Are you a customerobsessed builder with a passion for helping customers achieve their full potential Do you have the business savvy background and sales skills necessary to help position AWS as the cloud provider of choice for customers Do you love building new strategic and datadriven businesses Join the Worldwide Specialist Organization (WWSO) organization to lead the AWS Compute team!
The Worldwide Specialist Organization (WWSO) is part of AWS Sales Marketing and Global Services (SMGS) which is responsible for driving revenue adoption and growth from the largest and fastest growing small and midmarket accounts to enterpriselevel customers including public sector. We work backwards from our customers most complex and business critical problems to build and execute gotomarket plans that turn AWS ideas into multibilliondollar businesses. WWSO teams include business development specialist and technical solutions architecture. As part of WWSO youll provide expertise across the entire life cycle of an AWS customer initiative from developing ideas for new services to accelerating the adoption of established businesses. We pride ourselves on thinking big delivering exceptional results for our customers and working across AWS as #OneTeam.
Within WWSO this position is part of the Worldwide Specialist Team where you will be an integral part the Worldwide GTM team for AWS Compute. You will set the direction and standards for how we solve customer problems in your domain for specialists architects partners and account teams around the world. You will partner with technical and business teams across AWS and bring the voice of the customer into our product development roadmap. The WW team sees the big picture and sets the plan so the worlds most customer obsessed technical teams can make history
Key job responsibilities
You will orchestrate sales motions for sales marketing partner product training and professional services teams to accelerate adoption of your aligned technology domain thinking through challenges on a 13 year time scale.
Leverage your deep domain expertise to create best in class field enablement and sales strategy.
Support field teams in solution building for high priority customers.
Bring market signals back to product teams to drive innovation on AWS product roadmaps.
Own reporting and planning cadences to AWS executives on GTM plan .
Demonstrate thought leadership and be able to credibly represent AWS at industry events conferences symposiums etc.
About the team
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10 years of relevant GTM Sales or Consulting experience
10 years of technology domain experience in application development leading teams delivering solutions at scale
5 years of developing negotiating and executing business agreements experience
5 Years developing strategies that influence leadership decisions at the organizational level
5 Years managing programs across cross functional teams building processes and coordinating release schedules.
Exceptional interpersonal and communication (both written and verbal) skills with experience communicating to technical and nontechnical audiences.
Established track record of credibility as a technology advisor with customer executives (e.g. CEO COO CIO CTO CMO) and Line of Business Leaders.
Experience and success in negotiating complex deals with customers and partners.
Experience in a matrix sales environment including developing implementing managing and executing gotomarket growth initiatives and sales motions.
Deep understanding of cloud technologies including public and hybrid cloud platforms and a Technical background in engineering computer science or MIS.
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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $158400/year in our lowest geographic market up to $262000/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on jobrelated knowledge skills and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered equity signon 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 This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.