Do you have an aptitude for analyzing opportunities and creating innovative business deals Can you take complex scenarios and simplify them down to the essentials while building consensus across broad stakeholder groups
Strategic Customer Engagements (SCE) is seeking a Senior Deal Lead to drive engagement and manage the various critical phases of the Deal Cycle (Strategy Structuring Negotiations and Closure) for Strategic Collaborations. This role has Americas responsibility is highly partner and customer facing and will work closely with Amazon customers partners Partner Network (APN) programs teams partner segment leaders and sales leaders. The ideal candidate will possess a deal strategist and negotiator background technology sales and partner experience and be a proven collaborator across multiple stakeholders including engaging at senior partner/customer levels.
Strategy: This individual will work with the Partner and Account Team to set objectives analyze key data and ensure executive alignment and governance. The individual will be able to provide advice on the competitive situation and create an actionable strategy.
Structure: You will be able understand the business objectives and create a structure that maximizes the value of the opportunity and achieving business objectives.
Negotiations: You will be experienced with customer negotiations including commercial aspects of the deal structure. The individual understands the impact of business terms and pricing and provide alternative solutions.
Closure: Will be able to bring to closure in partnership with the customer and partner/account team any contractual/legal matters for the deal including assisting briefing senior management.
Key job responsibilities
Act as trusted advisor and thought leader in the development of the strategy and of the GTM deal cycle (strategy structuring negotiation and closure) for strategic complex or highly competitive partner and channel opportunities.
Inspires and influences internal stakeholders experts and other resources not under direct control helping to remove obstacles and aiming goals achievement.
Facilitates alignment and effective AWS communication within sales team and internal/external key partners/customers and promptly resolve any conflict to encourage harmonious and productive interaction.
Facilitates individual growth and development of Sales management setting objectives performance standards and priorities coaching and acting as role model on sales approaches and account leadership.
Ensures disciplined sales methodology application across management groups resulting in consistent and accurately forecasted financial result
Cultivate best practices through analysis and reporting in support of continuous improvement.
Work with key internal stakeholders (e.g. AWS Partner Organization. operations legal etc. as needed.
About the team
AWS Sales Marketing and Global Services (SMGS) is responsible for driving revenue adoption and growth from the largest and fastest growing small and midmarket accounts to enterpriselevel customers including public sector.
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10 years of technology related deal team or complex sales environment experience
5 years of experience in business consulting strategic collaboration deals with technology and/or services partners
Advanced degree or equivalent relevant experience
Direct field experience and knowledge of AWS products and services
Understanding of the Global /SI business model and ISV partnerships
Strong written and verbal presentation skills and the ability to articulate complex concepts to crossfunctional audiences.
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