Sr. Sales Specialist - Storage, Retail, Restaurants, and Consumer Packaged Goods
Amazon Web Services (AWS), Arlington, VA, United States
Description
As an AWS Storage Sales Specialist, you will be at the forefront of driving adoption and revenue growth for AWS's storage services. Your role will involve identifying high-value customer opportunities within a specific territory and engaging with AWS customers to understand their storage needs and align them with AWS storage solutions. You will leverage your consultative expertise to become a trusted advisor, guiding customers in embedding and deploying AWS storage solutions to unlock new value streams and support high value workloads. With a passion for developing high-potential opportunities and executing effective strategies, you will own the full-cycle sales engagement plan, from identifying qualified leads to realizing revenue. You will understand a customer's business initiatives, help craft account plans to achieve those initiatives, identify and drive opportunity win plans to enabling those business initiatives, and ensure successful launch to realize both customer vision and AWS revenue. You will earn trust with IT, Infrastructure executives and Line of Business leaders. You will understand detailed business drivers in your forecast and intentionally work the best opportunities that maximize your ability to hit revenue goals.
Key job responsibilities
Accelerate customer adoption by defining and implementing GTM strategies within your assigned accounts and technology domain.
Ideate with Line of Business and C-suite leaders, building trust with your deep technical expertise, and following through to help solve their most compelling business problems.
Drive sales efforts spanning multiple lines of business with decision‑making authority and budget ownership.
Act as the customer front line Storage domain specialist within your accounts.
Partner with customers to run assessments of their on‑premises and cloud storage environments, lead technical discovery sessions and position AWS Storage services to support critical workflows.
Map the application of technology to customer business scenarios that help our customers understand how to improve their operational outcomes through the use of AWS storage services.
Develop and deliver compelling ROI & TCO proposals to drive adoption of AWS Storage Solutions.
Internally evangelize the benefits of our Storage services, programs and industry‑specific solution benefits to scale your business through our Core account managers.
Engage systems integrators and closely collaborate with AWS partners to deliver maximum customer value.
Gather voice‑of‑customer insights to inform product roadmaps and enhance the customer experience.
A day in the life You’re surrounded by innovation. You’re empowered with a lot of ownership. Your growth is accelerated. The work is challenging. You have a voice here and are encouraged to use it. Your experience and career development is in your hands. We live our leadership principles every day. At Amazon, it’s always "Day 1".
About The Team Diverse Experiences Amazon values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred 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.
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 flexible work hours and arrangements are part of our culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve in the cloud.
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 (gender diversity) conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness.
Mentorship and 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.
Basic Qualifications
10+ years of technology sales experience
Experience in direct sales or business development in software, cloud or SaaS markets selling to C‑level executives
Experience developing and executing sales strategies, tactics, plans, processes, systems and programs
Speak, write, and read fluently in English
Preferred Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related fields
Experience implementing cloud services including migrations and modernization projects or similar
5+ years experience in sales or business development relating to storage technology including SAN, NAS, object storage, and cloud storage technologies.
Experience with modern data architectures (Data Lakes, Apache Iceberg, S3 Tables)
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
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.
USA, GA, Atlanta - 142,800.00 - 193,200.00 USD annually
USA, NY, New York - 157,100.00 - 212,600.00 USD annually
USA, VA, Arlington - 142,800.00 - 193,200.00 USD annually
Company - Amazon Web Services, Inc.
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Key job responsibilities
Accelerate customer adoption by defining and implementing GTM strategies within your assigned accounts and technology domain.
Ideate with Line of Business and C-suite leaders, building trust with your deep technical expertise, and following through to help solve their most compelling business problems.
Drive sales efforts spanning multiple lines of business with decision‑making authority and budget ownership.
Act as the customer front line Storage domain specialist within your accounts.
Partner with customers to run assessments of their on‑premises and cloud storage environments, lead technical discovery sessions and position AWS Storage services to support critical workflows.
Map the application of technology to customer business scenarios that help our customers understand how to improve their operational outcomes through the use of AWS storage services.
Develop and deliver compelling ROI & TCO proposals to drive adoption of AWS Storage Solutions.
Internally evangelize the benefits of our Storage services, programs and industry‑specific solution benefits to scale your business through our Core account managers.
Engage systems integrators and closely collaborate with AWS partners to deliver maximum customer value.
Gather voice‑of‑customer insights to inform product roadmaps and enhance the customer experience.
A day in the life You’re surrounded by innovation. You’re empowered with a lot of ownership. Your growth is accelerated. The work is challenging. You have a voice here and are encouraged to use it. Your experience and career development is in your hands. We live our leadership principles every day. At Amazon, it’s always "Day 1".
About The Team Diverse Experiences Amazon values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred 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.
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 flexible work hours and arrangements are part of our culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve in the cloud.
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 (gender diversity) conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness.
Mentorship and 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.
Basic Qualifications
10+ years of technology sales experience
Experience in direct sales or business development in software, cloud or SaaS markets selling to C‑level executives
Experience developing and executing sales strategies, tactics, plans, processes, systems and programs
Speak, write, and read fluently in English
Preferred Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related fields
Experience implementing cloud services including migrations and modernization projects or similar
5+ years experience in sales or business development relating to storage technology including SAN, NAS, object storage, and cloud storage technologies.
Experience with modern data architectures (Data Lakes, Apache Iceberg, S3 Tables)
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
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.
USA, GA, Atlanta - 142,800.00 - 193,200.00 USD annually
USA, NY, New York - 157,100.00 - 212,600.00 USD annually
USA, VA, Arlington - 142,800.00 - 193,200.00 USD annually
Company - Amazon Web Services, Inc.
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