Technical Business Developer, Industry Products, Automotive
DESCRIPTION
As part of the AWS Solutions organization, we have a vision to provide business applications, leveraging Amazon’s unique experience and expertise, that are used by millions of companies worldwide to manage day-to-day operations. We will accomplish this by accelerating our customers’ businesses through delivery of intuitive and differentiated technology solutions that solve enduring business challenges. We blend vision with curiosity and Amazon’s real-world experience to build opinionated, turnkey solutions. Where customers prefer to buy over build, we become their trusted partner with solutions that are no-brainers to buy and easy to use.
The AWS Industry Products (AIP) is chartered to build solutions that solve some of the biggest automotive technology challenges by partnering and co-developing with segment leading companies. Our team directly collaborates with strategic customers to build new, industry-specific products that directly impact and transform industries at AWS scale. We are a team of innovators that tackle difficult problems, and build products through fast iteration in a start-up like environment.
As a Technical Business Developer, you will help build and deliver an automotive-focused product sales strategy, deliver results through the development of a joint industry GTM, and identify and close large-scale opportunities with leading OEMs and Tier 1s. You will own the operations and execution of segment targets and create and maintain executive relationships across the business.
Key job responsibilities
• Develop a deep technical understanding of AWS services to effectively communicate value proposition to automotive manufactures, Tier 1s and other strategic customers.
• Work cross-functionally with sales, pre-sales, solutions architecture, and other teams to deliver compelling business and technical proposals.
• Qualify and nurture high-potential opportunities, guiding customers through the sales cycle and overcoming technical objections
• Build and rapidly expand the AIP Auto services relationship engaging with, and selling through, key SIs and industry partners.
• Drive revenue growth and service adoption to exceed program revenue and pipeline targets.
• Help build and execute go-to-market models that cover our key segments and customers.
• Interface with internal leadership and external customers at the executive CxO level.
• Closely collaborate with stakeholders across the organization, including Sales, Business Development, Product, Finance, Marketing, Training, Operations and Legal.
About the team
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BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- 5+ years of developing, negotiating and executing business agreements experience
- Experience developing strategies that influence leadership decisions at the organizational level
- Experience managing programs across cross functional teams, building processes and coordinating release schedules
- • 6+ years of direct sales or business development in software, cloud or SaaS markets selling in the automotive industry.
- • Professional experience identifying, negotiating, and executing complex legal agreements.
- • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience.
- Professional working proficiency in Japanese and English.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience interpreting data and making business recommendations
- Experience identifying, negotiating, and executing complex legal agreements
- Solid experience working cross functionally with technical products and teams, understanding technical details.
- Strong analytical orientation; comfortable using data to make decisions.
- Exceptional ability to communicate with and influence executives, and both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Experience driving multiple tasks in highly ambiguous environments and decision processes.
- Full professional fluency in Japanese and English
- Strong understanding of Automotive software solutions
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