Strategic Customer Engagements Deal Lead, SCE, EMEA

Amazon; Dubai; On-site; AED 367,000 - 551,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading cloud service provider in Dubai is looking for a member of the Strategic Customer Engagements team. You will manage complex deals and drive AWS adoption. Candidates should have experience in cloud services negotiations, strategic development, and a bachelor's degree in a relevant field. Join a diverse and inclusive team that values mentorship and work/life balance.

Benefits

Flexible work culture

Mentorship opportunities

Inclusive team environment

Qualifications

• Several years of demonstrated success in strategic complex software or cloud deals.
• Experience negotiating with C-level executives and internal stakeholders.
• Fluency in English is required, with additional language fluency being beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Lead negotiations for large complex deals.
• Develop overall deal strategy to meet customer objectives.
• Collaborate with stakeholders across various teams.

Skills

Negotiation skills

Strategic deal development

Client relationship management

C-level engagement

Education

Bachelor degree in Business, Economics, Technology, or Finance

Advanced degree

Job description

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is seeking a member for the Strategic Customer Engagements (SCE) team. This is a unique opportunity to engage with AWS customers on strategic opportunities increase the growth of AWS and to establish AWS as their key cloud technology provider. These engagements span across all industries in commercial and public sectors.

As a member of SCE you will be responsible for managing the end-to-end Deal Cycle for strategic large complex or highly competitive deals. You will focus on earning trust with customers by creating actionable strategies developing and shaping opportunities and leading deal engagements through negotiations and closure. This highly visible role will own alignment with C-level executives IT teams and multiple lines of business to achieve business outcomes increase the adoption of AWS services and enable private pricing go-to-market pan-Amazon and other strategic relationships. You will work collaboratively to drive results by partnering with AWS customers AWS field sales executives and other internal stakeholders to empower our customers to evolve address challenges and to create innovative solutions.

Key job responsibilities

• Lead negotiations and customer closure for strategic large complex or highly competitive deals
• Develop and shape the overall deal strategy and structure to meet customer business outcome and goals
• Contribute to developing AWSs value proposition and solutions
• Drive revenue growth and Cloud adoption
• Closely collaborate with key stakeholders across the organization for (Americas/EMEA/APJ) regional sales teams and related regional and global stakeholders (Service Teams Finance Legal etc.)
• Act as a trusted advisor in the development of the commercial strategy of deals with AWS Field Sales Executives: partner in the execution of the sales cycle for strategic complex or highly competitive commercial opportunities
• Inspire influence and facilitate alignment with internal stakeholders experts and other resources not under direct control to remove obstacles and achieve desired business outcomes
• Develop strategies for pricing and discounts; effectively communicate and identify deal blockers

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 hasnt followed a traditional path or includes alternative experiences dont let it stop you from applying.

Why AWS

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the worlds most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating thats 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 we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home theres nothing we cant achieve in the cloud.

Inclusive Team Culture

Here at AWS its 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

Were continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earths Best Employer. Thats why youll find endless knowledge-sharing mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.

Qualifications

• Several years demonstrated success working with customers on substantial strategic and complex software or cloud services/infrastructure deals (relative to industry and market size) from opportunity through closure
• Several years of experience working with presenting to and negotiating with C-level executives IT lines of business procurement finance and legal and internal stakeholders for sizeable commercial/enterprise deals
• Bachelor degree in Business Economics Technology or Finance (or equivalent work experience)
• Fluency in English
• Advanced degree
• Understanding of the technology ecosystem
• Additional language fluency

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