Amazon

Sr. Technical Business Development Specialist HPC, US Federal & Public Sector, WWSO HPC Team

Amazon$147K — $200K *
Enterprise Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 6+ years of Go-To-Market, Business Development, Sales, or Consulting experience
  • Bachelor's degree in business economics, engineering, analytics, mathematics, statistics, information technology or equivalent
  • 5+ years of experience with Advanced Compute technologies including HPC and Accelerated Compute
  • Current, active US Government Security Clearance of Top Secret or above
  • Master's degree in relevant field (preferred)
  • Experience influencing product management teams in federal markets (preferred)
  • Technical competency in cloud computing and HPC architectures (preferred)

Responsibilities

  • Own and execute end-to-end GTM strategy for HPC in the US Public Sector
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to validate customer requirements and facilitate adoption
  • Identify specific segments and partners for targeted value propositions and pipeline support
  • Develop business cases for segment-specific HPC use cases and workload classes
  • Manage HPC-focused AWS programs and initiatives for federal customers
  • Create and manage sales and marketing collateral for business development
  • Monitor customer onboarding and increase adoption rates for HPC workloads
  • Deliver regular business reviews on revenue and non-revenue KPIs

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription)
  • 401(k) matching
  • Paid time off and parental leave
  • Adoption and surrogacy reimbursement coverage
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and mental health support
  • Flexible Spending Accounts
Full Job Description
Would you like to be part of a team redefining the IT industry for the Federal and Public Sector market? The Worldwide Specialist Organization (WWSO) within AWS Sales, Marketing, and Global Services (SMGS) is seeking an experienced Senior Technical Business Development Manager to develop and lead go-to-market strategies for HPC and Accelerated Compute solutions serving Defense, Intelligence Community, and civilian federal agencies.

In this role, you will own the end-to-end GTM strategy for HPC in the US Federal market, with particular emphasis on AWS Government Regions (GovCloud, Secret Region, Top Secret Region). You will identify and develop business strategies that address critical HPC requirements for customers operating in classified and regulated environments, while building and executing campaigns that drive out-year growth across the federal HPC portfolio.

You will be responsible for developing partnership and deal strategies, managing strategic customer relationships at senior and executive levels, and driving top-line revenue growth for the federal HPC business. Success requires the ability to think strategically about business, product, and technical challenges while working effectively with cross-functional teams to drive performance goals. You must be able to craft compelling value propositions, develop business case and financial proposals, and influence technical decisions at the highest levels of federal agencies.

As an HPC Specialist within WWSO, you will have direct influence on AWS product roadmaps - bringing federal customer insights back to EC2, Batch, and other HPC service teams. Your work will define how Public Sector, Defense and Intelligence agencies modernize from legacy on-premises HPC clusters to cloud-native, mission-ready infrastructure at the convergence of silicon, AI/ML, and advanced computing.

The ideal candidate will possess deep understanding of cloud computing and HPC architectures and operations (on-premises and/or cloud); demonstrated experience executing HPC GTM in the US federal market; and proven success influencing product management and introducing new products into federal and regulated markets.

This position requires that the candidate selected be a US Citizen and currently possess and maintain an active Top Secret security clearance.

Key job responsibilities

- Own and execute end-to-end GTM strategy for HPC in the US Public Sector, Govt. and Federal market, developing and executing comprehensive strategies that drive adoption across Defense, Intelligence Community, and civilian agencies.

- Work with cross-functional teams (sales, solutions architecture, product engineering, partners, marketing) to validate customer requirements, perform proofs of concept, and define pathways to production adoption

- Identify specific customer segments and partners to approach with targeted value propositions, build and qualify pipeline and support engagement through the entire business development cycle

- Develop business cases to support product feature requests for segment specific HPC use cases and workload classes, ensuring government-specific requirements are prioritized in AWS product roadmaps

- Define, develop, and manage HPC-focused AWS programs and initiatives tailored to US Federal, Public Sector and regulated industry customers, including workshops, immersion days, migration frameworks, and reference architectures.

- Collect, create, and manage sales and marketing collateral to facilitate the business development process, including whitepapers, solution briefs, customer success stories, and executive presentations

- Monitor customer onboarding and adoption; develop approaches to increase adoption rates, revenue growth, and workload retention for HPC workloads in AWS

- Execute on revenue, and non-revenue KPIs, delivering regular business reviews to senior leadership

About the team

This position is part of the WWSO HPC Specialist team, driving market adoption for AWS's HPC Cloud and services, and emerging AI/ML accelerated compute capabilities - through data-driven analytics, financial metrics, and strategic GTM programs. We create sales plays, build partner ecosystems, and develop programs that drive measurable results. We work closely with Public Sector and Federal Sector customers, DIBs/ federal systems integrators, HPC ISV partners to build an ecosystem supporting AWS success. We operate with a startup mentality within the world's leading cloud provider, combining entrepreneurial ownership with the resources and scale of AWS.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- 6+ years of Go-To-Market, Business Development, Sales, or Consulting experience

- Bachelor's degree in business economics, engineering, analytics, mathematics, statistics, information technology or equivalent

- 5+ years of working with Advanced Compute technologies including, but not limited to: Accelerated Compute and High Performance Compute.

- Current, active US Government Security Clearance of Top Secret or above

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- Master's degree in business economics, engineering, analytics, mathematics, statistics, information technology or equivalent

- Proven track record influencing product management teams and successfully introducing new products into federal and regulated markets.

- Strong technical competency in cloud computing, web services, enterprise software, and HPC architectures, and GPU-accelerated computing

- Experience with compliance/security regimes germane to Defense and National Security (DoD SRG, ICD 503, NIST SP 800-53/171, CMMC, ITAR, DFARS, FedRAMP High, DoD IL4/5/6, FIPS 140-2/3)

- Experience with federal systems, HPC partner ecosystem and ISVs

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, MA, Boston - 147,900.00 - 200,100.00 USD annually

USA, TX, Austin - 147,900.00 - 200,100.00 USD annually

USA, VA, Arlington - 147,900.00 - 200,100.00 USD annually

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