Head of Global Partner Solutions (GPS) – India, Global Partner Solutions, Training and Certification

To meet the growing demand for AWS Training around the globe we need exceptionally talented bright and driven people. If you have a passion for learning and can communicate highly technical concepts to audiences at different stages in the AWS journey wed like to speak with you.

Here is your chance to join the Training & Certification (T&C) team working in the highly visible role of Head of Global Partner Solutions (GPS) this role you will be responsible for leading the India Training and Certification Partner Enablement Manager team. You will develop and own relationships with top AWS Partners and the wider AWS Partner Network (APN) helping our partners to develop AWS skills to deliver solutions for our joint customers. You will coach and manage a team of Partner Enablement Managers. You will assist partners to understand their training requirements develop detailed training plans and manage the execution of these training plans. This is a great opportunity to combine your passion for business development customer enablement and technology.

You will have excellent communication skills and proven business development experience ideally in the IT sector. Experience in supporting partner enablement or training and SaaS Sales will further enable your success. To be successful in this position you must be a self-starter who is prepared to Think Big and Dive Deep.


Key job responsibilities
Work closely with the AWS Specialist and Partner (ASP) Teams to identify plan and deliver Training and Certification Programs for AWS Partners.
Own executive relationships with AWS top partners to drive their long term learning and development and transformation agendas in partnership with AWS.
Have AWS managerial experience and a background in leading through a matrix team structure to deliver results.
Collaborate across teams within AWS e.g. Partner Development Managers Partner Solution Architects Product and Curriculum teams to establish local programs that deliver downstream impact for partners and AWS.
Coach and manage a team of Partner Enablement Managers setting team and individual goals and successfully meet or exceed these as a team.
Maintain a strong relationship with stakeholders to ensure flawless execution of training plans.
Evangelize AWS Training & Certification at company and industry events.
Prepare and deliver business reviews to senior management.
the broader business to ensure customer adoption of training is being acted upon.
Collaborate across teams within AWS e.g. Solution Architects Product and curriculum teams to establish local programs that deliver downstream impact for the customer and AWS.
Coach and manage a team of Business Development and Amazon Training Partner Managers setting team and individual goals and revenue plans and successfully meet or exceed these as a team.
Maintain a strong relationship with stakeholders to ensure flawless execution of training plans.
Work closely with AWS IN leadership to help plan and execute a comprehensive AWS digital skills development framework across IN and influence think big opportunities to drive skills agenda together with the country leadership team.
Create & nurture Training Partnerships in IN supporting them to drive business collaborating closely with the AWS Training partner team in IN to expand training through Training partners.
Develop a strategy to cooperate with local and national organizations including public sector higher education skills councils Public Policy or large non-profit or for-profit organizations to design build and execute long-term projects supporting Digital Skills
Evangelize AWS Training & Certification at company and industry events.
Manage and drive all training investment programs in country including philanthropic sponsoring or funded training projects for customers AWS partners or a wider audience.
Drive training engagements at the CXO level as well as with Line of Business Leaders across complex organizations.
Build & maintain a pipeline of training opportunities and provide regular forecasts.
Prepare and deliver business reviews to senior management.

A day in the life
Your day starts with a fresh coffee or tea organising yourself for you day ahead. You help coordinate your teams engagement with account managers to understand customer needs getting directly involved in specific strategic customer pursuits. You reach out to key customers to help them to understand the possibilities of leveraging AWS the afternoon you debrief your teams progress against goals and metrics and review specific Learning Needs Assessments and proposed training plans.

Success! The customer wants the training your team have suggested. Now you can monitor the planning and delivery of training outcomes while updating your forecasts. For the remainder of the day you work on a Think Big proposal to deliver a series of scaled training events focused on new and emerging AI technologies.


About the team
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- Bachelors degree or equivalent
- Experience in senior leadership work in sales operations sales strategy finance business development or other related fields
- Vendor & Partnership Management: Proven experience managing relationships with external vendors distributors strategic partners and learning providers
- Communication Excellence: Strong verbal and written communication skills with native-level fluency in English
- Executive Sales Leadership: Demonstrated business development and sales leadership experience at the C-suite level with a track record of driving revenue growth and strategic partnerships
- 10 years working with the IT Channel or AWS Partners including C-suite level engagement

- 5 years of managing and developing high performance teams experience
- 6 years of managing and developing high performance teams experience
- Experience engaging and presenting to senior executives (CXO level).
- Experience conducting Training Needs Assessments developing training plans and demonstrated commercial experience and business acumen.
- Ideally previous experience working in large multi-national companies and knowledge of Amazon Web Services for Cloud Computing concepts

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