Sr. Business Development Manager, AWS Private Equity

Amazon • Mountain View, CA

5d

About The Position

Would you like to own managing relationships with the Private Equity (PE) community, and influencing decision making towards utilizing Amazon Web Services as the basis for their portfolio companies’ infrastructure? Do you have the business savvy, the technical insight, and the background necessary to mesh with the PE ecosystem and to help further establish Amazon as the leader in the cloud computing space?

As a business development manager within AWS, you will have the exciting opportunity to help shape and deliver on a strategy to build mind share and broad use of Amazon’s cloud computing platform within the PE firms and their portfolio companies. Your responsibilities will include identifying appropriate PE’s to target, driving the necessary business, strategic and technical relationships with the PE and their portfolio companies to establish new business in those accounts, and working closely with the AWS sales team to drive the day-to-day interactions with the portfolio companies in order to build long-term business opportunity.

The ideal candidate will possess both a business background that enables them to drive an engagement and interact at the CxO/VP level, as well as a technical background that enables them to easily interact with software developers and architects. They should also have a demonstrated ability to think strategically and analytically about business, product, and technical challenges, with the ability to build and convey compelling value propositions, and work cross-organizationally to build consensus. A keen sense of ownership, drive, and scrappiness is a must.

Requirements

• 5+ years of developing, negotiating and executing business agreements experience
• 5+ years of professional or military experience
• 5+ years of working with Core Cloud Technology Services, including, but not limited to Compute, Edge, Hybrid, Security, and/or Networking experience
• 5+ 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
• 5+ years of solving problems with technology in the Healthcare/Life Sciences Industry experience
• 5+ years of solving problems with technology in the Media & Entertainment Industry experience
• 5+ years of solving problems with technology in the Global Financial Services Industry experience
• 5+ years of solving problems with technology in the Telecommunications industry experience
• 5+ years of solving problems with technology in the Automotive & Manufacturing industries experience
• 5+ years of solving problems with technology in the Energy & Utilities industries experience
• 5+ years of Go-To-Market, Business Development, Sales, or Consulting experience
• 5+ years of working with Advanced Compute technologies including, but not limited to: Accelerated Compute, High Performance Compute, Visual/Spatial Compute, and/or IoT. experience
• 5+ years of working with Enterprise Application Modernization and Migration technologies, including, but not limited to, Mainframe, Serverless, Containers, or Cloud Operations experience
• 5+ years of working with Data & AI related technologies, including, but not limited to, AI/ML, GenAI, Analytics, Database, and/or Storage experience
• Bachelor's degree
• Knowledge of publisher ad tech stacks and/or advertising technology
• Experience developing strategies that influence leadership decisions at the organizational level
• Experience managing programs across cross functional teams, building processes and coordinating release schedules
• Experience selling enterprise software or cloud-based applications
• Experience explaining complex technical concepts to various business and technical audiences
• Experience presenting to both technical and non-technical executive audiences
• 7+ years of developing, negotiating and executing business agreements experience
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent
• Experience developing strategies that influence leadership decisions at the organizational level
• Experience managing programs across cross functional teams, building processes and coordinating release schedules

Nice To Haves

• Experience interpreting data and making business recommendations
• Experience identifying, negotiating, and executing complex legal agreements
• Demonstrated track record of owning and driving business outcomes through executive-level stakeholder relationships, with proven ability to influence strategic decision-making
• 5+ years experience managing Private Equity relationships or working in a Private Equity firm

Responsibilities

• Serve as a key member of the Business Development team in helping to drive overall AWS market and technical strategy.
• Identify key PEs with portfolio companies that have infrastructure needs, and drive engagement with those PEs.
• Execute the strategic business development plan while working with key internal stakeholders (e.g. sales teams, partners, marketing, support, etc.).
• Work closely with the PEs and the portfolio companies to ensure they are successful using our web services, making sure they have the technical resources required.
• Understand and actively utilize salesforce.com and other internal Amazon systems.
• Prepare and give business reviews to the senior management team regarding progress and roadblocks to establishing new PE engagements.
• Serve as the primary eyes and ears to the PE community on behalf of AWS and Amazon.
• Handle a high volume of engagements and the fast pace of the cloud computing market
• Some relevant business level technical knowledge is required, such as: database systems, core distributed computing concepts, fundamentals of cloud computing and virtualization, storage systems, content delivery networks (CDNs) etc. with ability to go deep enough on technical aspects to differentiate between varied AWS services.

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

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level