Investor jobs in United States, California, East Palo Alto

As a Principal Investment Manager within AWS, you will work with venture capital firms (or angel investors) to accelerate portfolio company success. You'll work closely with key investors to unlock the full potential of their portfolio companies on AWS, enabling faster innovation and scaling. Your role focuses on creating meaningful initiatives between the investors, helping startups leverage cloud to achieve breakthrough growth. You'll combine deep technical understanding of cloud and emerging technologies, such as generative AI with business acumen to identify opportunities and ensure startups have access to the tools, expertise, and support needed to build world-changing products on AWS infrastructure.Key job responsibilities
Design and implement solutions that address specific startup and investor needsTrack program effectiveness and provide insights based on feedback and resultsAbout the team
Diverse Experiences
AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.Mentorship & Career Growth
We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.Work/Life Balance

- 10+ years of experience in technology industry with focus on startups, ideally in combination with technical leadership roles
- Deep understanding of cloud computing architectures, services, and best practices and knowledge of generative AI technologies
- Ability to evaluate and guide early-stage and scaling companies
- Demonstrated success developing and executing business initiatives that drive measurable outcomes
- Bachelor's degree in technical or technical management field or equivalent experience

- Advanced degree (MBA or technical)
- Leadership experience at startups or at Venture Capital firms
- Experience building and scaling cloud-native applications from ground-up
- Strong analytical and technical assessment capabilities
- Experience with commercial aspects of fast-growing technical businesses
- Demonstrated ability to understand and evaluate emerging technologies
- Experience in multiple technical domains (AI/ML, Security, Infrastructure)

Key job responsibilities
• Manage a team of Business Development Managers, including hiring and developing your team
• Drive revenue, adoption and market segment share for our product
• Earn trust of customers and recommend product solutions that fit their business needs
• Measure performance, articulate root-cause analysis and make recommendations for improvement areas
• Relay market needs and customer feedback to internal Amazon teams including Product Management and Technical
• Create program goals and metrics, track progress and manage through obstacles to achieve your objectives
• Assess risks, anticipate challenges and provide escalation management when necessary
• Meet or exceed targets for customer and/or feature spend adoptionA day in the life

- 10+ years of building and leading large teams and working in matrixed operating structures experience
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent
- Experience working and communicating with multiple stakeholders, C-level executives and cross functional teams or equivalent
- Experience in strategic thinking about business, enterprise software products, and new technology platforms and architectures or equivalent

- 5+ years of managing and developing high performance teams experience

As a Senior Startup Investor Manager within AWS, you will partner with venture capital firms and angel investors to accelerate portfolio company success. You'll work with key investors to help unlock the potential of their portfolio companies on AWS, enabling faster innovation and scaling. Your role focuses on supporting meaningful initiatives between the investment community and AWS, helping startups leverage cloud to achieve breakthrough growth. You'll combine technical understanding of cloud and emerging technologies, such as generative AI, with business acumen to identify opportunities and ensure startups have access to the tools, expertise, and support needed to build world-changing products on AWS infrastructure.Key job responsibilities
• Support and execute initiatives with venture and angel firms, contributing to investor-focused programs that accelerate portfolio company success• Implement solutions that address specific startup and investor needs• Collaborate on cross-functional initiatives involving AWS Startups, Sales, Marketing, and Product teams• Monitor program effectiveness and provide feedback based on results• Collect early-stage market signals from investors and founders to support AWS innovation and help meet the evolving needs of tomorrow's breakthrough companies• Evaluate technical and business potential of startups through understanding of their architecture, technology stack, and market opportunity• Serve as technical advisor to portfolio companies, helping them optimize their cloud architecture and go-to-market approachAbout the team
Diverse Experiences
AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.Mentorship & Career Growth
We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.Work/Life Balance

- 7+ years of experience in technology industry with focus on startups, ideally in combination with technical roles
- Strong understanding of cloud computing architectures, services, and best practices and familiarity with generative AI technologies
- Experience supporting business initiatives that drive measurable outcomes
- Understanding of technical patterns and architectures for workloads relevant to startups
- Bachelor's degree in technical or technical management field or equivalent experience

- Advanced degree (MBA or technical)
- Experience at startups or venture capital/angel firms
- Experience building and scaling cloud-native applications from the ground up
- Strong analytical and technical assessment capabilities
- Experience with commercial aspects of fast-growing technical businesses
- Ability to understand and evaluate emerging technologies
- Experience in multiple technical domains (AI/ML, Security, Infrastructure)