Principal GTM Specialist, Mainframe Modernization, AWS WWSO

Amazon • Boston, MA

4d • Remote

About The Position

Are you a customer-obsessed builder with a passion for helping customers achieve their full potential? Do you have the business savvy, Mainframe Modernization background, and sales skills necessary to help position AWS as the cloud provider of choice for customers? Do you love building new strategic and data-driven businesses? Join the Worldwide Specialist Organization (WWSO) GTM team as a Business Development Specialist!

The Worldwide Specialist Organization (WWSO), part of AWS Sales, is responsible for driving revenue, adoption, and growth from the largest and fastest growing enterprise-level customers including public sector. We work backwards from our customer’s most complex and business critical problems to build and execute go-to-market plans that turn AWS ideas into multi-billion-dollar businesses. WWSO teams include business development, specialist and technical solutions architecture. As part of WWSO, you'll provide expertise across the entire life cycle of an AWS customer initiative, from developing ideas for new services to accelerating the adoption of established businesses. We pride ourselves on thinking big, delivering exceptional results for our customers, and working across AWS as #OneTeam.

Within WWSO, this position is a part of the Go-To-Market (GTM) Specialist team, where you will lead GTM strategy for AWS’ Mainframe Modernization business, focused on Financial Services. We create sales plays, leverage partners, and build new initiatives that drive results for our customers. We provide critical feedback from customers to inform our product roadmap, and work closely with our partner network to build an ecosystem supporting our customers’ goals. In emerging areas, we play a critical role as the “first in” teams to build markets for new services, domains, or solutions. When a customer needs to innovate and requires a new way to leverage AWS, they count on us to innovate with them to build and deliver what they need.

Requirements

• 7+ years of developing, negotiating and executing business agreements experience
• 7+ years of working with Business Application Technologies, including, but not limited to End User Compute (EUC), Supply Chain, Contact Center as a Service, Consumer Data Applications, Encrypted Communications, and/or Communication Developer Services experience
• 7+ years of Go-To-Market, Business Development, Sales, or Consulting experience
• 7+ years of solving problems with technology in the Global Financial Services Industry experience
• 7+ years of working with Enterprise Application Modernization and Migration technologies, including, but not limited to, Mainframe, Serverless, Containers, or Cloud Operations experience

Nice To Haves

• 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

Responsibilities

• Own the GTM strategy and execution for Mainframe Modernization, collaborating with teams in the field including Sales, Partners, Marketing, and other Specialists.
• Bring your Financial Services and Business Outcomes expertise to bear; pinpointing the most critical customer problems in your region and enabling account-aligned teams to drive solutions in the field.
• Lead cross-functional initiatives to expand markets/accounts, develop scalable programs to drive adoption, and identify new opportunities within your domain.
• Develop and execute goals to drive long term growth in your geography, while meeting/exceeding revenue and non-revenue driven KPI’s.
• Bring customer data and market signals back to Worldwide teams to ensure we are prioritizing the building of the right features and services for our customers.
• Delivering monthly/quarterly business reviews and operational planning documents for your respective tech domain and geography.
• Drive geographical scale through external partners; Partner with cross functional teams across Solution Architecture, Business Development, Marketing, Partners, and Training and execute customer acquisition programs and strategies.

Benefits

• 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
• parental leave
• sign-on payments
• restricted stock units (RSUs)

What This Job Offers

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