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AWS Global Sales is responsible for driving revenue, adoption, and growth from the largest and fastest growing small- and mid-market accounts to enterprise-level customers including public sector.
Would you like to be part of a team that engages directly with CxO and LoB leaders to drive transformational business outcomes? Can you work alongside senior executives to shape enterprise strategy, identify and accelerate business value through cloud and AI adoption? Do you have the executive presence and business development acumen to help customers build innovation as a sustainable competitive skill, and the ability to translate emerging technology capabilities into board-level strategic priorities?
The NAMER Business Innovation Advisor (BIA) team is a key part of the NAMER Business Development organization, focused on transformational engagement with customer senior executives. BIA Practice Leads are responsible for identifying where customers can accelerate business value, align AI and technology initiatives to business outcomes, and mobilize specialist sales, partners, marketing, and solution architecture teams in delivering business value for AWS customers.
The BIA team drives business development at the strategic advisory level—shaping how account teams engage with senior leaders on broader transformation, and not just on specific deals.
We are seeking a Business Innovation Advisor for our High Tech Industry group, focused on leading IT hardware and solutions providers. As a BIA lead, you will collaborate with sales leadership to lead vision, transformation, and business value assessment sessions with customers, facilitate customer workshops, and craft and deliver high-impact executive-level presentations.
This may include conducting internal and external research, customer discovery focused on business processes and KPIs, business value and return on investment (ROI) analysis, and defining business transformation strategies. Your success will result in the strategic elevation of AWS with customers, shaping the sales team’s go-to-market strategies as well as customer success initiatives.
Key job responsibilities
Lead discovery workshops with prospective and existing customer leadership and their teams to align on business goals, challenges, and transformation priorities across industries
Facilitate senior executive workshops with C-level and line-of-business (LoB) executives to identify, prioritize and drive new AI-enabled business capabilities that align with their strategic objectives
Build CFO-grade business value analyses that quantify ROI using customer-specific data, including ROI, TCO, NPV, and unit economics analysis to justify investment in AWS solutions
Craft and deliver high-impact, executive-level narratives and presentations for CxO and LOB audiences that reframe customer priorities from “technology project” to “business transformation”
Develop customer-specific transformation strategies and work with sales specialists, partners, marketing, and solution architecture teams in developing roadmaps that deliver business value
Create reusable value frameworks, ROI calculators, and discovery guides that enable account teams to execute value-based selling motions independently across their territories
Track and validate value realization with customers post-engagement, connecting initial business case projections to measurable deployment outcomes to fuel expansion and renewal conversations
Act as a trusted advisor to sales leadership by providing guidance on account engagement priorities aligned to internal business goals, and by helping qualify and prioritize specific strategic engagements
Contribute to external thought leadership through webinars, whitepapers, summit sessions, and customer reference development
A day in the life
As a Sr. Business Innovation Advisor, you might start your morning preparing for an executive workshop with a Fortune 500 technology firm COO, focused on mapping your customer’s CX operations end-to-end to identify where AI-powered self-service could reduce cost-to-serve by 40%.
Mid-day, you’re on a call with an account team helping them translate a stalled infrastructure and data strategy conversation into a $5M+ business transformation opportunity by building a new value case focused on AI-enabled use cases that connect technology investment to the customer’s P&L.
In the afternoon, you’re finalizing an AI chat agent that account managers will use to qualify new BIA team engagement opportunities that will help you and your colleagues scale more effectively and drive increased business impact. You operate at the intersection of consulting, business development, and executive advisory—and you thrive on the variety.
About the team
Diverse Experiences
AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.
Why AWS?
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating — that’s why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.
Inclusive Team Culture
Here at AWS, it’s in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employee-led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empower us to be proud of our differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (diversity) conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness.
Mentorship & Career Growth
We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.
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 in the cloud.
Basic Qualifications
Experience explaining complex technical concepts to various business and technical audiences
Bachelor's degree in technology or business, or 5+ years of professional or military experience
7+ years of experience working in Enterprise applications and/or IT solutions, in customer-facing roles including Sales, Marketing, Consulting and/or other GTM roles
7+ years experience working directly with senior customer executives in developing business strategies supported by business value analysis and/or market and customer research
High tolerance for ambiguity and flexibility in working with cross-functional teams
Preferred Qualifications
5+ years of working with Data & AI related technologies, including, but not limited to, AI/ML (Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning), GenAI (Generative AI), Analytics, Database, and/or Storage experience
Experience managing programs across cross functional teams, building processes and coordinating release schedules
10+ years of Business Strategy Consulting experience and/or Financial or Market Analysis experience working in IT or other technical fields
10+ years of experience in Enterprise IT and/or Core Cloud Technology Services focused on engagement with C-suite and LoB executives (multiple roles)
Masters degree (MBA or MS) or other graduate degree
Equal Opportunity
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company’s reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.
The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location.
Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.
USA, CA, East Palo Alto - 162,700.00 - 220,200.00 USD annually
USA, CA, San Francisco - 162,700.00 - 220,200.00 USD annually
USA, NY, New York - 162,700.00 - 220,200.00 USD annually
USA, TX, Austin - 147,900.00 - 200,100.00 USD annually
USA, WA, Seattle - 147,900.00 - 200,100.00 USD annually
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