AWS is seeking a Senior Manager to lead the Strategic Power & Utilities Business Development organization. This leader is responsible for the industry Go-To-Market (GTM) motion that drives cloud and AI adoption across the global P&U sector, building a multi-year demand plan, generate and launch pipeline, and for the integration of commercial relationships of P&U companies delivering power to Amazon into a single, strategic relationship. The Strategic P&U organization touches every facet of how AWS engages energy and utilities customers and the AWS strategic industry position. The BD team engages in account planning, demand generation, development of cloud and AI Strategic Framework Agreements (SFAs), industry go-to-market strategy, solution development, partner ecosystem engagement, and field enablement for AWS P&U customers worldwide. In this role, you will define and execute the multi-year strategy for how AWS engages the global power and utilities sector as a customer, partner, and infrastructure counterpart to drive cloud and AI growth. You will lead a globally distributed team of senior business development professionals who structure large, multi-party commercial agreements, manage CxO-level relationships, define the P&U industry strategy, build the opportunity pipeline, enable regional and global account teams, and engage strategic ISV and systems integrator partners to accelerate cloud adoption across the sector. This role that demands credibility at the intersection of energy infrastructure, enterprise AI and cloud technology, and large-scale commercial deal-making. You will serve as the managed gateway between Energy & Utilities account teams and AWS Infrastructure teams and other Amazon organizations, ensuring that requests and commercial discussions with power procurement teams are appropriately coordinated, triaged, and elevated. You will leverage and continuously expand a pan-Amazon network spanning Amazon Retail, Prime, Transportation, Fulfillment, Data Center Infrastructure, Sustainability, Amazon Business, and other Amazon business units, bringing the full breadth of Amazon's assets and capabilities into strategic customer relationships. You will facilitate executive engagements between customer C-suites and senior Amazon leadership and represent AWS at the highest-profile energy industry forums. You will partner with AWS Sales, Solutions Architecture, Professional Services, AWS Infrastructure, and service team leadership to align commercial and technical priorities, influence AWS product and infrastructure investment direction, and build mechanisms that drive repeatable, scalable outcomes across the Strategic P&U organization. Key job responsibilities • Define and execute a comprehensive strategic GTM plan for the global Power & Utilities sector, including industry solution prioritization, repeatable pipeline generation, market segmentation, and competitive positioning across generation, transmission, distribution, and energy trading. • Structure and execute Strategic Framework Agreements (SFAs) encompassing Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) and Cloud and AI deployments at scale with the world's largest energy companies. • Lead, develop, and grow a global team of senior business development professionals articulating how AWS can solve the hardest industry problems with Agentic AI and cloud, instilling a sense of urgency, coaching on multi-divisional deal structuring, CxO engagement, providing visible industry thought leadership, and fostering a culture of ownership and high performance. • Serve as the primary strategic advisor to energy industry executives at the CEO, CFO, CIO, CTO, and VP level, building trusted bilateral relationships that span both commercial infrastructure partnerships and enterprise cloud and AI adoption programs. • Manage the pan-Amazon relationship network to bring the full breadth of Amazon assets-Retail, Prime, Transportation, Fulfillment, Data Center Infrastructure, Amazon Business, Sustainability, and others-into strategic customer engagements as inputs to SFA value propositions and commercial deal structures. • Identify, develop, and realize business opportunities to generate customer value and AWS Agentic AI and cloud revenue, building a business development pipeline in line with the AWS P&U industry strategic direction and annual and multi-year revenue targets. • Define and size market segments; identify, qualify, and engage key P&U customers and strategic industry partners including ISVs, system integrators, OEMs, and utilities, and develop scalable partner engagement and co-sell motions. • Build and maintain named account/ white-space map across Energy and utilities, prioritized by propensity and strategic value. • Hand off qualified opportunities to Sales with clear documentation of the customer's business driver, stakeholders and urgency • Coordinate regional and global field enablement initiatives, including account team training programs, infrastructure engagement playbooks, industry solution toolkits, and mechanisms that equip AWS field teams to engage confidently in energy infrastructure and cloud deals. BASIC QUALIFICATIONS - Experience working and communicating with multiple stakeholders, C-level executives and cross functional teams or equivalent - Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Business, or a related field, or 16+ years of equivalent professional experience in business development, strategic partnerships, or commercial leadership - 15+ years of experience leading global teams in business development, strategic partnerships, or commercial leadership roles in the power and utilities sector - Demonstrated experience structuring and executing large-scale commercial agreements ($300M+) with enterprise energy, utility, or infrastructure customers, including multi-party deal structures - 5+ years of working knowledge of cloud computing, AI/ML, IoT, or emerging technology paradigms and their application to energy industry challenges. Strong knowledge and vision of AI and Agentic services applied to solving Power and Utility industry problems PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS - Master's degree in a technical field, or Master of Business Administration - • Deep familiarity with energy sector challenges including grid interconnection dynamics, long-lead-time equipment procurement, data center power siting, decarbonization strategies, regulatory and permitting processes, and energy infrastructure supply chain constraints - • History of building and managing pan-enterprise or cross-business-unit relationships that bring the breadth of a large corporate organization to bear in strategic customer or partner engagements The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). 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, San Diego - 193,700.00 - 262,000.00 USD annually USA, TX, Houston - 193,700.00 - 262,000.00 USD annually