AWS Solutions Engineer (Pre-Sales Engineer)

<div class="content-intro"><h3><strong>Who We Are</strong></h3> <p>VML, part of WPP, is a leading creative company that combines brand experience, customer experience, and commerce, creating connected brands to drive growth. VML is celebrated for its innovative and human first, award-winning work for blue chip client partners including AstraZeneca, Colgate-Palmolive, Dell, Ford, Microsoft, Nestlé, The Coca-Cola Company, and Wendy's. The agency is recognized by the Forrester Wave™ Reports, as a Leader among Marketing Creative and Content Service Providers, Commerce Services, Global Digital Experience Services, Global Marketing Services and, most recently, Marketing Measurement &amp; Optimization. In addition, VML’s specialist health network, VML Health, is one of the world’s largest and most awarded health agencies. VML’s global network is powered by 26,000 talented people across 55+ markets, with principal offices in Kansas City, New York, Detroit, London, São Paulo, Shanghai, Singapore, and Sydney.</p> <p><strong>About WPP</strong></p> <p>WPP is the trusted growth partner for the world’s leading brands. We unite&nbsp;cutting-edge media intelligence and data solutions, world-class creativity, next-generation production, transformative enterprise solutions and expert strategic counsel&nbsp;in a single company –&nbsp;powered by exceptional talent and our agentic marketing platform, WPP Open,&nbsp;to help our clients navigate change, capture opportunity and deliver transformational growth. For more information, visit&nbsp;<u><a href="http://wpp.com/" data-outlook-id="2714312b-312f-4651-9f88-d8a4e47547bc">WPP.com</a></u>.</p></div><h3><strong>The Opportunity</strong></h3> <p>VML Enterprise Solutions is growing its technical pre-sales capability to support AWS-led growth across EMEA, with a focus on the UK and Ireland.&nbsp;We are looking for a hands-on technical expert who can prove the value of our AWS solutions through clear demos, high-impact POCs and scalable reference architectures.&nbsp;This role sits between AWS technology and VML delivery, supporting co-sell opportunities by removing technical doubt, proving feasibility and giving clients confidence we can deliver.&nbsp;You will work closely with Alliance Sales, Solution Leads and AWS teams across UKI and EMEA.</p> <h3><strong>The Role</strong></h3> <p>This is a technical pre-sales role focused on AWS co-sell across EMEA. You will lead demos, POCs and solution design, supporting opportunities from early engagement through to close.<br>Success is measured through delivery, including POCs completed, conversion to production, quality of architectures and impact on technical win rates.</p> <h3><strong>What you’ll do</strong></h3> <p><strong>Technical pre-sales and pursuit support</strong></p> <ul> <li>Act as the technical lead within account teams across AWS opportunities</li> <li>Deliver client-facing demos and lead proof of concept (POC) engagements</li> <li>Work closely with AWS Solution Architects and internal stakeholders</li> <li>Contribute to RFPs and SOWs by shaping technical content and solution scope</li> <li>Lead technical discussions and remove blockers to build client confidence</li> </ul> <p><strong>Architecture and assets</strong></p> <ul> <li>Create reference architectures for common AWS use cases</li> <li>Build reusable demo environments and technical assets</li> <li>Document best practice and stay current with AWS services</li> <li>Ensure solutions reflect GDPR, UK data residency and EU data sovereignty</li> </ul> <p><strong>Enablement and collaboration</strong></p> <ul> <li>Support delivery teams with technical guidance</li> <li>Share best practice and help build capability across EMEA</li> <li>Maintain AWS certifications and work closely with AWS technical teams</li> </ul> <h3><strong>Technical focus</strong></h3> <p>You will bring experience across several of the following areas:</p> <ul> <li>Generative AI and machine learning, including Bedrock and SageMaker</li> <li>Data and analytics, including Amazon Marketing Cloud and Clean Rooms</li> <li>Customer experience platforms such as Personalize and Connect</li> <li>Modern application development using Lambda, Step Functions and APIs</li> <li>Integration patterns, including event-driven architecture and microservices</li> <li>Data governance, security and regional compliance</li> </ul> <h3><strong>What good looks like</strong></h3> <ul> <li>Delivering POCs that convert into production work</li> <li>Creating architectures that accelerate pursuits and can be reused</li> <li>Bringing credibility into client conversations and improving win rates</li> </ul> <h3><strong>Your background</strong></h3> <ul> <li>Experience in technical pre-sales, sales engineering, solution architecture or technical consulting, ideally within a professional services, consultancy, GSI, agency, Big 4 or AWS ProServe-style environment.</li> <li>Strong client-facing sales engineering experience, with a track record of leading technical conversations, shaping demos and POCs, and helping convert technical wins into signed engagements.</li> <li>Confident contributing to SOWs, RFPs and proposals, including solution narrative, technical assumptions, deliverables and effort framing in support of account teams.</li> <li>Hands-on AWS delivery experience, with at least AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate level certification.</li> <li>Strong data, AI/ML and analytics expertise, with practical experience designing or delivering data platforms, analytics pipelines and ML/GenAI workloads on AWS.</li> <li>Credible as a client and partner-facing technical lead, able to communicate complex ideas clearly to senior stakeholders, account teams and AWS field teams.</li> <li>Good understanding of enterprise architecture patterns and how to translate client requirements into practical, scalable technical solutions.</li> <li>UK-based with the right to work in the UK and willing to travel across EMEA as required.</li> </ul> <h3><strong>Nice to have</strong></h3> <ul> <li>Advanced AWS certifications, such as AWS Solutions Architect Professional or Specialty certifications in Machine Learning, Data Analytics or Security.</li> <li>Hands-on experience with Amazon Bedrock, generative AI implementations or broader AI use cases.</li> <li>Familiarity with Amazon Marketing Cloud, advertising technology or marketing technology environments.</li> <li>Previous experience working for an AWS partner company, directly with AWS, or supporting co-sell motions with AWS UKI and EMEA field teams.</li> <li>Understanding of EMEA regulatory and compliance frameworks, including GDPR, DORA and UK data protection.</li> <li>Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related field.</li> <li>Additional European language capability.</li> </ul> <h3><strong>Role positioning</strong></h3> <p>This is a technical expert role focused on enabling co-sell success. It is not a quota-carrying sales role or a post-sale delivery position. You will build the solutions that prove capability and shape the outcome of AWS-led opportunities across EMEA.</p> <p>#LI-EMEA</p><div class="content-conclusion"><p><span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-GB"><span lang="EN-GB">We believe the best work happens when we're together, fostering creativity, collaboration, and connection. That's why we’ve adopted a hybrid approach, with teams in the office an average of four days a week. If you require accommodations or flexibility, please discuss this with the hiring team during the interview process.</span></span></span></p> <p><span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-GB">WPP (VML) 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.</span></span><span class="scxw176048299"><span lang="EN-GB">&nbsp;</span></span></p> <p><span class="scxw176048299"><span lang="EN-GB">VML is a WPP agency (NYSE: WPP). For more information, please visit  <a href="https://www.vml.com/" target="_blank">www.vml.com</a>, and follow along on&nbsp;<a href="https://www.instagram.com/vml_global/?hl=en">Instagram</a>, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/vml/">LinkedIn</a>, and <a href="https://x.com/vml_global?lang=en">X</a>.</span></span></p> <p>When you click "Submit Application", this will send any information you add below to VML. Before you do this, we think it's a good idea to read through our&nbsp;<a href="https://www.vml.com/recruitment-privacy-policy">Recruitment Privacy Policy</a>. 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