Sr. Partner Consultant, Strategic Partner Collaboration & Governance (SPCG)

Your primary responsibility will be to lead the Business Development activities with top tier consulting partners, technology partners, and managed services providers supporting AWS Sales/Partner teams. You will serve as an expert resource on financial/business modeling and economically related partner engagements. You will also be responsible for designing facilitated workshops that drive topical outcomes (new service brainstorming, cost modeling, organizational change management, etc.), as well as helping top tier partners create long term sustainable AWS services.

You will possess a business and IT background that enables them to drive executive engagement and buy-in at the highest levels of established partners. The candidate will have technical depth and prior business consulting experience to quickly communicate the economic benefits of building an AWS Cloud Practice, or specific AWS service offerings. The ideal candidate will have a demonstrated ability to think strategically and long-term about the needs of large ISVs, consulting organizations and managed service providers.

Key job responsibilities
- Serve as a key member of the Partner Business Development team in helping grow AWS business through our Partners
- Work with AWS Partner Sales & BD teams, drive proactive of ROI/economic conversations with our partners.
- Contribute to the development of a standard ROI framework and new financial models to be utilized by the AWS Partner team.
- Create market insights into partner business practices and the common issues in building an AWS practice
- Work with internal stakeholder to communicate market realities regarding partners evolving needs
- Prepare and present business reviews to the senior management team
- Design Facilitated workshops and exercises that include data collection, data analysis, consensus building, and organizational buy-in.
- Productize select use cases like AI models or Cloud Migrations for our partners and build accurate models (economic and enablement) around these use cases

About the team
Diverse Experiences

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Basic Qualifications
- 5+ years of developing, negotiating and executing business agreements experience
- 5+ years of professional or military experience
- 5+ years of working with Core Cloud Technology Services, including, but not limited to Compute, Edge, Hybrid, Security, and/or Networking experience
- 5+ years of Go-To-Market, Business Development, Sales, or Consulting experience
- Bachelor's degree

Preferred Qualifications
- Experience interpreting data and making business recommendations
- Experience identifying, negotiating, and executing complex legal agreements