Partner Sales Manager, Growth Customer Segment

AWS Sales, Marketing, and Global Services (SMGS) is responsible for driving revenue, adoption, and growth from the largest and fastest growing small- and mid-market accounts to enterprise-level customers including public sector. The AWS Global Support team interacts with leading companies and believes that world-class support is critical to customer success. AWS Support also partners with a global list of customers that are building mission-critical applications on top of AWS services.

Would you like to be part of a team that is redefining the Tech industry?

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is leading the next paradigm shift in computing and is looking for world class candidates to help drive opportunities with the leading partners (systems integrators and software partners).

Do you have the business savvy and industry expertise necessary to position AWS as the technology platform of the future?

As a Partner Sales Manager within Amazon Web Services (AWS), you will have the exciting opportunity to deliver on our strategy to build mind share and adoption of AWS Cloud Computing Platform covering a wide area of services from infrastructure to Artificial Intelligence, IoT, Machine Learning, Big Data and analytics and Mobile services across AWS customers by leveraging partners.

You will drive the AWS business opportunities with partners by teaming with the account management teams and their leadership to address the business needs. This requires driving field relationships with partners, customers and the AWS team.

You will possess a business background that enables you to engage at the CXO level and to easily interact with enterprise customers, sales/field reps and partners.

You should also have a demonstrated ability to think strategically about business, product, and technical challenges, with the ability to build and convey compelling value propositions.

Key job responsibilities
- You will have a holistic view of the Partner Community, a deep understanding of the partner capabilities and solutions that will delight customers.
- Advise Customers, Partners, and commercial sales teams on the value of Partner solutions, and recommend qualified partners to support customer needs.
- Expand existing AWS footprint as well as drive new customer engagements with partners to grow overall revenue with a focus on business outcomes.
- Become a trusted member of the sales team to own deal execution with partners, leveraging Partner programs, and coaching partners on best practices.
- Be responsible for a sales territory end to end from a Partnering perspective including the development, and execution of a comprehensive Partner Sales Strategy by Territory.

About the team
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
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.

We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:

Sydney, NSW, AUS- 4yrs+ experience in sales or business development in the software/technology industry
- Experience engaging and influencing senior executives and familiarity with decision making processes in enterprise customers
- Experience working with partners through account management, product management, program management and business development engagements
- Demonstrated experience working and communicating with multiple stakeholders and cross functional teams (e.g. direct and channel marketing; solution architecture; product management and account management teams)
- Strong sales and/or technical DNA with a desire to coordinate field teams to develop and close high-profile deals- Consistently exceeds quota and key performance metrics
- Prior direct sales experience is preferred
- Prior experience working with Systems Integrators and Consulting Companies to achieve sales.
- Experience working within the enterprise software development industry is highly desired.

Acknowledgement of country:
In the spirit of reconciliation Amazon acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.

IDE statement:
Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer, and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, age, or other legally protected attributes.