Manager, AWS Developer Relations Africa, AWS Developer Relations at Amazon

Key job responsibilities

• Coach, expand and lead our team of Developer Advocates and Community Managers in Africa. Recognise exceptional talent and actively promote them through the organisation.
• Contribute to and execute the AWS Developer Relations long term strategic plan.
• Facilitate and lead Think Big discussions, bringing consensus within the team to define the strategy in the region.
• Also act as a coach/player, gaining industry recognition and credibility as a regular attendee, panelist and keynote speaker at community meetups, technology conferences, trade shows and press events.
• Build long-term partnerships with Marketing, PR, Solution Architects, Product Development, Product Marketing and other functions in the organisation.
• Work with your worldwide counterparts to share best practices and help continuously improve a best-in-the-industry developer advocacy organisation.

A day in the life

• In this role, you will guide a team of Developers Advocates and Community Managers in raising AWS awareness among the wider technical community, inspiring and guiding Builders in their Cloud journey.
• DAs are subject matter experts, producing technical artifacts (videos, blog posts, demos, workshops, presentations), simplifying the complex.
• They meet Builders where they are (in-person, virtually).
• They dive deep to curate, build and deliver audience-focused technical content, constantly looking to maximise customer value, driving efficiencies with mechanisms.
• Community Managers nurture long-term relationships with tech communities, acting as their voice internally, feeding back insights to help shape AWS services and programmes.