Amazon Connect Pre-Sales Technical Architect

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You Are:
A motivated, driven Amazon Connect Technical Architect with experience shaping the approach and estimating the effort/right-sizing teams to deliver desired outcomes for clients. You enjoy using your contact center and customer experience knowledge to estimate innovative solutions. Driven by curiosity, you explore how new technologies can be applied to solve challenging business problems. You thrive in a collaborative, creative and productive team environment where ideas are freely exchanged, and innovative concepts evolve into practical solutions.
The work:

• A motivated, driven Amazon Connect Technical Architect with experience shaping the approach and estimating the effort/right-sizing teams to deliver desired outcomes for clients. You enjoy using your contact center and customer experience knowledge to estimate innovative solutions. Driven by curiosity, you explore how new technologies can be applied to solve challenging business problems. You thrive in a collaborative, creative and productive team environment where ideas are freely exchanged, and innovative concepts evolve into practical solutions.
  The work:
  Specialized Technical Sales for Customer Experience solutions utilizing Amazon Connect
  Drive full end to end Technical Solutioning and effort estimation from origination and initial client conversations, thru discovery, design and transition to delivery
  Work directly with client Executives and Technology Leaders to Design AWS Connect architectures and the teams that will deliver them
  Design Amazon Connect/Lex/Pinpoint Architectures that optimize AWS capabilities and leverage Accenture's assets and differentiation.
  Collaborating within a sales pursuit team to develop innovative approaches to solving complex problems
• Travel may be required for this role. The amount of travel will vary from 0 to 100% depending on business need and client requirements.

• Basic Qualifications
• Minimum 5 years' experience in the contact center or PBX industry
• Minimum 3 years' experience with effort estimation and technical design for Amazon Connect and related technologies
• Deep understanding of call flows, IVR trees, email and chat channel designs and contact center operations
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent (minimum 12 years) work experience. If Associate's Degree, must have minimum 6 years work experience

• Preferred Qualifications:
• At least 1 AWS Associate Level Certification
• Hands on Experience with Amazon Connect, Amazon Lex, and / or Amazon Pinpoint
• Experience with intent analysis and conversational chatbots
• A customer obsession mindset

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Role Location Annual Salary Range

California $94,400 to $266,300

Colorado $94,400 to $230,000

District of Columbia $100,500 to $245,000

Illinois $87,400 to $230,000

Minnesota $94,400 to $230,000

Maryland $87,400 to $213,000

New York $87,400 to $266,300

Washington $100,500 to $245,000

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