Are you ready to lead the world's largest organizations through a software development transformation? Are you passionate about driving meaningful business changes through technological advancements? The Gen AI Next Generation Developer Experience (NGDE) organization is responsible for building tools and services that enable AWS customers to leverage foundation models to transform how they build applications on AWS with services such as Kiro. Please see https://kiro.dev/ for more details. We move quickly, experiment, and deliver new capabilities into the hands of our customers at a rapid pace. Join the team as a Sr. WW GTM Specialist and help us drive the GTM for Kiro and our Frontier Agents.
The Worldwide Specialist Organization (WWSO) is part of AWS Sales, Marketing, and Global Services (SMGS), which 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. We work backwards from our customer’s most complex and business critical problems to build and execute go-to-market plans that turn AWS ideas into multi-billion-dollar businesses. WWSO teams include business development, specialist and technical solutions architecture. As part of WWSO, you'll provide expertise across the entire life cycle of an AWS customer initiative, from developing ideas for new services to accelerating the adoption of established businesses. We pride ourselves on thinking big, delivering exceptional results for our customers, and working across AWS as #OneTeam.
Key job responsibilities Within WWSO, this position is part of the NGDE Specialist Team, where you will lead the GTM plan for a particular service with a worldwide scope. You will lead the the effort in driving the development and adoption of AWS' agentic AI services through deep customer engagements. You are a leader for specialists, architects, partners, and account teams and set direction and standards for how we solve customer problems in your domain. You partner with technical and business teams across AWS and bring the voice of the customer into our product development roadmap. This team sees the big picture and sets the plan so the world’s most customer obsessed technical teams can make history.
Ideally, you’re someone who has background building tools and content for developers, and has an unmet need to seed developer communities and programs around a technology you heartily believe in. You have immediate credibility with developers at all levels, from students to CIOs. You love to share your passion with others and exhibit good judgment in selecting strategic opportunities to do so. You don’t just want to be part of an industry movement, you want to be out front leading it. If this sounds like you, this is your dream job.
A day in the life • Serve as the primary point of contact for a portfolio of strategic customer accounts, managing relationships and acting as a strategic advisor driving adoption of Gen AI developer tools • Deliver compelling presentations, product demos, sample solutions and programs, events (such as Hackathons, GameDays) to drive adoption of Gen AI developer tools. • Build and engage with C-level stakeholders to understand the value prop of the developer experience • Bring market signals back to product teams to drive innovation on AWS product roadmaps. • Own reporting and planning cadences to AWS executives on GTM plan execution. • Demonstrate thought leadership and be able to credibly represent AWS at industry events, conferences, symposiums, etc.
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Basic Qualifications
- 5+ years of developing, negotiating and executing business agreements experience
- 5+ years of working with Core Cloud Technology Services, including, but not limited to Compute, Edge, Hybrid, Security, and/or Networking experience
- 5+ years of Go-To-Market, Business Development, Sales, or Consulting experience
- 5+ years of working with Data & AI related technologies, including, but not limited to, AI/ML (Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning), GenAI (Generative AI), Analytics, Database, and/or Storage experience
- Experience developing strategies that influence leadership decisions at the organizational level
- Experience managing programs across cross functional teams, building processes and coordinating release schedules
- Experience selling enterprise software or cloud-based applications
- Experience explaining complex technical concepts to various business and technical audiences
- Experience presenting to both technical and non-technical executive audiences
- Experience leading complex, multi-year initiatives that may be cross-functional and/or span business and technology
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience interpreting data and making business recommendations
- Experience identifying, negotiating, and executing complex legal agreements
- Experience designing, implementing, and scaling workforce development programs across large-scale operations, including forecasting workforce needs and leveraging analytics to drive program decisions
- Experience interpreting data and making business recommendations across leadership and cross-functional teams
- Experience using analytical tools for workforce metrics and reporting
- Experience in stakeholder management, dealing with multiple stakeholders at varied levels of the organization
- MBA, or experience working with data and leveraging analytics to make decisions
- Knowledge of software as a service or other cloud-based technologies
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company’s reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
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