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. The AWS Global Support team interacts with leading companies and believes that world-class support is critical to customer success. AWS Support also partners with a global list of customers that are building mission-critical applications on top of AWS services.
AWS is seeking an experienced Strategic Account Manager to lead and continue to expand the business with one of our company’s largest and most innovative customers. Our vision is to be SAP’s preferred innovation and technology partner to inspire, transform and move the world forward. We do that by (mission) working together to expand SAP’s market leader position in the enterprise application software space by empowering our people, SAP, the partner network and our customers to innovate together using data and insights to stay agile, resilient and grow sustainably.
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 we 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.
Our team also puts a high value on work-life balance. Striking a healthy balance between your personal and professional life is crucial to your happiness and success here, which is why we aren’t focused on how many hours you spend at work or online. Instead, we’re happy to offer a flexible schedule so you can have a more productive and well-balanced life - both in and outside of work.
The Strategic Account Manager will be key member of the team responsible for providing business leadership and creative direction of this highly visible customer. You will build and maintain broad relationships in the account, develop and manage opportunities, and lead a large team of extended resources. You will define a CxO relationship strategy within the account - aligned with other internal AWS stakeholders such as engineering an partner - building a strong working relationship with the AWS senior leadership team for executive sponsorship, executive business reviews, and shaping go-to-market opportunities.
Responsibilities:
The Strategic Account Manager is responsible for teaming with all aspects of the customer’s organization, which includes executives, engineering, business owners, legal, and others. Skills required to build relationships across an account include creative thinking, articulating a clear vision and generating enthusiasm, to impact all business groups. The individualy is responsible for selling at the most strategic level within the account and implementing a broad strategy for earning customer acceptance and service implementation. The Strategic Account Manager works with all appropriate AWS resources (Executives, Engineering, Solution Architects, Business Development, Marketing, Partners, Support, Service teams and Professional Services) to support customer interests, and will understand how to strongly advocate for their customer and balance that with the business needs of AWS . This includes dotted line responsibility for downstream sales and technical resources that may be geographically distributed.
Development of formal case studies and other forms of references highlighting activity and workloads running on AWS is core to the role.
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Our team's purpose is to "RUN BETTER. TOGETHER" and we're 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.
Key job responsibilities
• Have 5+ years enterprise sales experience, selling to global federated enterprise working with multiple business units and influencing governance and policy
• Have 3+ years practical experience with SAP software to help manage and drive joint engagements between AWS and SAP
• Proven track record of 2+ years experience in talking to C-suite and influencing decision makers on executive level
• A BA or BS degree in computer science, engineering, business, marketing, or related field (MBA preferred)
• A strong understanding of AWS and/or technology as a service (Iaas,SaaS,PaaS) is preferred.
• Other experiences to include: experience in large complex deal negotiations with a successful track record; ability to navigate across AWS and the customer in a trusted advisor/consultative approach; and, establishing credibility quickly with senior level executives across the organizations.
About the team
About the team
The Strategic Account Team’s vision is to be SAP’s preferred innovation and technology partner to inspire, transform and move the world forward. We do that by (mission) working together to expand SAP’s market leader position in the enterprise application software space by empowering our people, SAP, the partner network and our customers to innovate together using data and insights to stay agile, resilient and grow sustainably. Our purpose is to “RUN BETTER.TOGETHER.”
Diverse Experiences
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.
Work/Life Balance
We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve in the cloud.
Inclusive Team Culture
Here at AWS, it’s in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employee-led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empower us to be proud of our differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness.
Mentorship and Career Growth
We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.
Our vision is to be SAP’s preferred innovation and technology partner to inspire, transform and move the world forward. We do that by (mission) working together to expand SAP’s market leader position in the enterprise application software space by empowering our people, SAP, the partner network and our customers to innovate together using data and insights to stay agile, resilient and grow sustainably.
We RUN BETTER. TOGETHER.
We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:
Munich, BY, DEU | Walldorf, BW, DEU
- Experience in direct sales or business development in software, cloud or SaaS markets selling to C-level executives
- Experience in business development, partner development, sales or alliances management
- Experience in building profitable partner ecosystems
- Experience developing detailed go to market plans
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