Description

Global Services (GS) plays a central role in our customers’ transformative cloud journeys, deeply integrating people expertise and technology capabilities at scale to shape customers’ end-to-end experiences with AWS. Across our key customer adoption success services - Training Certification, Professional Services, Support Operations, Managed Services and Security - our builders make an impact every day across millions of individuals and thousands of customers ranging from Start-ups to Enterprises. Together with AWS Partners, our work enables and accelerates customers, unlocks value, drives AWS adoption, and helps transform businesses and public sector organizations across the globe, and we are propelled by our pursuit to be a differentiator when customers are evaluating cloud providers. The impact Global Services has on customers is as diverse as it is significant, helping them upskill their workforce, and with landing, operating, modernizing, and transforming their workloads on AWS, with value-add partners and security embedded throughout.

Global Services Business Development Lead is responsible for assigned strategic business development initiatives/activities for Global Services. These business development activities may pertain to business development around top AWS customers, top AWS opportunities/deals, top AWS partners, for specific GS offerings, or another strategic BD goal. For the assigned initiative and goals, the role is responsible for developing a business development plan partnering with the relevant stakeholders, executing the plan, and delivering results, which typically will include new qualified pipeline creation and winning deals. The role needs to be a self-starter, very comfortable venturing into new GTM motions, offerings, and new target customer and/or partner cohorts. The role needs to have high analytical and problem-solving ability, an ability to quickly learn and become an expert in a new area/domain, and put together and execute an efficient/frugal business development plan that achieves outcomes outlined working back from customers.

The right candidate will have demonstrated experience in thinking big with the customer c-suite and influencing strategic cloud adoption decisions and adoption roadmaps with the customer c-suite, lines of business leaders, CEOs, and their Board. Relevant previous experience in a technology products/services organization in a strategic business development role working with customers and partners is required. Experience with AWS services and how various capabilities in Global Services help drive AWS adoption of AWS will also be very helpful for a fast-start. The role will need a strong analytical acumen, synthesis, structuring, and problem-solving skills to translate ambiguous and incomplete information into actionable business development plans and deliver results. The role will need to be ‘right a lot’ and have a bias for ‘invent’ and ‘simplify.’ Demonstrated experience in cross-functional stakeholder management and alignment, strong communications and influencing skills, a customer-obsessed, collaborative approach, and strong data/metrics bias is needed to be successful in this role.

Key job responsibilities

• Develop business development plan for assigned initiatives (e.g., top deals, top customers, top partners, offerings, etc.)

• Lead business development activities with the AWS and GS sales teams and partners to develop qualified large cloud opportunities demand working with the customer c-suites

• Partner with stakeholder teams and partners to develop and present compelling proposals, influence customer c-suite and the Board, and secure lighthouse customer wins

• Secure and publish lighthouse customer references partnering with Marketing

• Test and double down on GTM motions that work. Codify these into sales plays for use by AWS and GS sales teams

• Partner with the GS Business Analyst team to codify propensity model(s) for customer prospecting

• Become the subject expert, a thought leader and an evangelist for the assigned initiatives/domain areas. Present at the relevant internal and external 1:many customer and partner events to drive awareness and demand

About the team

Diverse Experiences

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Basic Qualifications

10+ years of relevant experience in GTM, sales, business development, or product roles at a technology products and services company

5+ years of experience in strategic business development roles with customer c-suite with demonstrated results

3+ years of experience in partner business development roles with demonstrate results

Able to write and execute a high quality, focused business development plans to secure early lighthouse customer wins and references

Deep vertical expertise in at least one high potential industry domain, from among Financial Services; Healthcare Life Sciences; Retail Automotive Manufacturing; Media, Entertainment, Games Sports; Energy Utilities; Travel Hospitality; or Public Sector

Preferred Qualifications

15+ years of relevant experience in GTM, sales, business development, or product roles at a technology products and services company

7+ years of experience in strategic business development roles with customer c-suite with demonstrated results

5+ years of experience in partner business development roles with demonstrate results

Able to write and execute a high quality, focused business development plans to secure early lighthouse customer wins and references

Demonstrated aptitude to pick up new BD initiatives or domains, and be able to rapidly learn and become an expert

Deep vertical expertise in multiple high potential industry domain, from among Financial Services; Healthcare Life Sciences; Retail Automotive Manufacturing; Media, Entertainment, Games Sports; Energy Utilities; Travel Hospitality; or Public Sector

Experience in global or world-wide roles, including international experience

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Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company’s reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $158,400/year in our lowest geographic market up to $262,000/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.