Strategic Customer Engagements - Deal Lead, GDSP - SCE

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is seeking a member for the Strategic Customer Engagements (SCE) team. This is a unique opportunity to engage with AWS customers on strategic opportunities, increase the growth of AWS and to establish AWS as their key cloud technology provider.

As a member of SCE, you will be responsible to lead the end to end Deal Cycle for strategic, large, complex or highly competitive deals. You will focus on earning trust with customers by creating actionable strategies, developing and shaping opportunities, and leading deal engagements through negotiations and closure. This highly visible role will own alignment with C-level executives, IT teams, and multiple lines of business to achieve business outcomes, increase the adoption of AWS services, and to enable private pricing, go-to-market, pan-Amazon, and other strategic relationships. You will work collaboratively to drive results by partnering with AWS customers, AWS field sales executives, and other internal stakeholders to empower our customers to evolve, address challenges, and to create innovative solutions.

• Key job responsibilities
• - Develop and shape the overall deal strategy and structure to meet customer business outcome and goals
• - Lead deal strategy negotiations and customer closure for strategic, large, complex or highly competitive deals.
• - Contribute to developing AWS’s value proposition and solutions to drive revenue growth and Cloud adoption
• - Develop strategies for pricing and discounts; effectively communicate and identify deal blockers
• - Act as a trusted advisor in the development of the commercial strategy of deals with AWS Field Sales Executives: partner in the execution of the sales cycle for strategic, complex, or highly competitive commercial opportunities
• - Inspire, influence, and facilitate alignment with internal stakeholders, experts, and other resources not under direct control, to remove obstacles and achieve desired business outcomes

• About the team
• Diverse Experiences
• AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the 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.

• Inclusive Team Culture
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• Work/Life Balance
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Basic qualifications

• - Experience in large complex deal negotiations with a successful track record
• - 12+ years of developing, negotiating and executing business agreements experience
• - Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Finance, Economics, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Preferred qualifications

• - Are enrolled in or have completed a Advanced degree in enginnering or equivalent
• - Experience in the field working with enterprise accounts
• - Knowledge of the AWS product suite
• - Excellent written and verbal communication skills

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