Sr Technical Business Development - Application Modernization , Professional Services

Amazon • New York, NY

13h

About The Position

The Professional Services (ProServe) Business Development Executive is responsible for building, scaling, and executing go-to-market (GTM) strategies that accelerate ProServe billable bookings, drive revenue, and amplify ProServe customer business outcomes. Responsibilities may include outbound activities to proactively create demand and build pipeline; the identification, evaluation, and negotiation of complex deals, typically requiring cross-functional internal or external partnerships, as well as driving larger programs such as AWS-wide growth initiatives. This role is a force multiplier for the field sellers, collaborates across multiple teams, and impacts measurable business metrics. Our team helps our customers design, build, operate, and secure their cloud environments. Our expertise and emerging technologies include AWS Partners, AWS Sovereign Cloud, AWS International Product, and the Generative AI Innovation Center. You’ll join a diverse team of technical experts in dozens of countries who help customers achieve more with the AWS cloud. We help customers modernize their applications and databases from Microsoft .NET and SQL to open source, cloud native services. You will lead customer engagements through assessment and planning alongside our application architecture experts to prepare ProServe and the customer for delivery of modernization services in co-development and outsource models. Using your exceptional leadership, collaboration, and communication skills, you will set our customers on a new path for scale and innovation, and make meaningful impact to their business. The Application Modernization Center of Excellence is a strategic Amazon Web Services (AWS) team helping top customers solve their toughest technical challenges when moving legacy Windows applications to cloud native architectures. 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 we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve in the cloud. Inclusive Team Culture AWS values curiosity and connection. Our employee-led and company-sponsored affinity groups promote inclusion and empower our people to take pride in what makes us unique. Our inclusion events foster stronger, more collaborative teams. Our continual innovation is fueled by the bold ideas, fresh perspectives, and passionate voices our teams bring to everything we do. 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

• 5+ years of developing, negotiating and executing business agreements experience
• 5+ years of Go-To-Market, Business Development, Sales, or Consulting experience
• 5+ years of working with Enterprise Application Modernization and Migration technologies, including, but not limited to, Mainframe, Serverless, Containers, or Cloud Operations experience
• Bachelor's degree
• Experience interpreting data and making business recommendations
• Experience identifying, negotiating, and executing complex legal agreements

Nice To Haves

• 5+ years of working with Core Cloud Technology Services, including, but not limited to Compute, Edge, Hybrid, Security, and/or Networking experience
• 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

Responsibilities

• Working backward from customer needs, develop and evolve AWS's application modernization value proposition and engagement mechanisms.
• Lead a combination of direct and cross-functional remote teams to help customers initiate their application modernization journey to retire legacy application debt.
• Identify opportunities to build compelling proposals to help customers achieve business value from application modernization and ensure clarity on AWS's value proposition(s).
• Develop global mechanisms to deliver GTM elements that may include consultative workshops, reference materials, partner engagements, linkages to other Amazon programs.
• Develop qualification and training approach to build out the community of field and partner resources to ensure customer business outcomes are realized.
• Conduct customer briefings, present at customer events, further AWS thought leadership

Benefits

• Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including 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, and parental leave.
• Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees