At Amazon we believe that every day is still day one as we strive to be Earth's most customer centric company. AWS for Financial Services (FS) is a pioneer at the intersection of financial services and technology, enabling our FS customers to optimize operations and push the boundaries of innovation with the broadest set of services and partner solutions – all while maintaining security, compliance, and resilience at scale.
As we rapidly grow our business AWS is seeking a world-class professional for a Global Account Manager role to work with a FS customer head-quartered in London. This role will help the customer use cloud and AI technologies to accelerate their hyper growth by modernizing and building new innovative businesses on AWS. We are looking for a senior professional with a background in leading highly effective teams and experience in the relevant ecosystem of banking, finance etc. You will be actively contributing to the strategy and operations of the customer. We see you being a hands-on and Change Leader who can drive new business and operational excellence. will collaborate across multiple functions as the owner of the AWS relationship with the global customer, orchestrating Sales, Technical Account Management, Business Development, Solution Architecture, Customer Solutions Management, Partner Sales and Marketing. You should be a self-starter with entrepreneurial spirit who is motivated by supporting organizations to rapidly develop the capability to drive digital transformation, optimize their use of AWS. You thrive in a fast-paced environment, love to execute against ambitious goals and have a passion for technology
Key job responsibilities
Responsible for engagement with one of the worlds largest financial companies from CEO to working level. Deliver operational excellence to ensure sustained customer value realization from current AWS business. Develop long term account plan to deliver incremental sales revenue targets.
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Basic Qualifications
- Experience in technology-related sales, business development, or sales engineering/consulting
- Experience with financial services, payments or e-commerce
- Bachelor's degree, or a PhD and/or experience conducting research and business on a global scale
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in cloud or account management, with a proven track record of managing high-performing teams and projects
- Ability to think and act independently within a fast-paced multi-task driven environment Knowledge and understanding of existing and developing technologies as it relates to cloud computing; understand and identify opportunities for customers. Track record of managing time efficiently, meeting personal goals, and working effectively with internal, partner, and customer teams
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