Amazon Web Services (AWS) is seeking a member for the Strategic Customer Engagements (SCE) team. SCE is a specialized global deal team that engages with commercial and public sector customers on deal strategy structuring and negotiations through contractual closure for transformational strategic large complex and/or highly competitive opportunities. SCE engages directly with customers and AWS leadership to drive cloud initiatives that will accelerate growth increase efficiency and unlock new business capabilities.
By collaborating closely with our field sales teams SCE Deal Specialists at AWS leverage their expertise in deal structuring negotiating private pricing that drives sustainable growth and value for both our customers and AWS and strategic methodologies to navigate customer pain points gain credibility and effectively partner with the sales organization. This is a unique opportunity to engage with AWS customers on strategic opportunities increase the growth of AWS (Americas/EMEA/APJ) and to establish AWS as their key cloud technology provider. These opportunities range across industry verticals such as Financial Services Telecommunications Media & Entertainment Energy Healthcare Life Sciences Automotive and Manufacturing and Public Sector and customer size (from startups to enterprise customers). These engagements may also involve PanAmazon and AWS gotomarket opportunities involving close partnership between the SCE global deal team and other Amazon and AWS stakeholders. We are a dynamic team passionate about managing transformational deals.
As a Deal Specialist you will partner with AWS Service teams to develop commercial business models. You will inspire and influence AWS customers field sales executives and other internal stakeholders to empower our customers to address business challenges and develop innovative solutions. As a Deal Specialist you will create actionable strategies develop and shape opportunities and lead large complex or highly competitive deal engagements through negotiations and closure. This highly visible role will own alignment with Clevel executives IT teams and multiple lines of business to achieve business outcomes increase the adoption of AWS services and enable private pricing gotomarket panAmazon and other strategic relationships.
A day in the life
SCE is a specialized global deal team that engages with commercial and public sector customers on deal strategy structuring and negotiations through contractual closure for transformational strategic large complex and/or highly competitive opportunities such as GenAI. This is a unique opportunity to engage with AWS customers on strategic opportunities increase the growth of AWS (Americas/EMEA/APJ) and to establish AWS as their key cloud technology provider. These opportunities range across industry verticals such as Financial Services Telecommunications Media & Entertainment Energy Healthcare Life Sciences Automotive and Manufacturing and Public Sector and customer size (from startups to enterprise customers). These engagements may also involve PanAmazon and AWS gotomarket opportunities involving close partnership between the SCE team and other Amazon and AWS stakeholders.
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7 years demonstrated success working with customers on the structuring of substantial strategic and complex software or cloud services/infrastructure deals (relative to industry and market size) from opportunity through closure
7 years working with presenting to and negotiating with Clevel executives IT lines of business procurement finance and legal and internal stakeholders for sizeable commercial/enterprise deals
3 years financial modeling Bachelors degree (or equivalent work experience)
Advanced degree
Understanding of the technology ecosystem
Direct field experience in working with enterprise or commercial accounts.
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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $128600/year in our lowest geographic market up to $212600/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. This position is eligible for variable pay via a sales compensation plan. These plans pay according to achievement level against sales targets and/or business objectives. 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.