AWS Sales, Marketing, and Global Services (SMGS) 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 are seeking a Principal Cloud Transformation Strategist to join our Strategic Customer Engagements (SCE) Cloud Transformation team to work on our most complex and strategic commercial pursuits. Customers we engage with are looking to be disruptive and leaders in their markets and industries. You will help our customers create the end-state vision, value story, and financial case for transformation, leveraging both AWS and Pan Amazon offerings that help them reimagine, reinvent, and transform their business to create new business models and economic value. You will help them create a roadmap for execution and establish the value of transformation. You will have a deep understanding and experience of one or more industries and are a thought leader in cloud driven business transformation.
Cross-industry experience with global consulting firms, systems integrators, vendors, and/or customer industry roles is an advantage. Having a breadth of functional experience and expertise in business consulting, hands-on business case development for complex business-driven transformation, and high-level technical understanding is an advantage. Experience of supporting large deal sales engagements is preferred. You will have a track record of success on large, complex, multi-year transformation engagements and inspire and mentor teams to push the boundaries of cloud transformation.
Key job responsibilities
• You will work with senior leaders (CEO, CFO, COO, CIO, CTO, Line of Business SVP’s etc.) to create the thesis of business-driven transformation, supported by AWS technology, build a common vision of transformation and strategy.
• Earn trust, influence C-level executives and build trusted relationships.
• Build the case for change and prepare board-ready presentations and briefings for senior executive stakeholder communications.
• Serve as the AWS business sponsor for the strategic transformation initiative.
• Engage in pursuits that span across multiple Amazon businesses and partner closely with Sales Leadership teams and Field Sales organization.
• Partner with cross functional teams across Amazon and partners – legal, product, engineering, architecture, structuring, and professional services to help execute a winning pursuit.
• Shape or reshape to best meet the needs of our customers and leverage Amazon capabilities.
About the team
Why AWS
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