Global Account Manager, Automotive & Manufacturing

Description AWS is seeking a sales professional to manage global customer relationships with global Automotive & Manufacturing customers. You will define and execute a CXO relationship strategy within the account, including engaging with a dedicated account team, AWS leaders for executive sponsorship, coordinating executive business reviews, enabling customer value creation and growth. The Global Account Manager ("GAM") will partner with the customer to build strategic relationships, articulate a clear vision, and deliver business value. The successful GAM will develop and execute a strategy for earning customer trust and driving AWS solution and service adoption across the customer's IT/Digital, Line of Business (LoB) / Engineering, and Operations leadership. The GAM will work with all appropriate AWS resources (Executives, other Account Manager(s), Solution Architects, Customer Solutions Managers, Industry Specialists, Marketing, Partners, Support, Service Teams and Professional Services) to deliver customer outcomes. This is an Individual Contributor role that necessitates an account leader mindset. The GAM will also effectively leverage existing programs and mechanisms, contribute to new mechanisms, and develop formal case studies and other forms of references highlighting outcomes and solutions running on AWS. Key job responsibilities

• Identifying and building trusted advisor relationships with key influencers and decision-makers, specifically CxOs, at the customer, across LoB and functional areas (Digital, Data, Engineering, and Operations).
• Working closely with internal AWS team members and programs, as well as external SI and ISV partners, to support the best business solution(s) for customers.
• Defining a CXO relationship strategy within the customer, coordinating executive business reviews, and maintaining customer satisfaction levels.
• Displaying strong communication presence in meetings. Should be effective in communicating via email, phone, and face to face, and comfortable writing executive briefing documents for, and communicating with, senior executives at the company.
• Operating with autonomy and discretion. Sound business judgment is critical in routine customer engagement.
• Participating in the negotiation and closing of legal agreements and contracts.
• Maintaining knowledge of AWS's broad solution and service offerings, with a focus on connecting cloud and AI capabilities to the customer's business, technology and operational priorities.
• Working with marketing and communications to develop formal references, PR and case studies.

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Basic Qualifications

• Experience in management of large, complex enterprise accounts or equivalent
• Bachelor's degree in science, technology, engineering, math, business or equivalent
• 5+ years of technology-related sales or business development experience
• - Experience in management of large, complex enterprise accounts or equivalent
• - Bachelor's degree in science, technology, engineering, math, business or equivalent
• - 5+ years of technology-related sales or business development experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working with global teams and diverse partners
• Experience working in a related industry
• 3+ years of commercial agreements experience
• Experience in executive level engagement with SVP/VP/C-Suite
• Experience with the AWS platform, web services, software development, or related technologies
• Experience in cloud or account management, with a proven track record of managing high-performing projects
• Experience creating and implementing long-term account strategies in a customer-facing role or equivalent

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