Principal Account Executive, ISV

Amazon • San Francisco, CA

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About The Position

The AWS ISV sales team is responsible for serving the needs of medium to large ISV customers. Our team takes pride in leading customers through an accelerated and innovative cloud journey and creating long-term business relationships of value and trust. AWS is seeking an experienced Principal Account Executive to sell into one of our most strategic ISVs and to expand the business with our hottest software and technology customers. The Principal Account Executive will be responsible for setting a long-term strategy and executing daily to grow customers. In addition to being a customer, these companies partner with AWS as an ISV and have multiple GTM goals. The Role Would you like to be part of a business helping hyper-growth ISVs innovate, and exceed revenue goals? Do you have the business savvy skills necessary to motivate a cross-functional team including sales, product and alliances to deliver business growth for AWS and our ISV partners? The individual will have extensive big account experience building and nurturing CxO relationships as they will manage the relationship with one of the most important and influential AWS customers and deliver ground-breaking solutions to help its customers achieve the game changing benefits of the cloud at scale. Must have experience managing a high revenue, strategically important customer. As part of the AWS ISV sales team, you will have the opportunity to work alongside a motivated team that values and encourages diversified perspectives and ideas to best equip customers with the most innovative and comprehensive solutions. About AWS 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 flexible work hours and arrangements are part of our 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 (gender 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.

Requirements

• 10+ years of direct sales or business development in software, cloud or SaaS markets selling to C-level executives experience

Nice To Haves

• 7+ years of building profitable partner ecosystems experience
• 5+ years of Go-To-Market, Business Development, Sales, or Consulting experience

Responsibilities

• The Principal Account Manager is responsible for teaming with all aspects of the customer’s organization. This includes C-level executives, engineering, IT/operations, partner org, and sales. Skills required to build relationships across an account include creative systems thinking, visioning, and executing via collaboration with an extended team to address all ISV customer's needs.
• The Principal Account Manager is responsible for selling at the most strategic (C-level) within the account and implementing a broad strategy for earning customer acceptance and service implementation. The Principal Account Manager works collaboratively with all appropriate AWS resources (Executives, Partner, Support, Solution Architect) to support customer interests, and will understand how to strongly advocate for the customer in harmony with what the AWS business needs. In addition to new service adoption and new line of business development, this role includes dotted line responsibility for partnership and technical collaboration.

Benefits

• Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Principal
• Education Level: No Education Listed