Sr Partner Development Manager Distribution, Channel Resell Partners, AWS Partner Consulting COE

Senior Partner Development Manager with Global Ownership of Strategic Partnership.

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is leading the next paradigm shift in computing and is building a team of excellent sales and business development professionals to establish relationships and manage the success of our strategic Consulting partners within the Consulting Center of Excellence (CCOE) operating in the global markets.

As a Partner Development Manager for one of our Strategic Consulting Partners you will have the exciting opportunity to deliver on the global strategy to build mind share and adoption of the AWS cloud-computing platform working closely with regional Partner Development Managers and Sales.

Responsibilities include developing and expanding the strategic partner understanding their services technical solutions vertical focus expertise and licensing models. You will work closely with the AWS account team and with other AWS Partner Development Managers and Partner Solution Architects.

Key job responsibilities
As a Sr. Partner Development Manager you drive forward strategic pursuits at key partner accounts.

The role requires strong internal and external stakeholder management as well as high-quality writing and executive communication to explain progress or roadblocks. You need to be able to handle significant complex problems and decisions that help you and your partner to deliver high impact.

The PDM is responsible for the development of a partner is an expert in leveraging applicable APN programs and will help the partner in defining and accelerating their partnership journey with AWS.

The role requires e building annual partner business plans executing joint GTM plans and Strategic Collaboration Agreements including marketing sales enablement and events for partner solutions.

A day in the life
The Global PDM acts as the owner of the named partners business within AWS and consistently looks for ways to strengthen the partners differentiation and business execution with AWS. The Global PDM will help in organising and actively participating in GTM activities. Lastly the PDM is the advocate for the partner into the AWS organisation helping with various day to day activities and aligning the partner resources with AWS PSMs with AWS Sales and BD functions. The Global PDM has a data-driven mindset and is establishing mechanisms to create operational excellence in his partner development. The Global PDM helps the partner look beyond the day-to -day to learn from and drive experiments/incubations/initiatives that can potentially scale out to help broader partner base of AWS

About the team
The WW Channel Strategy team is responsible for key initiatives that address challenges and opportunities for AWS Consulting Partners encompassing SIs Solution Providers and Distributors. The team drives partner capability and capacity development with balance of focus between todays obstacles while also shaping partners engagement/GTM/business models of tomorrow via experiments initiatives incubations and provide insights for general planning and strategy functions within ASP (Operational Planning cycles strategic investments programs) on behalf of the Consulting Partner Center of Excellence (CCOE).

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. We pride ourselves on thinking big delivering exceptional results for our customers and working across AWS as #OneTeam.

Why AWS
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Work/Life Balance
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Inclusive Team Culture
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Mentorship and Career Growth
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- Bachelors degree
- Experience developing strategies that influence leadership decisions at the organizational level
- Experience interpreting data and making business recommendations
- 5 years of business development partner development sales or alliances management experience
- Experience managing senior executive (VP/C- level) stakeholder relationships
- 5 years experience working for or working in concert with the top-tier global channel partners
- 5 years of experience in the technology industry

- MBA or Masters degree in management business administration economics engineering marketing
- Experience with alliances or partnerships
- Business enablement experience in Cloud Computing with respect to how companies are leveraging these capabilities to drive business outcomes and the challenges they face in achieving them.
- Experience with account management relationship management and solution selling
- Industry experience in any vertical (Public Sector Auto Manufacturing Healthcare/Life Sciences or Financial Services)
- 10 years experience working for or working in concert with the top-tier global channel partners; and

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 and restricted stock units (RSUs). 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 MA Boston - 147900.00 - 200100.00 USD annually
USA VA Arlington - 147900.00 - 200100.00 USD annually
USA WA Seattle - 147900.00 - 200100.00 USD annually