Location: New York,NY, USA
Description
AWS is committed to helping industry customers enable their digital transformation journeys. Our primary goal is to meet customers where they are in their cloud journey and work backwards from their industry specific needs to transform their business and their entire industry. Our team speaks the language of our industry customers, which means that we focus on business outcomes and industry use cases on behalf of our customers, whether that is how we build products and solutions, how we sell, how we deliver, or how we partner.
About the Role
The ideal candidate will be expected to drive new business in Capital Markets, leading the organization as a whole to effectively sell into these industries, developing programs to accelerate our customers moves from legacy on-premises environments to AWS-based services. The candidates specialized industry knowledge and expertise bridges businesses and technology, and you understand the regulatory and compliance environment that our customer base operates in. The candidate speaks the language of our customers, mapping their business and regulatory needs to AWS services and partner-led solutions.
The candidate will work closely with AWS solutions architects, professional services, and security and compliance team members to develop and promote cloud best practices in areas such as LOB use cases, security, resiliency, and regulatory compliance. They will work closely with the AWS product and services teams to help evolve AWS offerings for more rapid adoption in Capital Markets.
The ideal candidate will possess a business development and specific Capital Markets background and industry experience. The candidate should have demonstrated experience engaging with senior-level executives, and supporting account teams, on solutions sales or services opportunities. The candidate should have an understanding of the Capital Markets industry in terms of financial data, trade lifecycle, investment styles, risk and partner ecosystem. They will have a demonstrated ability to think strategically about business, product, and technical challenges, and a proven track record of tactical execution leading to the achievement of sales and market development goals.
The candidate will leverage deep expertise to understand the most important customer problems in their region and enable account aligned teams in the field to solve them. Lead cross-functional initiatives to expand markets/accounts, develop scalable programs to drive adoption, and identify new opportunities within your domain. Develop and execute goals to drive long term growth in their geography, while meeting/exceeding revenue and non-revenue driven KPIs. Bring customer data and market signals back to Worldwide teams to ensure we are prioritizing the building of the right features and services for our customers. Delivering monthly/quarterly business reviews and operational planning documents for their respective tech domain and geography.
Key job responsibilities
Your responsibilities will include driving top line revenue growth and overall end-customer adoption across Capital Markets. You will enable AWS Financial Services field teams across all sales segments and geographies to be more effective in their interactions with key prospects and customers by collaborating with Sales, Partners, Marketing, and other Specialists.
About the team
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The AWS Industries team is committed to helping industry customers enable their digital transformation journeys. Our primary goal is to meet customers where they are in their cloud journey and work backwards from their industry specific needs to transform their business and their entire industry. Our team speaks the language of our industry customers, which means that we focus on business outcomes and industry use cases on behalf of our customers, whether that is how we build products and solutions, how we sell, how we deliver, or how we partner.
Basic Qualifications
- 10+ years of financial services industry experience within Capital Markets.
- 10+ years of professional or military experience
- Bachelor's degree in Economics, Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science or Engineering degree
- Demonstrated understanding of the overall Capital Markets industry.
Preferred Qualifications
- MS or MBA Preferred
- Experience working with or selling to Fortune 500 organizations.
- Proven track record of thinking strategically about business, product, and technical challenges, and tactical execution leading to the achievement of sales and market development goals.
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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $133,200/year in our lowest geographic market up to $220,200/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.