Sr Partner Manager, Strategic Technology Alliances

10+ years of experience in the technology sales, partner management, business development, product management
- Experience in business-to-business (B2B) software, including Software as a Service or other cloud-based technologies
- Experience working for a SaaS company and/or building a partner ecosystem with solutions or innovation programs
- Experience managing joint GTM initiatives with technology partners, including development and tracking of joint sell-with and sell-through business activities
- Verbal and written communication skills with experience articulating concepts to cross-functional audiences

Job summary
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is looking for a world-class leader to join our team and accelerate the adoption of AWS cloud computing services worldwide via partner solutions. As a Sr Partner Manager for Strategic Technology Alliances, you will lead the partnership GTM engagement. This role will be a Subject Matter Expert for the assigned partner and their solutions running on AWS. The individual will be familiar with and help in the creation of GTM programs, will effectively leverage other AWS resources to help in the co-selling process, and will engage directly with the AWS and Partner sales teams to drive field enablement, field alignment and incremental joint opportunities. You will also own the overall GTM co-selling goal including AWS-sourced opportunities, will be measured on incremental revenue through their assigned partner, and will be responsible for managing the opportunity pipeline health and reporting metrics.

We are always looking to improve and we also recognize there are many ways to lead and partner. We’re looking for a Think Big leader with diversity in thought who can add to our company skillset by bringing their unique industry knowledge and creativity to our organization. At Amazon, we live our professional lives by the Leadership Principles. When we hire, we look for those who are Amazonian rather than for someone who fits an exact resume mold. To us, Diversity in thought and experience is a good thing. We are hiring for attitude and training for skill because we recognize success takes many paths. We are looking for someone who can help us create the next version of what it means to be a great partner to our ISVs and is passionate about customers. We will coach the right fit.

You are an accomplished leader with a strong background in selling technology, experienced at influencing innovation with technology partners and with the presence to engage executive decision makers. You will have strong business development, product management, strategic alliances, and entrepreneurial skills. You can demonstrate an ability to think strategically about new business models, solution selling, and show prior solution and program successes.

AWS customers are developing some of the most exciting and innovative new businesses, and partners are using cloud technologies from AWS such as AI and Machine Learning, IoT, security services, compute and storage to dramatically accelerate innovation.

Key job responsibilities
- Together with the overall alliance team, define and execute a plan to help our most strategic technology partners transform and grow their businesses for SaaS and Cloud.
- Orchestrate different resources within the AWS organization to support co-selling and GTM activities and create/ maintain a long-term, scalable joint GTM model that drives partner and customer success.
- Collaborate with sales and partner teams to qualify, develop, and execute campaigns to generate new business opportunities in North America.
- Be the "Go To" resource to ensure key high-profile joint sales opportunities are sourced, developed and closed.
- Drive sales execution across activities, including coordination of lead generation-related and joint sales enablement activities between your ISV partners and the AWS field organizations.
- Lead regular pipeline reviews to ensure pipeline information is thorough and accurate according to AWS’ sales cycle stages. Hold business reviews with both ISV and AWS sales teams to identify best practices and lessons to be learned.
- Broker internal resources, tools, references and/or investments needed to execute on the business plans in order to help meet the set goals.
- Bachelor engineering or business, or above degree. MBA is a plus
- Motivated self-starter who thrives on working in complex and challenging environments of a rapidly evolving business
- Directly sold, supported, or marketed to clients and partners across different market segments
- Analytical tendencies with a natural curiosity to measure, test, learn and iterate in order to develop scalable programs
- Project management skills with experience gaining consensus and driving timely deliverables with individuals inside and outside the organization
- Willing to travel to meet with partners, customers and internal stakeholders, attend events and support field teams on site

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