Minimum Qualifications:
- 7+ years of technology related sales, business development or equivalent experience
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent
- Experience working with and presenting to C-level executives, IT, and lines of businesses across organizations or equivalent
- Experience creating and implementing long-term transformational account strategies in a customer-facing role or equivalent
AWS is one of Amazon’s fastest growing businesses, servicing millions of customers in more than 190 countries, reshaping the way global enterprises consume information technology and powering the developers who are building the next generation of global industry leaders. AWS customers include some of the industry leading game companies like Riot Games, Ubisoft, Take-Two Interactive, and Zynga.
Video games are one of the largest forms of entertainment in the world, with 2 billion gamers playing a diverse range of games on PCs, mobile devices, and consoles. AWS is actively investing in this space and is looking to help game developers and publishers acquire and retain players by delivering industry leading solutions. Would you like to be part of a team focused on increasing adoption of the AWS platform by engaging with companies and game developers building the next generation games? Do you have the business savvy and the technical background necessary to help further establish AWS as the leader in games? Do you enjoy complex negotiations with C-Suite stakeholders?
This role requires a proven track record of success earning greater penetration & partnership in highly competitive accounts. Executive level engagements with the ability to problem solve with complex solutions are mission critical areas of engagement. The ideal candidate will have a mixture of business and technical cloud skills enabling them to understand problems faced by the world's largest and most successful game companies. The candidate knows how to write to, communicate with, and identify executives critical for driving BHAG goals. Understanding games is more important than being an active player.
How to separate yourself as a candidate:
- Have cloud certifications, AWS not mandatory
- Hunter mentality with a proven track record of breaking into accounts
- Able to project manage multi-channel sell to and sell with motions
- Experience in partnership/channels/bd
- Have experience negotiating, failing, and succeeded executing 8 to 9 figure sizes deals
- Familiarity or direct experience with games industry: economy systems, game dev cycles, and how game companies are enterprising with their businesses outside of just making games
Key job responsibilities:
- Customer Relationships Management
- Executive Stakeholder Management
- Strategic Planning
- Leading a secondary sales rep
- Industry Analysis
- Partner Motion Contributions
- Prospecting
- Salesforce/Anaplan Forecasting/Reporting
- Contract Management
- Competitive Excellence
About the team: This role is part of the Enterprise Games Team at AWS, focused on the market makers of the Games Industry. The team are either long time gamers or have covered games for an extended period. We work together to see around corners and care for the trees in the forest we nurture.
About AWS: Amazon values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.
Why AWS: Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating — that’s why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.
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- Experience selling cloud solutions at a software company or equivalent
- Experience with AWS and technology as a service (IaaS, SaaS, PaaS)
- Experience identifying, developing, negotiating, and closing large-scale technology deals
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, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status.
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