Sr. ISV Sales Manager

DESCRIPTION

As a Partner Sales Manager, you will have the exciting opportunity to deliver on our strategy to build mind share of Amazon Web Services and grow adoption of cloud-based solutions.

In the role, you will establish and maintain C-level, sales, and product relationships with strategic ISV partners to drive AWS services revenue with AWS account teams and customers.

By establishing and growing business and technical relationships, and managing the day-to-day interactions with these accounts, you will be responsible for creating and closing opportunities with partners that drive top line AWS revenue growth and overall market adoption with AWS customers.

The ideal candidate will possess both a business background that enables them to engage at the CXO level, as well as a sales background that enables them to easily interact with enterprise customers and sales executives to support the AWS and SI sales processes.

He / she 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.

He / she should be a self-starter who is prepared to develop and execute against partner account plans and a territory coverage plan and consistently deliver on revenue targets.

The position also requires a strong technical acumen, along with working knowledge of software architecture and the enterprise software landscape.

Roles & Responsibilities :

1. Drive revenue and market share in a defined territory or industry vertical with multiple account teams and partners and / or with a specific list of strategic consulting partners with defined revenue and win targets

2. Meet or exceed quarterly revenue targets by helping ISV partners originate and work with AWS sales teams to close opportunities that drive AWS revenues with prospects and customers.

3. Build deep relationships with customers and strategic ISV partner(s) appropriate to your territory to fully understand their business, solutions and technical needs

4. Develop and execute against a comprehensive account / territory plan supporting multiple account teams and / or specific assigned partners to drive achievement of revenue and win goals

5. Execute this plan while working with key internal stakeholders (e.g. account teams, specialist sales teams, services teams and BD, partner marketing and partner development resources)

6. Develop long-term strategic relationships with key strategic ISV partners

7. Create & articulate compelling value propositions around AWS services to customers and partners

8. Maintain a robust sales pipeline

9. Work with partners to extend reach & drive AWS adoption

10. Support ISV partners as they develop their solutions through formal AWS APN programs in partnership with ISV PDMs (and other resources)

11. Ensure customer and partner satisfaction

12. Provide technical and architectural resources to assist your partners in customer engagements and their delivery of solutions to market, including assisting them with ISV partnerships

13. Drive business development initiatives in your territory in partnership with Partner Development resources and marketing and GTMS teams to help drive opportunities to solutions built on AWS and ensure that AWS is their preferred platform

14. Prepare and give business reviews to AWS and ISV senior management teams

15. Manage contract negotiations and AWS funding programs

About the team

Inclusive Team Culture

Here at AWS, we embrace our differences. We are committed to furthering our culture of inclusion. We have ten employee-led affinity groups, reaching 40,000 employees in over 190 chapters globally.

We have innovative benefit offerings, and host annual and ongoing learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences.

Amazon's culture of inclusion is reinforced within our 16 Leadership Principles, which remind team members to seek diverse perspectives, learn and be curious, and earn trust.

Work / Life Balance

Our team puts a high value on work-life balance. It isn't about how many hours you spend at home or at work; it's about the flow you establish that brings energy to both parts of your life.

We believe striking the right balance between your personal and professional life is critical to life-long happiness and fulfillment.

We offer flexibility in working hours and encourage you to find your own balance between your work and personal lives.

Mentorship & Career Growth

Our team is dedicated to supporting new members. We have a broad mix of experience levels and tenures, and we're building an environment that celebrates knowledge sharing and mentorship.

We care about your career growth and strive to assign projects based on what will help each team member develop into a better-rounded professional and enable them to take on more complex tasks in the future.

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

Toronto, ON, CAN

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

Basic qualifications :

• 7+ years of technology related sales or business development experience
• 5+ years of direct field experience selling software or cloud solutions to Fortune 1000 accounts
• BA / BS degree or equivalent work experience required

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Preferred qualifications :

• Track record of developing sustainable new business
• Extensive customer and partner network
• Strong verbal and written communications skills

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 status.

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