Partner Sales Manager, Startups

DESCRIPTION

Trusted by more startups around the world, AWS makes the power of cloud computing accessible for all by giving founders everywhere access to the same technology that powers the world’s largest companies. With nearly 20 years of experience gained from supporting hundreds of thousands of startups that have come before, we help founders prove that their world-changing ideas are possible, at any stage of growth or level of funding. This is why more startups, and over 80% of unicorns, build on AWS.

Do you have the business savy and industry expertise necessary to position AWS as the technology platform of the future?

As a Partner Success Manager within Amazon Web Services (AWS), you will have the exciting opportunity to deliver on our strategy to build mind share and adoption of Amazon Web Services’ Cloud Computing Platform covering a wide area of services from infrastructure to Artificial Intelligence, IoT, Machine Learning, Big Data and analytics and Mobile services across AWS’s Startup customers by leveraging partners to scale and accelerate our growth.

You will act as a vital interlock by pairing the AWS account management teams & their leadership with specialist partners in the AWS partner ecosystem to help solve our customers business challenges and achieve their unique growth goals. This requires an expert understanding of the Startup segment strategy and the ability to build an effective engagement plan. You will be responsible for top line revenue growth and overall customer adoption across the customer set.

You will also demonstrate the capacity to think strategically about business, product, and technical challenges, with the ability to build and convey compelling value propositions.

Key job responsibilities
- Understand the various go to market programs within the consulting and technology Partner Community in a local market, a deep understanding of the partner capabilities and solutions that are uniquely capable of delivering products and solutions that will delight customers.
- Advise customers and commercial sales teams on the value of partners, engagement, and recommend qualified partners to support customer needs.
- Expand existing AWS footprint as well as drive new customer engagements with partners to grow overall revenue with a focus on business outcomes.
- Become a trusted member of the sales team to own deal execution with partners, leveraging Partner programs, and coaching partners on best practices.
- Work closely with Partner Solution Architects (PSA) to ensure partners deliver quality results and work with Partner Development Managers (PDM) on engaging their partners with the right customers within the local market.
- Continually identify, research, understand, translate and educate your stakeholders on benefits, value and capabilities of relevant partners.

A day in the life
The startup organization at AWS comprises of experts that are passionate about startups. They engage with founders, venture capitalists, angel investors and work with technical, product and go-to-market teams at some of the most exciting companies on the planet. Our Startup Partner Sales team is where the magic happens. This high-performing team drives global initiatives that aid in supporting entrepreneurs and startups across their entire journey. For Partner Sales professionals who like to invent, there's no better place to build than on the AWS Startup team.

A day in the life of an Partner Sales Manager starts with weekly sales meetings with key Partners to review overall execution, top deals status, pipeline and launch attainment vs pre-defined goals during territory planning. Followed by internal sales meetings with Account Managers and Sales Managers to align partner strategy and goals. Weekly PSM meetings to share and learn regional best practices. Measure progress and attainment, fail fast to correct strategies, build as you go, invent and simplify.

About the team
Diverse Experiences

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.

Inclusive Team Culture
AWS values curiosity and connection. Our employee-led and company-sponsored affinity groups promote inclusion and empower our people to take pride in what makes us unique. Our inclusion events foster stronger, more collaborative teams. Our continual innovation is fueled by the bold ideas, fresh perspectives, and passionate voices our teams bring to everything we do.

Mentorship & 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.

Work/Life Balance
We value wo