Senior Technical Business Development Manager, Marketplace Technology Partners COE
New York City, NY - USA
Job Summary
We are seeking a seasoned Senior Technical Business Development Manager to lead strategic programs and enablement initiatives within the AWS Marketplace Center of Excellence (MPCOE). This high-impact individual contributor role owns and scales the mechanisms that drive AWS Marketplace feature adoption partner activation and revenue growth globally. You will serve as the connective tissue between our partner ecosystem ISVs channel partners consulting partners and third-party integrators and the AWS Marketplace product and engineering teams translating complex product capabilities into business value that accelerates go-to-market success.
Key job responsibilities
- Own and scale high-touch advisory engagement programs end-to-end: define partner selection criteria manage engagement pipelines track TCV impact and evolve the model from resource-led sprints toward repeatable self-service mechanisms that drive $1.5B TCV through seller onboarding international expansion and feature adoption.
- Lead AI-powered enablement experiences that translate 200 Marketplace capabilities into persona-specific business value for Finance Tax Legal and Operations stakeholders. Own the product vision content strategy and adoption metrics.
- Represent seller and buyer voice in product reviews and engineering discussions synthesizing findings into clear recommendations for product and engineering leadership.
- Build scalable mechanisms to continuously collect and route partner/customer feedback to the right product and engineering teams closing the loop with structured post-launch adoption data.
- Represent AWS Marketplace at partner conferences industry events (re:Invent Seller Conference 3PI events) and community forums as a credible advocate for Marketplace capabilities across the full range of software data services and AI agent offerings.
- Develop and deliver presentations demos and thought leadership content for audiences ranging from technical practitioners to C-suite executives.
- Build a network of engaged advocates and early adopters who can support beta programs validate new features and provide ongoing product feedback.
A day in the life
No two days look the same. You might start your morning reviewing engagement health across 15 active partner advisory sprints then join a product review where you present beta feedback from ISVs and recommend roadmap adjustments. By midday you are briefing a partner executive on a feature launching next quarter a new transaction model an AI agent listing capability or a channel program update while simultaneously coordinating with the EMEA BD team on an international expansion the afternoon you are on stage at a partner conference representing Marketplace to hundreds of vendors and service providers or you are reviewing AI-powered enablement analytics to identify content gaps and feature discovery patterns. You close the day connecting renewal automation insights to a regional waterfall review and routing friction patterns back to the engineering team. This role rewards curiosity comfort with ambiguity and the ability to operate at both 30000 feet and ground level in equal measure.
About the team
The AWS Marketplace Center of Excellence (MPCOE) is the business development engine that connects AWS Marketplace Engineering with the global partner and field ecosystem. We provide early-stage business input to PRFAQs own launch and go-to-market execution for Tier 1/2 features and run the strategic growth programs that drive MP adoption at scale including partner advisory engagements renewals PLG 3PI strategy VIP multi-product solutions and AI-powered enablement. The team operates across five primary organizations: AMPS Engineering Tech Partner COE (TPCOE) Consulting Partner COE (CCOE) Geo Partner Management and WWSO.
We are shifting from resource-led adoption to adoption at scale leveraging programs mechanisms activation channels and AI-powered tooling as growth drivers. The MPCOE has built 17 AI-powered tools and deployed 15 domain-specific chat agents that collectively scale MP knowledge in the absence of dedicated MP resources outside the COE. You will work alongside product managers engineers field sellers and a broad partner ecosystem acting as the voice of the market internally and the voice of Marketplace externally.
Diverse Experiences
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Work/Life Balance
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- 7 years of developing negotiating and executing business agreements experience
- Bachelors degree
- Experience developing strategies that influence leadership decisions at the organizational level
- 5 years of working with Data & AI related technologies including but not limited to AI/ML GenAI Analytics Database and/or Storage experience
- Experience as a founder or executive focused on related segments or as a practice leader or business unit owner
- Experience selling to Fortune 1000 or Global 2000 organizations
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 NY New York - 193700.00 - 262000.00 USD annually
USA WA Seattle - 176100.00 - 238200.00 USD annually
Required Experience:
Manager
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