AWS Sr. Sales Manager, State & Local Government , California

Candidates must live in a major market in California to include the Los Angeles, Orange County, San Diego, or the San Francisco Bay area.

Would you like to be part of a team focused on increasing the adoption of Amazon Web Services in State & Local Government? Do you have the business savvy and the technical background necessary to help establish Amazon as a key technology platform provider? Amazon Web Services is expanding into the U.S. Public Sector market, and the State & Local Government team within Amazon offers a creative, fast paced, entrepreneurial work environment where you'll be at the center of Amazon innovation.

As a Sales leader within public sector, you will have the exciting opportunity to help drive the growth and shape the future of the State and Local government market. Your responsibilities will include identifying innovative ways to improve outcomes for customers, driving revenue and adoption and helping refine the AWS strategy within this Enterprise segment. Your responsibilities will include building and managing a highly talented sales team focused on revenue, implementing solutions that work, creating key partnerships for scale, developing the public sector ecosystem, and building momentum in the market. You will possess a technology sales management background that enables them to lead a team of senior sale representatives with engagements with channel partners and CXO level customers. You will be a self-starter who is prepared to own, define, develop and execute a geographic plan and consistently deliver on revenue targets while also being a strategic thinker.

Role & Responsibilities:

• Lead a high performing sales team focused on delivering cloud services and solutions
• Create a clear partner and Professional Services strategy demonstrating the ability to scale reach and drive adoption and great customer experiences
• Develop the local government ecosystem and align strategy with the Amazon Partner Network (APN) team
• Align closely and collaborate with other Education leaders to develop breakthrough ideas
• Coach and develop your sales team to make them successful
• Meet or exceed revenue targets
• Develop and execute a comprehensive Enterprise plan
• Accelerate customer adoption
• Maintain a robust sales pipeline
• Manage contract negotiations
• Develop long-term strategic relationships with key accounts
• Expect moderate travel

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Our team also puts a high value on work-life balance. Striking a healthy balance between your personal and professional life is crucial to your happiness and success here, which is why we aren't focused on how many hours you spend at work or online. Instead, we're happy to offer a flexible schedule so you can have a more productive and well-balanced life-both in and outside of work.

Our team is dedicated to supporting new members. We have a broad mix of experience levels and tenures, and we're building an environment that celebrates knowledge sharing and mentorship. We care about your career growth and strive to assign projects based on what will help each team member develop into a better-rounded professional and enable them to take on more complex tasks in the future.

Key job responsibilities

Ensure customer satisfaction

Create a clear partner and Professional Services strategy demonstrating the ability to scale reach and drive adoption and great customer experiences

Develop the Education ecosystem and align with APN team

Coach and develop your sales team to make them successful

Meet or exceed revenue targets

Develop and execute a comprehensive Enterprise plan

Accelerate customer adoption

Maintain a robust sales pipeline

Manage contract negotiations

Develop long-term strategic relationships with key accounts

Expect moderate travel

About the team

Diverse Experiences

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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.