Strategic Customer Engagements, GTM Deal Lead, GDSP
Amazon Web Services (AWS)London, England, United Kingdom
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Salary
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£41,700
Going rate
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About the role
Description
At AWS, the Global Deal Strategy and Programs (GDSP) team drives cloud adoption and business growth through innovative pricing strategies. The organization comprises two specialized teams: Strategic Customer Engagements, which guide transformative deals with industry leaders, and Private Pricing Programs & Experiences, which scales and optimizes pricing solutions across our diverse customer base. Within GDSP, you will develop deep expertise in cloud economics, hone your strategic thinking, and directly impact AWS's market leadership while working with technologies and global clients.
Do you have an aptitude for analyzing opportunities and creating high-impact, innovative business deals? Can you take complex scenarios and simplify them down to the essentials while building consensus across broad stakeholder groups?
Strategic Customer Engagements (SCE) is seeking a s Deal Lead to drive engagement and lead the various critical phases of the Deal Cycle (Strategy, Structuring, Negotiations, and Closure) for Strategic Collaborations. This role has Americas responsibility, is highly partner and customer facing, and will work closely with Amazon customers, partners, Partner Network (APN) programs teams, partner segment leaders, and sales leaders. The ideal candidate will possess a deal strategist and negotiator background, and experience in technology sales with customers and partners, and developing Go To Market (GTM) strategic collaborations, and be a proven collaborator across multiple stakeholders including engaging at partner/customer C-suite levels.
Strategy: This individual will work with the Partner and Account Team to set objectives, analyze key data and ensure executive alignment and governance. The individual will be able to provide advice on the competitive situation, create an actionable strategy, and lead engagement with the customer.
Structure: You will be able to distill business objectives in service of developing and executing deal structures that maximize the value of the opportunity for both customers and AWS.
Negotiations: You will be experienced with high-stakes customer negotiations, including commercial aspects of the deal structure. The individual understands the impact of business terms and pricing and can provide alternative solutions to ensure alignment across internal and external stakeholders.
Closure: Will be able to bring to closure, in partnership with the customer and partner/account team and legal teams, any contractual/legal matters for the deal, including briefing senior management.
Key job responsibilities
At AWS, the Global Deal Strategy and Programs (GDSP) team drives cloud adoption and business growth through innovative pricing strategies. The organization comprises two specialized teams: Strategic Customer Engagements, which guide transformative deals with industry leaders, and Private Pricing Programs & Experiences, which scales and optimizes pricing solutions across our diverse customer base. Within GDSP, you will develop deep expertise in cloud economics, hone your strategic thinking, and directly impact AWS's market leadership while working with technologies and global clients.
Do you have an aptitude for analyzing opportunities and creating high-impact, innovative business deals? Can you take complex scenarios and simplify them down to the essentials while building consensus across broad stakeholder groups?
Strategic Customer Engagements (SCE) is seeking a s Deal Lead to drive engagement and lead the various critical phases of the Deal Cycle (Strategy, Structuring, Negotiations, and Closure) for Strategic Collaborations. This role has Americas responsibility, is highly partner and customer facing, and will work closely with Amazon customers, partners, Partner Network (APN) programs teams, partner segment leaders, and sales leaders. The ideal candidate will possess a deal strategist and negotiator background, and experience in technology sales with customers and partners, and developing Go To Market (GTM) strategic collaborations, and be a proven collaborator across multiple stakeholders including engaging at partner/customer C-suite levels.
Strategy: This individual will work with the Partner and Account Team to set objectives, analyze key data and ensure executive alignment and governance. The individual will be able to provide advice on the competitive situation, create an actionable strategy, and lead engagement with the customer.
Structure: You will be able to distill business objectives in service of developing and executing deal structures that maximize the value of the opportunity for both customers and AWS.
Negotiations: You will be experienced with high-stakes customer negotiations, including commercial aspects of the deal structure. The individual understands the impact of business terms and pricing and can provide alternative solutions to ensure alignment across internal and external stakeholders.
Closure: Will be able to bring to closure, in partnership with the customer and partner/account team and legal teams, any contractual/legal matters for the deal, including briefing senior management.
Key job responsibilities
- Act as trusted advisor and thought leader in the development of the strategy and execution of the sales and GTM deal cycle (strategy, structuring, negotiation, and closure) for strategic, complex, or highly competitive partner and channel opportunities.
SCE is a specialized global deal team that engages with commercial customers on deal strategy, structuring, and negotiations through contractual closure for transformational, strategic, large, complex, and/or highly competitive opportunities. This is a unique opportunity to engage with AWS customers on strategic opportunities, increase the growth of AWS (EMEA), and to establish AWS as their key cloud technology provider. These opportunities range across industry verticals. These engagements may also involve Pan-Amazon and AWS go-to-market opportunities involving close partnership between the SCE team and other Amazon and AWS stakeholders.
About The Team
Diverse Experiences
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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
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Inclusive Team Culture
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Mentorship and Career Growth
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Basic Qualifications
- Experience working with, presenting to, and negotiating with C-level executives, IT, lines of business, procurement, finance, legal and internal stakeholders for sizeable commercial/enterprise deals
- Experience in technology-related sales, business development, or sales engineering/consulting
- Experience in management consulting, strategy, technology, venture capital, or a related industry
- Advanced degree in enginnering or equivalent
- Experience in AWS products and services, including pricing and technical knowledge
- Experience identifying, developing, negotiating, and closing large-scale technology deals
- Proven track record of managing and streamlining complex processes with a close attention to detail
- Understanding of the Global/SI business model and ISV partnerships
- Strong written and verbal presentation skills and the ability to articulate complex concepts to cross-functional audiences.
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.
Company - AWS EMEA SARL (UK Branch)
Job ID: A10510170
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Where this offer sits in the market
SOC 3549 · UK · ONS ASHE 2025 · ~82k in sampleP25 £28kP75 £46k
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