Join the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Healthcare and Life Sciences (HCLS) Industry team to execute on the industry strategy by working backwards and in collaboration with the world’s most innovative companies. Our team focuses on engaging directly with technical leaders, C-level executives and influencers at all levels across the Life Sciences segment and around the world to support a digitally-enhanced, data-driven healthcare.

As an Industry Specialist for Life Sciences, you will be part of the HCLS Business Development team that shapes and delivers on a life sciences strategy to help the healthcare ecosystem transform. Your responsibilities will include engaging with C-suite customers across Healthcare and Life Sciences organizations to deepen our relationships, working with strategic industry partners, attending and speaking at industry events to drive thought leadership, leading the process to guide our Go-to-Market (GTM) strategy, and creating significant business opportunities for AWS.

You will work closely with the AWS sales leadership in engaging with Healthcare and Life Sciences organizations at the executive level (CxO/SVP/VP) to drive their strategic interactions with clients. You will think strategically and analytically about business, product, and technical challenges and build and convey compelling value propositions, and work cross-organizationally to build consensus. You will lead and drive multiple complex initiatives across technical and non-technical stakeholders to meet business objectives with a customer-obsessed and collaborative approach, strong data and metrics, a good understanding of industry ecosystems for Healthcare and Life Sciences, and a passion for helping them transform using cloud technologies. You will work closely with the AWS product and services teams to help evolve AWS offerings for more rapid adoption by customers.

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The AWS Industries team is committed to helping industry customers enable their digital transformation journeys. Our primary goal is to meet customers where they are in their cloud journey and work backwards from their industry specific needs to transform their business and their entire industry. Our team speaks the language of our industry customers, which means that we focus on business outcomes and industry use cases on behalf of our customers, whether that is how we build products and solutions, how we sell, how we deliver, or how we partner.

Key job responsibilities
• Act as Industry Specialist in Life Sciences and Healthcare domains (HCLS)
• Engage with our customers to unlock strategic opportunities and how AWS can help address their business needs
• Work with technical experts to adapt AWS cloud services to core industry problems
• Interact with C-Level business stakeholders and process owners to define and execute roadmaps
• Serve as a Trusted Advisor and Subject Matter Expert for AWS's Life Sciences and Biopharma
Customers
• Contribute to the Development of AWS's Life Sciences Go-to-Market Strategy



A day in the life
Your responsibilities will include acting as a business trusted advisor to our HCLS customers, internal AWS sales and account teams, identify and gather HCLS market signals to define our GtM strategy, and engage in increasing our thought leadership and market visibility in the region.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- 10+ years of developing, negotiating and executing business agreements experience
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
- 7+ years of experience developing strategies that influence leadership decisions at the organizational level
- 7+ years of experience managing programs across cross functional teams, building processes and coordinating release schedules

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- Experience interpreting data and making business recommendations
- Experience identifying, negotiating, and executing complex legal agreements

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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.

Pursuant to the San Francisco 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 $133,200/year in our lowest geographic market up to $220,200/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.