Account Manager, Financial Services, ANZ

Description:

Do you have the business savvy and the technical background necessary to help establish Amazon as a key technology partner to Enterprises in the banking and financial services sector? Amazon Web Services is leading the next transformation enabled by cloud, data and AI, and is looking for world-class candidates to join our FSI business.

As an Enterprise Account Leader for FSI in Australia, your responsibilities will include building and driving the strategy to increase adoption, and market penetration in large Banking accounts, to build long-term business and marketing opportunities. The ideal candidate will possess a business development/sales background that enables them to engage at all levels of a customer and partner organisation, including C-levels of the business and IT. He/she should be a self-starter who is prepared to develop and execute against a coverage plan business objectives. This is a high visibility role needing to engage CXOs of Banks as well as leverage internal executives to drive transformational outcomes for large banks in the long term.


Key job responsibilities
• Develop long-term strategic relationships with key customers at the C-levels of Business & IT
• Work closely with the Channels team to ensure a robust AWS ecosystem is engaged to support the customers key business priorities
• Maintain an accurate forecast and various business reports.
• Create & articulate compelling value propositions around AWS services.
• Possess the technical ability to explain (not implement) Cloud Computing and Artificial Intelligence solutions in the context of banking business problems
• Prepare and give business reviews to the senior management team.
• Ensure customer satisfaction

About the team
We are a collaborative team that treats stakeholders and teammates like customers, and aim to ensure everything we deliver provides the highest value for our customers. We are responsible for building training, authoring best practice enablement content, and disseminating best practices at scale, that directly impact our customers’ success as they operate their workloads on AWS.

Diverse Experiences
Amazon values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.

Why AWS
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating — that’s why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.

Work/Life Balance
We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve in the cloud.

Inclusive Team Culture
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Mentorship and Career Growth
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Requirements:

- 7+ years of direct sales or business development in software, cloud or SaaS markets selling to C-level executives experience
- 10+ years of business development, partner development, sales or alliances management experience- 5+ years of building profitable partner ecosystems experience
- Experience developing detailed go to market plans

Acknowledgement of country:
In the spirit of reconciliation Amazon acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.

IDE statement:
Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer, and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, age, or other legally protected attributes.

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