This position is open across EMEA
Amazon is where innovation, risks, and ideas are celebrated. We are builders. We try new things and dream big dreams. At Amazon Web Services (AWS), we are inventing the future of cloud computing. AWS is where the cloud first came to life. Now we’re inventing for the decades ahead. It is still Day 1 for us, and we are looking for curious people to be part of our diverse teams of thinkers, testers, and doers. Come join us and work with the latest cloud computing technologies that enable our customers to do more with their technology and change the world in their respective industries.
As a Business Development Manager focused on Cloud Intelligence within Amazon Web Services (AWS), you will provide sellers with insights on cloud business and sales strategies, so they can better inform our customers when choosing a Cloud Platform Service Provider. You will serve as the compete liaison to the AWS sales teams across EMEA, working to identify and communicate cloud trends, tactics, and responses unique to a specific industry. You will closely partner with AWS Sales, Marketing, BD and product teams to help win competitive sales engagements.
You will use your experience selling public cloud to enterprise customers and can translate business requirements and values to cloud outcomes, being able to drive digital transformation at the executive level, and coach sales teams. Working closely with our Cloud Solution Architects, you will be able to articulate the value proposition of cloud workloads. A successful candidate will have led large and complex public cloud sales opportunities, be familiar with cloud best practices, and have world class business acumen.
Key job responsibilities
• Develop scalable competitive strategies to enable winning key strategic deals.
• Support, coach, and develop large deal closing capability.
• Be the go-to resource for an AWS field sales segment and sales leadership for AWS differentiation.
• Leverage excellent communication skills to articulate the business value of AWS value propositions, working backwards from our customers strategic objectives.
• Demonstrate the ability to earn trust with and influence C-level executives in customer organizations and within AWS.
• Lead strategic, in-person workshops (this position will require travel).
• Develop and share cloud adoption trends and blockers across the cloud ecosystem.
• Enable and upskill field teams through development of field-friendly content, and delivery of trainings.
• Track signals and identify opportunities, in order to provide Cloud Intelligence with insight to improve offerings.
• Influence internal stakeholders on market realities, with the objective to further differentiate AWS’s value.
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, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.
Why AWS
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating — that’s why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.
Work/Life Balance
We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve in the cloud.
Inclusive Team Culture
Here at AWS, it’s in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employee-led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empower us to be proud of our differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (diversity) conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness.
Mentorship and Career Growth
We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.
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