Global Account Manager, AWS Media & Entertainment

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is seeking a sales professional to manage our global customer relationship with one of the largest companies in the world.

The Global Account Manager will be responsible for providing global business leadership and management of this global account. You will build and maintain key relationships develop and manage opportunities monitor deployment projects and engage team resources. You will define a CXO relationship strategy within the account including engaging with the AWS senior leadership team for executive sponsorships coordinating executive business reviews and maintaining customer satisfaction.

The Global Account Manager is responsible for teaming with the customers IT Organization to build strategic relationships across the account articulating a clear vision and generating enthusiasm while impacting all business groups. They are responsible for selling at the most strategic level within the account and implementing a broad strategy for earning customer acceptance and service implementation. They will work with all appropriate AWS resources (Executives Solution Architects Business Development Marketing Partners Support Service teams and Professional Services) to support customer interests. This includes dotted line responsibility for downstream sales and technical resources that may be geographically distributed.

Development of formal case studies and other forms of references highlighting activity and workloads running on AWS is core to the role.

About the team
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Key job responsibilities
Key job responsibilities
- Drive revenue and market share in a defined territory with customers
- Meet or exceed revenue targets
- Develop and execute against a comprehensive account/territory plan
- Create & articulate compelling value propositions around AWS services
- Accelerate customer adoption
- Maintain a robust sales pipeline
- Work with partners to extend reach & drive adoption
- Facilitate cross functional collaboration identify and bring specialists to assist when needed.
- Manage contract negotiations
- Ensure customer satisfaction
- Expect moderate travel

- Bachelors degree
- 9 years of direct sales or business development in software cloud or SaaS markets selling to C-level executives experience

- Experience exceeding sales targets using a consultative solutions-focused approach or equivalent
- Experience in large complex deal negotiations with a successful track record
- Experience with AWS and technology as a service (IaaS SaaS PaaS)
- Experience working with large global teams

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status disability or other legally protected status.

Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees supervisors and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees supervisors and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal state and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct adverse and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies exercise sound judgment effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism and safeguard business operations and the Companys reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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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 CA Santa Monica - 170000.00 - 230000.00 USD annually