Amazon seeks a customer-obsessed senior leader to own and nurture our relationships with Climate Pledge Fund (CPF) portfolio companies and accelerate our path to net zero. This leader will earn trust with our CPF portfolio company CEOs and their leadership teams by overcoming internal barriers to commercial adoption, leading follow-on CPF venture investments, and advising these CEO’s as their companies mature. Day-to-day, this individual will identify and lead complex, first-of-a-kind commercial negotiations that have broad implications to multiple Amazon business units and require a strong centralized advocate. This individual will have no formal authority but be expected to proactively engage and lead diverse teams across multiple Amazon business units, geographies, scientific domains (energy, transportation, building materials, recycling, etc), and timelines. Successful candidates will have extensive knowledge of Amazon’s peculiar ways of working, be familiar with the practice of venture capital, and be proven startup founders and corporate operators.

Key job responsibilities
• Serve as a primary point of contact between CPF portfolio companies and Amazon, including our BUs (AWS, Ops, WFM, etc), PR, Public Policy, Sustainability, Legal, Finance, Tax, and other key partner teams.
• Work directly with portfolio company CEOs and their leadership to support portfolio company growth.
• Support the financial needs of the portfolio companies through follow-on venture investments and ongoing investor relations responsibilities.
• Drive adoption of portfolio company technologies inside Amazon and externally with strategic partners (Climate Pledge Signatories, vendor partners).
• Continuously raise the bar on CPF programs, processes, and best practices.