Sr. Tech BD, AWS Solutions GTM Acceleration

Amazon • Seattle, WA

229d • $133,200 - $220,200

About The Position

At AWS Solutions, our vision is to be a leading provider of business applications, leveraging Amazon's unique experience and expertise, used by millions of companies around the world to manage their day-to-day operations. Our mission is to accelerate our customers' businesses by delivering intuitive and differentiated technology solutions that solve enduring business challenges. We approach this challenge blending vision with curiosity, and Amazon's real-world experience, to build opinionated, turn-key solutions. Where customers prefer to buy over build, we become their trusted partner with solutions that are no-brainers to buy and easy to use. We are seeking an experienced and strategic-minded Sr. Tech BD to join the AWS Solution GTM team and work closely with senior leaders, to ensure that we are aligned and working as single organization to achieving our strategic goals. This role will be responsible for Go-to-Market acceleration and is pivotal in driving the successful implementation of key strategic initiatives and ensuring alignment with overall business objectives, to achieve our vision as a single organization. This function will Accelerate the AWS GTM Solutions strategy (as defined by our Operating Plan) through strategic initiatives that transform our organizational capability and operational excellence, ultimately helping AWS Solution scale. This position requires a strong understanding of the internal and external Partner business dynamics, AWS field enablement and planning process, and the ability to make important data-driven decisions and implement strategies that enhance performance. This leader must be uncomfortable with status-quo, curious about new programs and initiatives impacting our customers, partners, and employees, and possess the ability to ask the right questions. This function needs to have a bias for action, make informed decisions, demonstrating a proactive approach to projects and tasks. This leader must be comfortable taking risks and raising the bar for new ways of doing things. Strong analytical, Think Big, Invent & Simplify skills are crucial for success in this position.

Requirements

• 5+ years of developing, negotiating and executing business agreements experience
• 5+ years of professional or military experience
• Bachelor's degree
• 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

Responsibilities

• Accelerate revenues for AWS Solution, identifying the right initiatives to drive a single and unified view of AWS Partner strategy by closely coordinating with the BU strategic initiative leaders to maintain cross organizational awareness, and surface challenges, disconnects, and opportunities.
• Work with the different Strategic Initiatives teams, both inside and outside APO, to set priorities for achieving AWS Solutions strategy and drive seamless integration of cross-area initiatives, fostering a cohesive approach towards the successful execution and optimization of strategic initiatives.
• Provide insights and recommendations to enhance overall strategy deployment effectiveness.
• Work closely with the Operations team by offering strategic insights and business expertise, and facilitate the smooth execution of the rhythm of the business.
• Dive deep into the business dynamics of partners by collecting meaningful data, anecdotes, insights, and trends, both through internal data metrics and meetings with partners and customers, and participation in partner-facing meetings.
• Partner with stakeholders across the WWSO and AWS Solutions Service organization to communicate strategy, goals, and progress effectively across all levels of the organization.

Benefits

• 401k
• 401k_matching
• dental_insurance
• health_insurance
• life_insurance
• mental_health_days
• paid_holidays
• tuition_reimbursement
• vision_insurance

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Sporting Goods, Hobby, Musical Instrument, Book, and Miscellaneous Retailers
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree