Principal Industry Specialist BD, Media & Entertainment, Games & Sports
Are you passionate about shaping large-scale cloud-based innovation in Media & Entertainment, Games and Sports? Are you interested in helping sales teams identify line of business opportunities and drive them to through to launch? Do you thrive in a fast paced environment? Then you may be interested in joining our Amazon Web Services (AWS) Media & Entertainment, Games, and Sports Specialist Business Development team to help drive technology adoption and transformation with customers around the world.
Key job responsibilities
Work with account managers, solutions architects, professional services and partners to identify and develop new opportunities to deploy Media & Entertainment, Games, and Sports workloads with our customers.
About the team
AWS Global Sales (AGS) aims to deliver the highest level of sales support to our customers. 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. Join dynamic and diverse AWS Sales team, focused on large enterprise's digital transformation.
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, 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.
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 in the cloud.
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 (gender diversity) conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness.
Mentorship and 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.
Key job responsibilities
- Partnering with Account Management teams to drive incremental sales pipeline and revenue growth from Media & Entertainment workloads
- Working with customers and AWS partners to identify and lead proof of concept engagements and develop new and innovative solutions
- Partnering with AWS Solutions Architecture resources in design, Proof of Concept (POC), pricing, Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) and delivery activities
- Collaborating with AWS professional Services to implement solutions and packaged offerings
- Conducting executive workshops with industry leaders
- Participating in and representing AWS in key Media & Entertainment industry associations and events
Work with account managers, solutions architects, professional services and partners to identify and develop new opportunities to deploy Media & Entertainment, Games, and Sports workloads with our customers.
About the team
AWS Global Sales (AGS) aims to deliver the highest level of sales support to our customers. 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. Join dynamic and diverse AWS Sales team, focused on large enterprise's digital transformation.
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, 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.
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 in the cloud.
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 (gender diversity) conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness.
Mentorship and 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
- 7+ years of developing, negotiating and executing business agreements experience
- 7+ years of solving problems with technology in the Media & Entertainment Industry experience
- 7+ years of Go-To-Market, Business Development, Sales, or Consulting experience
- 7+ years of working with Data & AI related technologies, including, but not limited to, AI/ML, GenAI, Analytics, Database, and/or Storage experience
- Bachelor's degree
- Experience developing strategies that influence leadership decisions at the organizational level
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience selling to Fortune 1000 or Global 2000 organizations
- Experience influencing innovation through a partner ecosystem with either solutions or programs that have demonstrated success at enterprise customers