In this role you will become a business partner to our senior leadership and will support strategic business planning and execution through providing deep insights and driving operational discipline. You will earn trust through relationship building and will possess a work ethic that drives the desired results.
This is a hands-on position - you must be willing to “roll up your sleeves” to get changes adopted in the field to deliver the desired results. You will have experience in professional services, sales, commercial management, data and insights and sales enablement.
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.
Key job responsibilities
- Drive bar raising sales goal attainment initiatives that enable improved sales productivity, deal velocity, deal sizes, and pipeline coverage.
- Partner and support the creation and adoption of the sales operations mechanisms, which may include establishing critical processes and operational controls, developing dashboards, metrics, and analytics, and leading strategic considerations for the Strategic Accounts business.
- Driving long-term strategy in close collaboration with the ProServe Business - Development organisation. This involves envisioning current state improvements and developing future state operating models
- Drive Sales acceleration though programmatic account planning, account plan execution, and the deployment of opportunity qualification & shaping mechanisms.
- Support to scale the partner relationships by deploying mechanisms that drive the effectiveness of our partner sales motions for some of our most strategic partners.
- Support the annual/mid-year Sales Planning cycle, interlocking the sales coverage model of Target Accounts vs. Sellers with AWS Sales
- Structure programs and mechanisms that improve the effectiveness and productivity of our ProServe Sellers
A day in the life
Diverse Experiences
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BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor’s degree with 6+ years' experience in commercial strategy and program management for a large-scale, multi-geographical high-tech sales/services organization, including Salesforce and deal data expertise.
- Experienced in defining and implementing sales processes, procedures, and improvement initiatives that drive high-impact activities, with expertise in sales methodology, strategic selling, and sales enablement to build a culture of continuous improvement.
- Experience in account management, demand generation, pipeline management, forecasting, and proposal development, with a history of consistently meeting or exceeding sales targets.
- Experience in enablement and change management.
- Experience conducting analysis of complex data and translating the results into actionable deliverables, messages, and presentations.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience with Salesforce and Sales data in services industry
- Experience with sales tools and mechanisms for planning, forecasting, etc.
- Data analysis skills to use for input on changes and decisions with plan for output to monitor change and decision.
- Proven, successful track record of navigating through ambiguous situations and influencing without direct ownership and specific requirements
- Cloud-specific experience
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Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company’s reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $138,200/year in our lowest geographic market up to $239,000/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.