Sr. Manager - Partners, Global Defense Partners

Would you like to own building the future for a leader in the Cloud Computing business in the public sector? Would you like to be part of a team focused on increasing awareness and adoption of Amazon Web Services (AWS) by engaging with key Federal System Integrators (SIs) and solutions providers who are reinventing their IT strategy by adopting and delivering cloud computing solutions? Do you have the management, business savvy, government sales, channel experience, and the technical background necessary to help further establish Amazon as a leading cloud platform provider?

As an AWS Sr Strategic Partner Manager supporting the U.S Federal businesses, you will have the exciting opportunity to help shape and deliver on a strategy to build mindshare and adoption of Amazon Web Services in public sector. Your mission will be to develop and drive large engagements that result in sell-through revenue, sell-to revenue and a growing AWS partner competency across Federal SIs.

In this role, you will manage a team, and further establish deep business and technical relationships with AWS partners through your knowledge of the customer's mission and the environment. You will have day-to-day interactions with our partners in support of government agencies. The ideal candidate will possess both a business background that enables them to drive an engagement and interact at the executive level, as well as a technical background that enables them to easily interact with software developers and architects. They should also have a demonstrated ability to think strategically about the mission, product, and technical challenges, with the ability to build and convey compelling value propositions.

Effectively developing and managing SIs will require that you establish deep business and technical relationships through your knowledge of the public sector industry and customer requirements. Through these relationships, you will be responsible for growing internal adoption of AWS, as well as broad organizational AWS competency within the SI business units and program teams. You will also work very closely with the AWS market teams to drive joint sales engagement, as well as strategically plan for development of future opportunities and pursuits. Ideal candidates will possess both business background that enables them to drive engagements and interact at the executive level with partners and government customers, as well as a technical background that enables them to easily interact with IT and development leaders and implementers. Candidates should also have strong industry experience and demonstrated the ability to think and act strategically on the government customer mission, industry directions, and partner/customer technical challenges.

Roles & Responsibilities:
- Serve as a key member of the AWS Federal SIs Leadership Team to help drive overall AWS market and technical strategy.
- Manage and build a team supporting Federal SIs.
- Maintain an accurate and robust System Integrator pipeline and forecast of business opportunities.
- Understand and navigate federal contracting vehicles and procedures.
- Set a strategic sales plan for your target markets and ensure it's in line with the AWS strategic direction.
- Understand the technical considerations and certifications specific to the public sector.
- Execute the strategic sales & business development plan while working with key internal stakeholders (e.g. sales teams, service teams, legal, support, etc.).
- Identify specific prospects/partners/channels to approach while communicating the specific value proposition for their business and use case.
- Develop and manage the sales pipeline by engaging with prospects, partners, and key customers.
- Work closely with the customer base to ensure they are successful using our web services, making sure they have the technical resources required.
- Understand the technical requirements of our customers and work closely with the internal development team to guide the direction of our product offerings for developers.
- Prepare and give business reviews to the senior management team regarding progress and roadblocks to closing new customers.
- Manage complex contract negotiations and liaison with the legal group.
- Handle a high volume of engagements and the fast pace of the cloud computing market.
- Self-motivated with a great sense of urgency and follow-through.
- Self-starter and self-motivated with an entrepreneurial spirit and the ability to collaborate to solve complex business challenges.

This position requires that the candidate selected be a US citizen.



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