AMER Technology Partners Strategy Lead, AMER Technology Partnerships Team
Seattle, WA - USA
Job Summary
As the voice of the partner you will serve as a critical link between partner-facing teams and the broader Strategy organization surfacing opportunities and translating them into actionable initiatives. This is a hands-on strategic position for a creative thinker willing to roll up their sleeves. You will proactively identify and tackle complex cross-organizational challenges using data to inform decisions and drive measurable outcomes.
The ideal candidate is a self-starter with a bias for action who thrives in ambiguity. You bring experience in partner sales partner management or strategy along with strong business acumen and analytical skills. The ability to drive simplification influence stakeholders at all levels and deliver results in a highly matrixed environment is essential.
Key job responsibilities
Gather partner field and customer insights to continuously refine strategic focus areasensuring efforts stay aligned to real partner opportunities and customer outcomes
Understand the why behind the data: dive deep into historical trends by product and segment to uncover business insights that support sales and partner leadership.
Design and implement mechanisms best practices processes and governance models that close gaps and capitalize on opportunities through hands-on engagement and cross-functional orchestration
Surface partner needs and bold ideas through key partner meetings primary research and data analysis; keep customer and partner perspectives central to strategy
Contribute directly to annual strategic planning and Monthly Business Reviews (MBRs) for the AMER Technology Partners organization
Be an ambassador for partner contribution to sales and ensure sales and partner stakeholders understand partner metrics.
A day in the life
In this role you are the strategic backbone of the AMER Technology Partnerships team. You work closely with your Director and a team of Senior Managers who each lead a portfolio of ISV partner relationships spanning security data and analytics AI/ML infrastructure and more. Your job is to ensure the team is focused on the right priorities armed with the right data and executing against a cohesive strategy.
Your internal stakeholders include AMER Technology Partners leadership AWS field sales teams AWS Marketplace partner development and cross-functional teams in marketing and product. You serve as the connective tissue between these groups translating field-level insights and partner feedback into strategic recommendations that leadership can act on.
Your customers are twofold: the ISV partners in our ecosystem and the internal teams who rely on clear strategy governance and mechanisms to drive partner-attached revenue. You are solving problems like: Where should we invest to drive the highest partner and customer impact How do we close gaps in our go-to-market motions What does the data tell us about pipeline health Marketplace adoption or co-sell effectiveness and what should we do about it
On any given day you might be synthesizing insights for a Monthly Business Review designing a new mechanism to accelerate a strategic initiative facilitating alignment across senior leaders on priorities or conducting analysis that surfaces a bold recommendation. You are equally comfortable building a compelling narrative document as you are digging into data to challenge assumptions. This role requires someone who can move fluidly between big-picture strategic thinking and hands-on execution.
About the team
The AMER Technology Partners team at AWS is responsible for building and scaling strategic partnerships with the worlds leading Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) across the Americas. We work at the intersection of technology business development and go-to-market strategy to drive joint value for AWS customers through our ISV partner ecosystem.
Our team partners with some of the most recognized names in enterprise software spanning security data and analytics AI/ML and infrastructure. We develop and execute partnership strategies that encompass co-sell motions AWS Marketplace growth technical integrations and executive-level engagement. The team operates with a portfolio approach with Senior Managers each leading a category of technology partners and their associated field teams.
We are a collaborative customer-obsessed group that thrives on solving complex business challenges at scale. Our work directly influences how enterprise customers adopt and derive value from AWS by ensuring they have access to best-in-class partner solutions. We value strategic thinking a bias for action and the ability to build strong relationships both internally and externally.
This is a high-visibility team that engages with partner C-suite executives AWS senior leadership and cross-functional teams including sales marketing product and engineering. If you are energized by working across organizational boundaries shaping long-term strategy and delivering measurable business impact this team offers an exceptional opportunity.
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- 7 years of business development partner development sales or alliances management experience
- Experience in written and verbal communication with the ability to present complex technical information in a clear and concise manner to executives and non-technical leaders
- Analytical mindset with a drive to dive deepchallenging data uncovering insights and gathering field-level anecdotes
- Proven ability to collaborate and influence in a matrixed organization take ownership and earn trust across all levels of stakeholders
- 10 years of experience in partner sales or development sales strategy and planning business development or a related field
- Ability to conduct sophisticated creative analysis of complex data and translate results into actionable deliverables messages and presentations
- Track record of defining refining and implementing partner strategies and processes
- Experience managing multiple competing priorities simultaneously and driving them to completion
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