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The Amazon Web Services Professional Services (ProServe) team is seeking a dynamic ProServe Account Executive (PAE) to join our team at Amazon Web Services (AWS). In this role, you'll be responsible for engaging new and existing customers in the Financial with transformative projects involving IT Strategy, distributed architecture, and hybrid cloud operations. You'll work closely with ProServe Cloud Architects, Engagement Managers, and Delivery Consultants to drive customer success and business growth. As ProServe’s customer facing relationship owner you’ll be primarily focused on understanding and defining business outcomes for customers by building trust, identifying applicable AWS Professional Services offerings, and creating proposals and securing customer signoff of SOW’s. Following project launch, you will stay connected with the customer to ensure we are delivering the agreed customer business outcomes (CBO) as outlined in the SOW.

Your experience in selling services within the technology/consulting sector, will equip you with the ability to translate technical concepts into business value for customers. You will demonstrate proficiency in business development, executing sales methodologies and managing CRM systems coupled with strong analytical, problem-solving, and project management abilities. PAEs performance will be measured against key metrics including but not limited to Revenue, Billable Bookings, and customer satisfaction (CSAT).

The AWS Professional Services organization is a global team of experts that help customers realize their desired business outcomes when using the AWS Cloud. We work together with customer teams and the AWS Partner Network (APN) to execute enterprise cloud computing initiatives. Our team provides assistance through a collection of offerings which help customers achieve specific outcomes related to enterprise cloud adoption. We also deliver focused guidance through our global specialty practices, which cover a variety of solutions, technologies, and industries.

AWS Global Services includes experts from across AWS who help our customers design, build, operate, and secure their cloud environments. Customers innovate with AWS Professional Services, upskill with AWS Training and Certification, optimize with AWS Support and Managed Services, and meet objectives with AWS Security Assurance Services. Our expertise and emerging technologies include AWS Partners, AWS Sovereign Cloud, AWS International Product, and the Generative AI Innovation Center. You’ll join a diverse team of technical experts in dozens of countries who help customers achieve more with the AWS cloud.



Key job responsibilities
- Lead business outcomes - ability to articulate accelerated customer outcomes through cloud transformation

• Execution of long-term strategic customer transformation roadmaps
• Develop a unified account plan and pursuit plan that aligns with AWS account team (direct sales).
• Establish Executive relationships across Business & Technology groups, executive sponsorship of programs
• Establish an internal network at AWS, most notably with internal organizations critical to success: Account Team (#OneTeam), Partner team, Finance, Legal
• Strategic advisor and expert with knowledge of the cross-section of the customers’ business and the cloud ecosystem
• Deliver on annual bookings, revenue, and customer satisfaction targets with deal structure aligned with defined customer outcomes and AWS ProServe business objectives
• Support scale through shared learnings and mechanisms across the ProServe team

A day in the life
As an experienced services sales professional, you will be responsible for:

• Leading business development efforts by engaging Financial Services customers and driving high-value engagements
• Establishing Executive relationships across Technology & Business groups, becoming a strategic advisor and expert with deep knowledge of the cross-section of the customers’ business and available technology solutions.
• Collaborating with Amazon Global Sales (AGS) representatives to ensure a coordinated approach for key accounts
• Creating proposals, securing customer sign-off on Statements of Work (SOWs), and ensure successful project delivery
• Monitoring ongoing projects to ensure delivery of agreed CBOs and maximize revenue potential
• Advocating for customers while balancing AWS business objectives

This customer facing role may require up to 50% travel to customer sites.



About the team
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