Amazon

Principal Account Manager, Strategic Accounts

Amazon$187K — $252K *
Enterprise Technology
11 - 15 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 12+ years of sales or sales management experience in cloud technology or infrastructure.
  • Experience presenting to C-level executives across various business areas.
  • Bachelor's degree or MBA in a tech-related field such as engineering or analytics.
  • Familiarity with AWS and technology as a service models (IaaS, SaaS, PaaS).
  • Proven track record in managing global enterprise accounts and influencing organizational policies.
  • Demonstrated success in large complex deal negotiations.
  • 4+ years in stakeholder or account management, preferably with cloud services.

Responsibilities

  • Increase technology adoption and develop transformative account strategies.
  • Build strategic relationships and articulate impactful visions across business groups.
  • Identify, develop, and negotiate large-scale technology projects for global units.
  • Collaborate with AWS resources like executives and solutions architects.
  • Lead a team of extended resources to achieve customer-focused outcomes.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health insurance including medical, dental, vision, and prescription coverage.
  • 401(k) matching to support retirement savings.
  • Paid time off for work-life balance.
  • Parental leave to support family growth.
  • Mental health support and employee assistance programs.
  • Flexibility in financial planning through Flexible Spending Accounts.
  • Adoption and surrogacy reimbursement assistance.
Full Job Description
AWS is seeking an experienced Principal Strategic Account Manager to lead and continue to expand the business with one of our company's largest and most innovative customers.

The Strategic Account Manager will be a key member of the team responsible for providing business leadership and creative direction for 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 the executive relationship strategy within the account; including building a strong working relationship with the AWS senior leadership team for executive sponsorship, executive business reviews, and shaping go-to-market opportunities.

Do you look around corners for ways to engage and service customers? Are you passionate about using technology to solve business problems that have big customer impact?

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

Increase technology adoption and creating long term transformational account strategies

Build strategic relationships within the account and articulate a clear vision with impact across all business groups

Identifying, developing, negotiating, and closing large-scale technology projects to global business units

Work will all appropriate AWS resources (Executives, Solutions Architects, Business Development, Partners, and Professional Services)

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- 12+ years of sales or sales management in infrastructure or cloud technology experience

- Experience working with and presenting to C-level executives, IT, and lines of businesses across organizations or equivalent

- Bachelor's degree, or MBA in computer science, engineering, analytics, mathematics, statistics, IT or equivalent

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- Experience with AWS and technology as a service (IaaS, SaaS, PaaS)

- Experience as primary account manager of a global federated enterprise working with multiple business units and influencing governance and policy or equivalent

- Experience in large complex deal negotiations with a successful track record

- 4+ years of stakeholder or account management experience, or experience with AWS services or other cloud offerings

- Experience and track record of exceeding sales goals

The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments, restricted stock units (RSUs), and sales incentives. Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.

USA, CA, Cupertino - 187,000.00 - 252,900.00 USD annually

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Amazon Careers

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