Apj Smb

5+ years of developing, negotiating and executing business agreements experience
- Bachelor's degree
- Experience influencing internal and external stakeholders
- Experience managing programs across cross functional teams, building processes and coordinating release schedules

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.
As the APJ SMB & Greenfield Business Development Manager within the APJ Partner Programs organisation, you will be at the forefront of this transformative journey, driving strategic partnerships and unleashing the full potential of the cloud for customers through Partners.
You will work closely with our partners to help locate and engage customers start their cloud journey on AWS (customer acquisition), and then help them grow on AWS as they adopt more services to serve their business/ customer needs.
You will have the exciting opportunity to help shape and deliver on a strategy to build mindshare and broad use of Amazon Web Services within the portfolio of partners and solution providers. Your broad responsibilities will include 1) helping to define and execute against our partner SMB & Greenfield GTM strategy for APJ 2) helping partners drive new customer acquisition and growth in their greenfield business 3) leveraging all available programs, investments, and tools, in order to support long-term investments from our partners.
Key job responsibilities
- Develop and execute APJ GTM strategy for Small and Medium Businesses (SMBs) and Greenfield segments with partners.
- Lead APJ delivery of global GTM segment goals, focusing on Greenfield Conversions and SMB customer acquisition and revenue.
- Engage strategic partners to develop Greenfield business and understand partner needs for customer engagement.
- Manage SMB & Greenfield initiatives and incentive programs, including budget decisions, partner prioritization, and driving local engagement.
- Prepare and present business reviews to senior management on progress and potential roadblocks.
- Collaborate with cross-functional AWS teams to maximize impact of programs, strategic agreements, and incentives.
- Ability to travel 10 to 15% as necessary to implement programs, meet with partners, customers, account teams.

A day in the life
Your role is a catalyst for innovation, fostering strategic partnerships that drive digital transformation and accelerate customers towards unprecedented growth and success in the SMB & Greenfield segments.
You will engage with partners to understand their unique business model, goals, and capabilities, identifying areas for growth. Collaboratively, you will develop business plans, go-to-market strategies, and value propositions aligned with customers’ needs. Throughout the sales cycle, you provide coaching to partners, leveraging AWS’s resources to help partners navigate complex opportunities and deliver tailored solutions. You will conduct regular performance tracking, constructive feedback, and continuous improvement initiatives to further empower partners to optimize operations and achieve their objectives.
About the team
About the team
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Internal job description
- Experience interpreting data and making business recommendations
- Experience developing, leading, negotiating and executing corporate and/or business transactions