We are seeking a Strategic Pursuits sales leader to join the Enterprise Transformation team within AWS Partner Organization. Enterprise Transformation team focuses on engaging in strategic pursuits with AWS partners, using innovative and disruptive business models to create multi-year deals that drive substantial value for our customers, partner and AWS. In this role, you will own and lead strategic deal pursuits (typically $500M+ total contract value), from qualification through contract execution, working with C-level customer and partner executives. You will work backwards from customer and/or partner board/C-Level objectives, to create and execute an innovative sales strategy that drives a win/win business proposition and creates long term value for AWS, its customers and its partners. In this role you will own and run at least two strategic pursuits at any given time. You will influence and earn trust with senior executives at our customers, our partners, and AWS, taking a value driven approach and securing their sponsorship. You will lead negotiations of commercial and contractual terms for your pursuits, take the deals through stakeholder and executive approvals and contract signature, and effect a seamless transition/handover to delivery teams. This is an individual contributor role, to be supported functionally by dedicated pursuit pods consisting of a commercial solutioning lead, a technical solution architect, and a project manager.

Position can sit anywhere there is an AWS office in Australia, such as in Sydney and Melbourne, and other locations

Position may require the ability to travel 25% to 40% of the time, as needed

Key job responsibilities
- Sell and deliver global multi-tower customer transformations to Fortune 1000 customers.
- Build and rapidly expand the AWS global relationship engaging with, and selling through, some of the top (SIs) in the world.
- Drive revenue growth and cloud adoption to exceed program revenue and pipeline targets.
- Execute go-to-market models through partners that cover areas such as migrations, procurement, workforce transformation and asset dispensation.
- Interface with internal leadership and external customers at the executive CxO level.
- Closely collaborate with executive stakeholders across the organization, including Field Sales, Business Development, Product, Finance, Marketing, Training, Operations and Legal.

About the team
Why AWS
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Diverse Experiences
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Work/Life Balance
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