Partner Development Specialist, Customer Experience, Cross-Industry & Segment

Would you like to be part of a team that is redefining the IT industry Amazon Web Services is leading the next paradigm shift in customer experience and genAI and is looking for world class candidates to lead and collaborate with leading systems integrators in North America. Do you have the business savvy and industry expertise necessary to position Amazon as the technology platform of the future

As Partner Specialist Customer Experience you will have the exciting opportunity to deliver on our strategy to build mindshare and adoption of Amazons contact center as a service (CCaaS) Amazon Connect across AWSs business partners and their customers. Your responsibility will be to drive executive and field relationships with leading SI consulting firms on a regional and national scale. By building a specialized partner GTM and establishing and growing business and technical relationships with these partners you will be responsible for driving top line revenue growth and overall end customer adoption across all market segments. You will possess a business background that enables them to engage at the CXO level a sales background that enables them to easily interact with customers and sales/field reps and the ability to engage with a partner across multiple vertical markets to achieve results. You should also have a demonstrated ability to think strategically about business product and technical challenges and to build and convey compelling customer value propositions around CCaaS.

This position is part of the AWS Specialist and Partner Organization (ASP). Specialists own the end-to-end go-to-market strategy for their respective technology domains providing the business and technical expertise to help our customers succeed. Partner teams own the strategy recruiting development and growth of our key technology and consulting partners. Together they provide our customers with the expertise and scale needed to build innovative solutions for their most complex challenges.

Key job responsibilities
- Working with a targeted group of systems integrators to define and execute high impact development joint sales and go-to-market programs promoting Amazon Connect and complementary products
- Expand Connect adoption as well as drive new customer engagements with partners to grow overall revenue with a focus on business outcomes.
- Engage the partners field sales organization channels and end customers to create and drive incremental revenue opportunities for AWS.
- Set a strategic business development plan for target markets with assigned Partner management teams and ensure alignment with the AWS strategic direction.
- Manage and drive joint Connect sales engagements between partners and AWS sales teams.
- Evangelize partners capabilities and successes through targeted communications to AWS and partner teams including field sales solutions architects business development and other interested stakeholders.
- Work with AWS Partner Solution Architects (PSA) to help assigned partners to define go to market solution offerings. Also work with PSAs to ensure partners deliver quality services and results for customers.
- Understand the technical requirements of our partners and work closely with the internal development team to guide the direction of our product offerings.
- Domestic and travel to meet with customers partners and to AWS events

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- 6 years of developing negotiating and executing business agreements experience
- Bachelors degree
- Experience developing strategies that influence leadership decisions at the organizational level
- Experience managing programs across cross functional teams building processes and coordinating release schedules

- Experience interpreting data and making business recommendations
- Experience and/or understanding of customer experience solutions and products.

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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $133200/year in our lowest geographic market up to $220200/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 This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.