AWS Sales Marketing and Global Services (SMGS) is responsible for driving revenue adoption and growth from the largest and fastest growing small and midmarket accounts to enterpriselevel customers including public sector. The AWS Global Support team interacts with leading companies and believes that worldclass support is critical to customer success. AWS Support also partners with a global list of customers that are building missioncritical applications on top of AWS services.
As Senior Account Executive you will have the exciting opportunity to help drive the growth and shape the future of an emerging technology and increase adoption and market segment presence of AWS in the Italian Public Sector.
The ideal candidate will possess both a sales / account management and technical background that enables them to drive an engagement at the executive level as well as with software developers and IT architects and have gained experience in the Public Sector in particular with Central Public Administration (PAC). You will be a selfstarter who is prepared to develop and execute against a territory coverage plan and consistently deliver results.
You are an exceptionally strong and creative thinker who thrives in a team environment and embraces all aspects of selling and who is prepared to develop and execute against a territory coverage plan and consistently deliver on targets. You enjoy working in a fastpaced dynamic environment.
Key job responsibilities
Effectively engage Clevel business & technical executives within the assigned Customers
Leverage executive Customer relationships to build trust with AWS leadership & accelerate strategic enterprise opportunities to ensure customer satisfaction
Build/Own the strategic plan for the Customer you own to drive business growth objectives
Articulate compelling value propositions around AWS services
Achieve goals and strategic objectives including revenue pipeline and repeatable solutions
Drive Customer strategy using industry vertical solutions business transformation initiatives and deliver high quality Customer outcomes
Work with cross functional teams & Partners to create and execute on strategic business plans practice development and marketing to execute achievement against Customers goals
Help to drive business growth and expansion in a defined territory
Manage numerous Customers concurrently & longterm
Accelerate customer adoption & develop longterm strategic relationships with key accounts
Travel as necessary
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Significant Account management experience for Enterprise and Public Sector Customers in the IT industry
Substantial technology related sales business development or sales engineering/consulting experience gained within Enterprise and Public Sector Customers
Strong presentation skills and ability to articulate complex concepts to crossfunctional audiences
BA/BS degree or equivalent experience required
Strong verbal and written communications skills; fluent in Italian and English
Strong knowledge and focus on the Italian Stateowned companies
A technical background in engineering computer science or MIS a plus.
IaaS/PaaS/SaaS/Cloud experience
Business acumen and passion
Proven track record of taking ownership and successfully delivering results in a fastpaced dynamic environment
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