Enterprise Negotiator, AWS Sales, Marketing, & Global Services Legal

Amazon.com, Inc.•Santa Monica, CA

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About The Position

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is seeking an experienced negotiator to lead negotiations of complex cloud services agreements with sophisticated enterprise customers. This AWS Enterprise Negotiator will be part of the AWS Sales, Marketing, and Global Services Legal team and will partner with the Global Deal Strategy & Programs (GDSP) business to drive customer negotiations, including developing internal strategy, crafting proposals for custom terms to address unique customer needs, drafting bespoke contractual provisions, and collaborating with internal stakeholder groups and leadership to drive open points to closure. To be successful in this role, you will need to be inquisitive and scrappy, enthusiastic about technology, and thrive working in a team-oriented environment. You will need to demonstrate sound judgment even in ambiguous situations, be adept at driving consensus across stakeholders, and maintain poise under pressure, as these negotiations are often conducted on tight timelines in connection with key business opportunities with executive focus. Finally, you will need to demonstrate a command of complex contractual terms and related technology and business considerations. You will be joining a fast-paced, tightly-knit, and diverse legal team that delights in building, innovating and simplifying for its business partners and customers. As part of the team, you will participate in team-wide meetings, departmental goals, and collaborative projects. In this role, you will have access and visibility to business and legal leadership.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree or equivalent
5+ years of multi-million dollar contract negotiation experience
5+ years of drafting and negotiating the legal terms in a broad range of standard commercial contracts experience
Experience with complex commercial/legal concepts and drafting, ability to quickly read and interpret legal terminology and reasoning

Nice To Haves

J.D., or Master's degree
Knowledge of cloud computing concepts
Experience independently leading negotiations of complex sell-side business-to-business enterprise technology contracts involving SaaS, IaaS, AI/ML, GenAI, or cloud computing
Experience practicing as legal counsel, either in-house or with a law firm
Excellent organizational skills, ability to provide oversight, guidance and management to multiple projects at once, and follow through and meet deadlines
High degree of independence, initiative, decisiveness and creative thinking, as well as a desire to be challenged
Excellent interpersonal and oral and written communication skills
Highest standards of ethics and professional integrity
Strong business and legal judgment, including in ambiguous situations
Ability to prioritize in a fast-moving environment

Responsibilities

Independently leading high-stakes, competitive, time-intensive negotiations with enterprise customers.
Evaluating and drafting custom contract terms.
Influencing and earning trust with enterprise customers.
Collaborating with internal stakeholders and subject matter experts to resolve customer issues and minimize risk to AWS.