Editor-in-Chief, AWS Blogs, AWS Cross Category Product Marketing

Responsibilities

• Define the editorial charter, voice, and quality bar for AWS Blogs.
• Stay current on AI, cloud, developer tools, and software architecture. Surface the topics and technical developments that will matter to practitioners before they become obvious.
• Commission, assign, and edit content, from light copy edits to full rewrites. Hold every post to a standard of one practitioner speaking to another.
• Write original articles and executive bylines grounded in customer stories, data, and real-world impact.
• Own the editorial calendar and manage two publishing paths: a hands-on desk-led path for top stories and a self-serve path for scaled submissions.
• Coordinate the v-team of desk editors and topic owners across AWS. Provide editorial direction and build a culture of quality without direct reporting authority.
• Partner with PR, communications, and marketing teams to shape announcement narratives into clear, story-forward content.
• Drive content discoverability through SEO, AI-engine optimization, and structured content for answer-engine citation.
• Track performance metrics and use data to inform editorial decisions and raise the quality bar.
• Identify new formats, channels, and distribution strategies to extend reach and keep the publication relevant to how practitioners discover content.

Requirements

• 10+ years of professional non-internship marketing experience
• Experience building cross-functional partnerships and influencing stakeholders across the organization to act without having a direct reporting relationship
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Business, Journalism, Marketing, Communications, or a related field
• Experience running a blog or editorial program at scale, including calendar management, contributor coordination, and review workflows.
• Experience writing and editing skills across formats: technical content, thought leadership, customer stories, and executive communications.

Preferred

• Genuine enthusiasm for technology, with fluency in cloud computing, AI/ML, developer tools, or enterprise software.
• Experience in technology journalism or editorial leadership at a technology company.
• Understanding of SEO and AI-engine optimization (AEO), including structuring content for AI discoverability.
• Experience with CMS platforms at enterprise scale.
• Comfort writing about technical topics for a practitioner audience without oversimplifying.
• Experience ghostwriting for executives and adapting tone across audiences.
• Data-driven approach to editorial decisions using content performance metrics.

Benefits

• Health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage)
• 401(k) matching
• paid time off, and parental leave
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