Sr. Sales Specialist, Analytics, ISV
New York City, NY - USA
Job Summary
As a sales specialist for this fast-growing exciting space you will have the opportunity to help drive the growth and shape the future of emerging technologies that will have an important impact on our customers technical strategy business goals and their bottom line. You will work backwards from the customers desired outcomes to discover define quantify and build a plan to help customers achieve these desired outcomes by partnering with AWS. You will educate customers on art of the possible success stories and AWS enablers including our data warehousing (Amazon Redshift) data lake (Amazon Lake Formation) BigData processing (Amazon EMR) search (Amazon Open Search Service) ETL (Amazon Glue) streaming (Amazon Kinesis and Amazon Managed Kafka) and visualization and serverless query (Amazon Quicksight and Athena) solutions. Then you will work with a specialized solution architect to craft a solution spanning these solutions as well as selected partner products and manage the sales process including evaluation pricing objection handling navigating competitive pressures proofs of concept and construction of a supporting business case. The ideal candidate will possess a proven track record and background that enables them to lead a sales effort that will include teaming with AWS core sales representatives solutions architects product management professional services and partners. The successful candidate will also possess a business background that enables them to drive an engagement and interact with business personas at the CxO/VP level. The successful candidate should also have a technical understanding that enables them to easily interact with developers and technical architects. He/she should also have a demonstrated ability to think strategically and analytically about business product and technical challenges with the ability to build and convey compelling value propositions and work cross-organizationally to accelerate and launch customer projects.
Key job responsibilities
Drive revenue and market share in a defined territory.
Meet or exceed annual revenue targets.
Develop and execute against a comprehensive account/territory plan.
Develop working backwards analytics visions including business case and financial justification potentially gleaned from earnings reports.
Create & articulate compelling value propositions around AWS analytics services.
Accelerate customer adoption of Amazon analytics services.
Maintain a robust sales pipeline leveraging sales force automation tools and best practices
Work with partners to extend reach & drive adoption.
Develop long-term strategic relationships with key accounts.
Ensure customer satisfaction.
Expect moderate travel.
A day in the life
Youre surrounded by innovation. Youre empowered with a lot of ownership. Your growth is accelerated. The work is challenging. You have a voice here and are encouraged to use it. Your experience and career development is in your hands. We live our leadership principles every day. At Amazon its always Day 1.
About the team
Diverse Experiences: Amazon values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications and skills listed in the job description we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting hasnt followed a traditional path or includes alternative experiences dont let it stop you from applying.
- 7 years of direct sales or business development in software cloud or SaaS markets selling to C-level executives experience
- 5 years of business development partner development sales or alliances management experience
- 5 years of building profitable partner ecosystems experience
- Experience developing detailed go to market plans
- Experience in any Bigdata architecture or experience in technical support and experience that includes strong analytical skills attention to detail and effective communication abilities
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status disability or other legally protected status.
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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments restricted stock units (RSUs) and sales incentives. Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience qualifications and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical dental vision prescription Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans EAP Mental Health Support Medical Advice Line Flexible Spending Accounts Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage) 401(k) matching paid time off and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at NY New York - 157100.00 - 212600.00 USD annually
USA VA Arlington - 142800.00 - 193200.00 USD annually
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Key Skills
About Company
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