Associate Account Executive, Startups

Amazon; Toronto; On-site; CAD 51,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Web Services in Toronto is seeking a motivated Demand Generation Representative to drive top-of-funnel efforts and partner with Account Teams to develop pipeline across AWS accounts.

You will own prospecting, source new contacts at scale, qualify leads, and execute outbound campaigns while collaborating with marketing and sales. Proficiency with Salesforce and a track record of results are highly valued in a fast-paced, growth-focused environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in IT sales and navigating accounts to identify opportunities.
• Proven ability to manage senior-level business relationships.

Responsibilities

• Work with sales team to qualify opportunities and define next steps.
• Leverage product knowledge and resources to meet customer needs.
• Meet targets for contacts sourced, leads qualified, calls completed, meetings scheduled, and opportunities created.
• Drive net-new business via outbound campaigns and inbound opportunities.
• Expand services breadth within existing accounts through territory planning and account management.
• Track activity and build pipeline using Salesforce and reporting tools.
• Develop new ways to engage customers and understand their business issues.

Skills

Experience in IT sales

Prospect management

Sales cycle understanding

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Salesforce

Job description

This is not your typical Sales Development role. Do you crave an environment that is fast-paced and highly innovative? Do you aspire to continuously learn and grow? Join a growing team at the market leader for cloud services and help shape the future of the North America Sales organization!

Take the lead in unlocking growth potential for both new and existing AWS customers. As an AWS Demand Generation Representative you will be part of shaping the future of how technology is deployed for AWS customers. The Amazon Web Services cloud platform helps companies of all sizes transform and reinvent their businesses to meet the needs of their customers and communities around the world. From enabling rapid and individually customized cancer treatments to helping Fortune 500 companies meet their carbon emissions goals, the AWS technology stack is the backbone of some of the most innovative solutions to the World’s most pressing problems. According to Gartner, AWS is the leading cloud provider, both in terms of ability to execute and completeness of vision. With only 5% of all IT spend in the cloud, we are still in the early stages of what is possible.

Shape the future of how technology is deployed for our customers. Amazon Web Services is growing our Cloud Sales Center (CSC) team to help more companies make the move to AWS. If you are passionate about cloud technology, sales, and driving meaningful impact to a wide variety of customers, AWS could be the right fit for your next career move. AWS offers an innovative environment where you can advance your career through our growing sales organization on a learning and earning path.

Our Demand Generation team acts as the flywheel for pipeline and talent within the AWS Global Sales organization, focusing on prospects and customers of all types by generating new business opportunities across thousands of accounts. As a Demand Generation Representative (DGR), you will have the exciting opportunity to help prospects and customers solve critical business challenges, pursue growth, and maximize business impact using AWS solutions. You will own all top of funnel activity, conduct high quality account research and source net new contacts at scale to execute high volume prospecting, lead qualification and opportunity generation for your assigned territories. You will partner closely with Account Teams to develop a deep understanding of the primary industries, accounts and personas within your territories, developing new relationships across all organizational levels (from technical admins to Line of Business executives). You will collaborate with internal and external partners to develop and execute comprehensive prospecting plans that identify new customer use cases. Once engaged with a customer or prospect, you will use effective communication and technical acumen to uncover and understand their critical business issues.

Key job responsibilities

• Work with other sales team members to ensure the opportunity is understood and next steps are clearly defined via demonstrations, discovery, and qualification.
• Utilize product knowledge and internal resources that will help you leverage technical skillsets to meet customers’ needs.
• Achieve all input and output goals including: contacts sourced, leads qualified, customer calls complete, meetings scheduled, and opportunities created.
• Drive net new business via customer acquisition by leveraging one-to-many and one-to-one outbound campaigns in addition to qualifying inbound opportunities from marketing and partner channels.
• Expand services breadth and consumption within your existing customer base via account planning and territory management.
• Accurately track activity and develop pipeline using a CRM (Salesforce), with the ability to leverage self-service reporting tools.
• Innovate new and creative ways to engage with new customers and expand on existing customer relationships.
• Understand the technology footprint, technical challenges, and business objectives that each one of your customers faces.

About the team

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

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 (diversity) conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness.

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.

Basic Qualifications

• Experience in IT sales
• Experience navigating prospective accounts from and into a senior executive level to identify new customer opportunities
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience using Salesforce

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.

The base salary range for this position is listed below. As a total compensation company, Amazon's package may include other elements such as sign-on payments, restricted stock units (RSUs), and sales incentives (where applicable). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, basic life & AD&D insurance), Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP), Deferred Profit Sharing Plan (DPSP), paid time off, and other resources to improve health and well‑wellness. We thank all applicants for their interest, however only those interviewed will be advised as to hiring status.

CAN, ON, Toronto - 50,700.00 - 84,600.00 CAD annually

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.