Storage Sales Specialist, US AGS Specialist Sales

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$128,600 - $212,600 a year
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Fair chance
 
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Are you a customer-focused builder with a passion for helping customers achieve their full potential? Do you have the business savvy, Storage expertise, and sales skills necessary to help companies transform their industries by positioning Amazon Web Services (AWS) as the storage service provider of choice? Do you love building new strategic and data-driven businesses? Join the US AWS Global Sales organization as an AWS Storage Specialist Seller!
As an AWS Storage Sales Specialist, you will be at the forefront of driving adoption and revenue growth for AWS's storage services. Your role will involve identifying high-value customer opportunities within a specific territory and engaging with AWS customers to understand their storage needs and align them with AWS storage solutions. You will leverage your consultative expertise to become a trusted advisor, guiding customers in embedding and deploying AWS storage solutions to unlock new value streams and support high value workloads. With a passion for developing high-potential opportunities and executing effective strategies, you will own the full-cycle sales engagement plan, from identifying qualified leads to realizing revenue. You will understand a customer's business initiatives, help craft account plans to achieve those initiatives, identify and drive opportunity win plans to enabling those business initiatives, and ensure successful launch to realize both customer vision and AWS revenue. You will earn trust with IT, Infrastructure executives and Line of Business leaders. You will understand detailed business drivers in your forecast and intentionally work the best opportunities that maximize your ability to hit revenue goals.
Furthermore, you will maintain an in-depth knowledge of AWS's storage services and relevant cross-functional areas to build strong relationships with customers. By driving the adoption of advanced storage technologies, you will play a pivotal role in propelling AWS's revenue growth while helping customers stay ahead of the curve in a rapidly evolving technological landscape. You can describe the "why" and "what" of storage use cases and technical solutions at a 200-level, with the detailed "how" being provided by solution architects. You can conduct compelling executive conversations on the transformational possibilities of cloud storage and data management, resulting in subsequent meetings with the wider team.

Key job responsibilities
Accelerate customer adoption by defining and implementing GTM strategies within your assigned accounts and technology domain.
Ideate with Line of Business and C-suite leaders, building trust with your deep technical expertise, and following through to help solve their most compelling business problems.
Drive sales efforts spanning multiple lines of business with decision-making authority and budget ownership.
Act as the customer front line Storage domain specialist within your accounts
Partner with customers to run assessments of their on-premises and cloud storage environments, lead technical discovery sessions and position AWS Storage services to support critical workflows.
Map the application of technology to customer business scenarios that help our customers understand how to improve their operational outcomes through the use of AWS storage services.
Develop and deliver compelling ROI & TCO proposals to drive adoption of AWS Storage Solutions.
Lead presentations at multi-customer events (in person and virtual) to drive demand for AWS Storage services.
Provide a strong operational command of your business, dive deep to understand trends across your territory and forecast accurately.
Internally evangelize the benefits of our Storage services, programs and industry-specific solution benefits to scale your business through our Core account managers.
Engage systems integrators and closely collaborate with AWS partners to deliver maximum customer value.
Gather voice-of-customer insights to inform product roadmaps and enhance the customer experience.
Build and innovate: Co-Develop GTM motions on new product launches and work with product teams on the creation of innovative new services.

A day in the life
You’re surrounded by innovation. You’re empowered with a lot of ownership. Your growth is accelerated. The work is challenging. You have a voice here and are encouraged to use it. Your experience and career development is in your hands. We live our leadership principles every day. At Amazon, it's always "Day 1".

About the team
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.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

7+ years of full sales cycle, technology sales or equivalent business development, sales engineering/consulting or equivalent experience
7+ years of developing, negotiating and executing business agreements experience
5+ years of storage or IT infrastructure sales experience
Experience driving new business in accounts at the C-suite level
Financial sales skills including the ability to create proposals with TCO and ROI models
Experience with sales CRM tools such as Salesforce or similar software
Bachelor's degree

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

7+ years of full sales cycle, technology sales or equivalent business development, sales engineering/consulting or equivalent experience
7+ years of developing, negotiating and executing business agreements experience
5+ years of storage or IT infrastructure sales experience
Experience driving new business in accounts at the C-suite level
Financial sales skills including the ability to create proposals with TCO and ROI models
Experience with sales CRM tools such as Salesforce or similar software
Bachelor's degree

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.

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $128,600/year in our lowest geographic market up to $212,600/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.

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