Description

Do you have the business savvy and technical background to help establish Amazon Web Services as the preferred cloud platform for India's IT and ITeS industry AWS India is seeking a results-driven Account Manager to accelerate cloud adoption across one of India's most dynamic and globally influential sectors.

AWS Global Sales drives adoption of the AWS cloud worldwide, enabling customers of all sizes to innovate and expand in the cloud. Our team empowers every customer to grow by providing tailored service, unmatched technology, and consistent support. We dive deep to understand each customer's unique challenges, then craft innovative solutions that accelerate their success. This customer-first approach is how we built the world's most adopted cloud. Join us and help us grow.

As an Account Manager for the IT/ITeS segment, you will be responsible for driving AWS adoption across IT services companies, software product firms, and technology-enabled services organizations. You will build strategic relationships with technology leaders, influence cloud architecture decisions, and help these organizations leverage AWS to deliver innovative solutions to their global customers while transforming their own operations.

Key job responsibilities

Drive Cloud Adoption Across IT/ITeS Organizations: Lead strategic sales initiatives focused on workload migration, application modernization, DevOps transformation, and AI/ML adoption to help IT/ITeS companies build competitive advantage through AWS

Strategic Account Planning and Execution: Develop and execute comprehensive account plans that identify growth opportunities, map stakeholder ecosystems, and align AWS capabilities with customer business objectives and technology roadmaps

Executive Relationship Building: Establish and nurture relationships with C-level executives, Engineering Heads, Delivery Leaders, and Practice Heads to position AWS as a strategic partner in their digital transformation and service delivery innovation

Solution Positioning and Value Articulation: Articulate AWS value propositions across compute, storage, databases, analytics, AI/ML, and GenAI services, demonstrating how these capabilities enable IT/ITeS companies to deliver better outcomes for their end customers

Partner Ecosystem Collaboration: Work closely with AWS Partner teams, Solutions Architects, and Professional Services to design and deliver proof-of-concepts, pilots, and production deployments that showcase AWS capabilities

Revenue Growth and Pipeline Management: Own revenue targets, build and manage a healthy sales pipeline, forecast accurately, and drive deals through complex procurement cycles involving multiple stakeholders

Customer Success and Expansion: Ensure successful onboarding and adoption of AWS services, identify expansion opportunities across different business units and service lines, and drive consumption growth through strategic engagement

Market Intelligence and Competitive Positioning: Stay informed about IT/ITeS industry trends, competitive dynamics, and emerging technologies to position AWS effectively and identify new market opportunities

Thought Leadership and Advocacy: Organize and participate in workshops, hackathons, webinars, and industry events to build AWS mindshare, showcase customer success stories, and establish AWS as the innovation partner of choice

Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with internal AWS teams including Solutions Architecture, Partner Development, Marketing, and Product teams to deliver comprehensive solutions and exceptional customer experiences

A day in the life

As an Account Manager for the IT/ITeS segment, you will own a portfolio of strategic accounts and be responsible for driving their cloud journey from initial engagement through large-scale adoption. Your day will involve a mix of strategic planning, customer engagement, internal collaboration, and deal execution activities.

A Typical Day May Include

Strategic Planning: Reviewing account plans, analyzing consumption trends, identifying whitespace opportunities, and preparing for upcoming customer engagements with clear objectives and value propositions

Customer Meetings: Conducting executive briefings with CXOs and business leaders, technical deep-dives with engineering teams, and business reviews with account stakeholders to drive alignment and momentum

Internal Collaboration: Working with Solutions Architects on technical proposals, coordinating with Partner teams on joint go-to-market initiatives, and engaging Product teams to address customer requirements

Deal Progression: Advancing opportunities through the sales cycle, addressing procurement and commercial discussions, negotiating contracts, and removing blockers to close deals

Relationship Development: Building trusted advisor relationships through regular cadence calls, proactive outreach, sharing relevant insights and best practices, and connecting customers with AWS resources and expertise

Knowledge Building: Staying current on AWS service launches, industry trends, competitive landscape, and customer success stories to bring fresh ideas and relevant insights to customer conversations

Pipeline Management: Updating CRM systems with accurate opportunity data, forecasting revenue, tracking key milestones, and ensuring disciplined account hygiene and reporting

About The Team

The IT/ITeS segment team focuses on one of India's most strategic industries—organizations that are not only transforming their own operations through cloud but also building cloud-native solutions and services for customers worldwide. You'll be part of a collaborative, high-energy team that values customer obsession, innovation, and results.

Diverse Experiences

AWS 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.

Inclusive Team Culture

AWS values curiosity and connection. Our employee-led and company-sponsored affinity groups promote inclusion and empower our people to take pride in what makes us unique. Our inclusion events foster stronger, more collaborative teams. Our continual innovation is fueled by the bold ideas, fresh perspectives, and passionate voices our teams bring to everything we do.

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.

AWS 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.

Basic Qualifications

6+ years of technology sales selling enterprise software, networking, infrastructure, managed hosting services, or cloud computing services experience
Experience reaching and exceeding sales revenue goals
Experience working with, presenting to, and negotiating with C-level executives, IT, lines of business, procurement, finance, legal and internal stakeholders for sizeable commercial/enterprise deals
Knowledge of cloud computing concepts
Bachelor's degree, or experience engaging and influencing senior executives, demonstrating a strong familiarity with decision-making processes in enterprise customers

Preferred Qualifications

Advanced degree, or MBA
AWS certification, such as, AWS Solutions Architect, or a similar cloud certification, or Associate's degree or above

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Company - AWS India - Karnataka

Job ID: A10454741

Account Manager, IT/ITeS, ITS, AWS India