Are you ready to lead the world's largest organizations through application modernization? Are you passionate about driving meaningful business changes with Agentic AI? The Agentic Development & Developing Agents (ADDA) organization is responsible for building tools and services that enable AWS customers to leverage Agentic AI to transform and modernize how they build applications on AWS with services such as Kiro. Please see https://kiro.dev/ for more details. We move quickly, experiment, and deliver new capabilities into the hands of our customers at a rapid pace. Join the team as a Sr. Technical Business Development Specialist, Agentic AI for Application Modernization
The Worldwide Specialist Organization (WWSO) is part of AWS Sales, Marketing, and Global Services (SMGS), which 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. We work backwards from our customer’s most complex and business critical problems to build and execute go-to-market plans that turn AWS ideas into multi-billion-dollar businesses. WWSO teams include business development, specialist and technical solutions architecture. As part of WWSO, you'll provide expertise across the entire life cycle of an AWS customer initiative, from developing ideas for new services to accelerating the adoption of established businesses. We pride ourselves on thinking big, delivering exceptional results for our customers, and working across AWS as #OneTeam.
Key job responsibilities
Within WWSO, this position is part of the ADDA Specialist Team, where you will lead the enterprise application modernization with Agentic AI services. You will lead the the effort in driving the development and adoption of AWS' agentic AI services through deep customer engagements. You are a leader for specialists, architects, partners, and account teams and set direction and standards for how we solve customer problems in your domain. You partner with technical and business teams across AWS and bring the voice of the customer into our product development roadmap. This team sees the big picture and sets the plan so the world’s most customer obsessed technical teams can make history.
Ideally, you’re someone who has background in enterprise applications, modernization with Agentic AI and traditional tools and content for developers, and has an unmet need to seed developer communities and programs around a technology you heartily believe in. You have immediate credibility with application architects and developers at all levels and able to earn trust with CTOs and CIOs. You love to share your passion with others and exhibit good judgment in selecting strategic opportunities to do so. You don’t just want to be part of an industry movement, you want to be out front leading it. If this sounds like you, this is your dream job.
A day in the life
• Serve as the opportunity owner and primary point of contact for a portfolio of strategic customer accounts, managing relationships and acting as a strategic advisor for application modernization with Agentic AI services.
• Deliver compelling presentations, product demos, sample solutions and programs, events (such as Workshops, Hackathons) to drive fast modernization with Agentic AI.
• Build and engage with C-level stakeholders to understand the value prop of modernization with AI.
• Bring market signals back to product teams to drive innovation on AWS product roadmaps.
• Own reporting and planning cadences to AWS executives on application modernization execution.
• Demonstrate thought leadership and be able to credibly represent AWS at industry events, conferences, symposiums, etc.
About the team
Diverse Experiences
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Work/Life Balance
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Basic Qualifications:
- 6+ years of working with Enterprise Application Modernization and Migration technologies, including, but not limited to, Mainframe, Serverless, Containers, or Cloud Operations experience
- 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
- 5+ years of Go-To-Market, Business Development, Sales, or Consulting experience
- 5+ years of working with Core Cloud Technology Services, including, but not limited to Compute, Edge, Hybrid, Security, and/or Networking experience
- Experience developing strategies that influence leadership decisions at the organizational level
- Experience selling enterprise software or cloud-based applications
- Experience explaining complex technical concepts to various business and technical audiences
- Experience presenting to both technical and non-technical executive audiences
- Experience leading complex, multi-year initiatives that may be cross-functional and/or span business and technology
- Experience managing programs across cross functional teams, building processes and coordinating release schedules
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience interpreting data and making business recommendations across leadership and cross-functional teams
- Experience identifying, negotiating, and executing complex legal agreements
- Experience using analytical tools for workforce metrics and reporting
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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, NY, New York - 162,700.00 - 220,200.00 USD annually
USA, TX, Austin - 147,900.00 - 200,100.00 USD annually
USA, VA, Arlington - 147,900.00 - 200,100.00 USD annually
USA, VA, Herndon - 147,900.00 - 200,100.00 USD annually
