• 5+ years of developing, negotiating and executing business agreements experience
• 5+ years of professional or military experience
• Bachelor's degree
• Experience developing strategies that influence leadership decisions at the organizational level
• Experience managing programs across cross functional teams, building processes and coordinating release schedules

Are you ready to be part of a visionary team reshaping the future of enterprise technology?
AWS Sales, Marketing, and Global Services (SMGS) is responsible for driving revenue, adoption, and growth from the largest and fastest growing small and mid-market accounts to enterprise customers including public sector.

Amazon Web Services is seeking a Partner Development Manager to be based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia to onboard and enable our Strategic Technology (ISV) Partners in their AWS partnership journey.

Key job responsibilities
1. Develop deep and trusted relationships with executive leadership of our most strategic Technology Partners relevant to KSA by gaining a comprehensive understanding of their challenges, goals, and long-term vision for the Kingdom.
2. Develop and execute ambitous business plans with these strategic partners to launch their AWS hosted solution offerings in the AWS Saudi Region to accelerate adoption by customers in the region.
3. Help partners accelerate their cloud sales motion and bring to market compelling solution offerings that will help customers accelerate their cloud adoption.
4. Be a trusted advisor and thought leader capable of sharing industry insights, best practices, and strategic guidance to empower partners.
5. Collaborate with AWS sales, Marketing, Service teams and Operational teams to develop tailored transformation roadmaps to our partners and help execute those engagements.
6. Prepare and present business reviews to senior leadership, both internal and external and effectively communicate market realities, partner needs and strategic recommendations to progress the partnership.
7. Drive AWS relationship and business practice across stakeholders ranging from Cx Os to Business Head to CTO to Technical practitioners.
8. Accelerate GTM and joint demand generation efforts with these Technology partners in Saudi Arabia.

About the team
Diverse Experiences

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• Experience interpreting data and making business recommendations
• Experience identifying, negotiating, and executing complex legal agreements