institution management/faculty and government agencies preferably in Public Sector.
• Degree level education preferred or equivalent.
• Be comfortable managing different teams across functions, with a proven record of bringing your team to a higher level of performance, and providing them with the proper orientation to achieve their goals.
• Experience in working in a multinational environment.
• An excellent public speaker and enjoy spending time with customers, and have the ability to cultivate relationships with a diverse set of stakeholders, and have a distinctive ability to communicate complex ideas in succinct and compelling ways.

It's preferred to have:

• Significant technology-related sales, business development, or sales engineering/consulting experience.
• Several years of experience working within the public sector industry.
• Technical degree/equivalent (i.e. Computer Science) or relevant work experience.

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