Arlington, VA, US
46 days ago
Sr Data & AI Sales Specialist, US EDU & SLG
As a specialist within Amazon Web Services, you will shape the future of the Data / AI and further establish Amazon as the leader in the cloud data & AI space

You will work directly with the most interesting and demanding customers in assigned customer segments to understand requirements and turn them into reality. You will use your business savvy to increase adoption of AWS data and AI services, develop programs, drive revenue and identify new opportunities.

Working hand in hand with our sales teams and solution architects, you will help deliver modern data and AI -driven solutions based on our platform of native services. Your in-depth technical background in analytics will help customers understand how to improve their businesses using the right services. Your excellent verbal and written communication skills will allow you build enablement tools and evangelize our platform with customers and valued partners.

You will possess both a business background that enables them to drive an engagement and interact at the CxO/VP level, as well as a technical background that enables them to easily interact with software developers and data architects. You should also have a demonstrated ability to think strategically and analytically about business, product, and technical challenges, with the ability to build and convey compelling value propositions, and work cross-organizationally to build consensus. A keen sense of ownership, drive, and scrappiness is a must.


Key job responsibilities
* Drive Data & AI modernization for large enterprise accounts and how it can drive value and mission outcomes
* Solution and data / AI platform sales focused on SLG/EDU mission domains (Health and Human Services, Justice and Public Safety/Transportation, Finance and Administration, K12, Higher Education/Research and Academic Medical Centers), ISV Data-driven applications, Data warehouse modernization, Data lake transformation and Business Intelligence activation
* Generate a plan to ensure broad Data & AI penetration into strategic AWS accounts
* Land new Data & AI workloads in existing AWS accounts and accelerate consumption for key accounts with ramping Data & AI spend.
* Dive deep on engaged opportunities and build prescriptive plan to accelerate delivery of a comprehensive native solution
* Focus on Generative AI use cases and how organizations can drive value
* Run localized enablement sessions, curated sales assets, leveraging customer propensity buy signals
* Support sales plays and 1: M motions for region / domain
* Build and maintain executive relationships with customers as the Data & AI SME (subject matter expert), influence long-term strategic direction, and act as a trusted advisor.
* Partner with customer key stakeholders in providing data vision and direction
* Provide leadership and guidance to sales teams, as SME

About the team
About the team
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