Business Development Manager, Amazon

Amazon Global Sales EMEA, Go To Market

Salary not provided
Mid and Senior level
London
Amazon

The largest online retailer and technology provider

Be an early applicant

Amazon

The largest online retailer and technology provider

1001+ employees

B2CB2BMarketplaceCloud ComputingeCommerce

Be an early applicant

Salary not provided
Mid and Senior level
London

1001+ employees

B2CB2BMarketplaceCloud ComputingeCommerce

Company mission

Amazon aims to be Earth’s most customer centric company. Their mission is to continually raise the bar of the customer experience by using the internet and technology to help consumers find, discover and buy anything, and empower businesses and content creators to maximise their success.

Role

Who you are

  • The ideal candidate will combine deep knowledge of the AWS value proposition, company culture, DNA of innovation and a business background in customer facing roles with experience working within a vertical industry mindset and customer engagement model - enabling them to interact and create opportunities at the CxO/VP level
  • They should 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 through high caliber narratives, and work cross-organizationally to build trust and engagement
  • They are able to both define and execute on campaign efforts, usually in the context of broader guidance and oversight. BDMs are proactive in recognizing the need for, and in reaching out across the organization to accomplish objectives
  • They demonstrates significant acumen and technical knowledge specific to the domain area
  • Knows the areas where they can improve, and proactively works on gaining additional experience and knowledge in those areas to help themselves become stronger players
  • Quickly learns from what they are exposed to
  • The ideal candidate should also be a self-starter who is prepared to define, develop, and execute on a business strategy that enables the team to consistently deliver on quarterly and annual targets
  • A keen sense of ownership, ability to seek and land diverse perspectives, and drive, are a must
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent
  • Experience using data and metrics to determine and drive improvements
  • Experience in business development, partner development, sales or alliances management

Desirable

  • Experience in online advertising or high-tech products/services

What the job involves

  • AWS is looking for a Business Development Manager (BDM) who will work closely with Amazon Global Sales, AWS Industry Specialists and partners
  • They will work backwards from the needs of the customers and the field teams to develop market leading mechanisms to elevate our ability in EMEA to help customers within the context of vertical industry needs
  • Management and delivery of EMEA go-to-market programs in close collaboration with AWSI
  • Provide generalist Industry BD support, with industry awareness and broad expertise in AWS acceleration programs, such as Executive Visioning, Pan-Amazon, Migration Advisor, Digital Innovation, Win Plans and GEO GTM programs with selected Business Consulting and Advisory Partners
  • Targeting the “next wave of growth” customers
  • Localizing AWS Industry GTM resources by leveraging industry content and assets, localizing these resources to the Geos/Areas
  • Develop and maintain pan-EMEA and WW stakeholder relationships to ensure an understanding of area-specific needs and commonalities across EMEA
  • Present business reviews to the senior management team regarding progress and roadblocks to expanding our reach in the industry
  • Collaborate with the technical and industry teams to exchange consistent outcomes and requests from customers through these engagements
  • Build out and scale programs in the field working with sales enablement, regional business development teams, professional services and account teams

Salary benchmarks

Our take

Amazon is the world's largest online retailer, and is well-known for its disruption of well-established industries. The company is present in numerous verticals, including cloud computing with Amazon Web Services, AI with its range of Alexa devices and a global marketplace more commonly referred to as 'the everything store'. Acquisitions include Ring, Twitch, Whole Foods Market, and IMDb.

More recently, Amazon has been focused on leading the "third wave in digital advertising". Many businesses are now shifting ad dollars to retailers, which before would have been spent with online media platforms. Amazon's seen great success in the space, with its revenue from advertising now higher than its Amazon Prime membership scheme, audiobooks and digital music combined. This growth is particularly impressive considering its digital ad rivals (like Snap, Alphabet, and Meta) have suffered declines due to wider macroeconomic factors and Apple's iOS privacy changes.

Despite its dominant market position, Amazon will continue to be challenged over the next decade, including sustaining AWS's cloud dominance in the face of Google and Microsoft. On top of this, the company's e-commerce division is facing profitability problems despite its 2023 post-IPO debt funding of 8 billion. It will need to find new ways to stay above their competitors.

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16% employee growth in 12 months

Company

Company benefits

  • Employees have opportunities to own Amazon stock, participate in 401(k) plans with company match, and enroll in paid life and accident insurance
  • Financial counseling and estate planning services are also available, plus paid short-term and long-term disability if needed
  • Medical, dental, and vision coverage to all our regular full-time employees, regardless of their level, tenure, or position
  • Amazon employees have free access to a network of more than 2 million caregivers, including nannies, babysitters and special-needs caretakers
  • Employees receive discounts on certain day care centers, and Amazon provides a variety of free resources for parents of children with autism, ADHD and developmental disabilities
  • Adoption assistance for qualified domestic and international adoption expenses including attorney fees, court costs, and travel
  • Leave Share program allows employees to give six weeks of paid parental leave to a spouse or partner who isn’t eligible for parental leave from their employer

Company values

  • Customer obsession rather than competitor focus
  • Passion for invention
  • Commitment to operational excellence
  • Long-term thinking

Company HQ

South Lake Union, Seattle, WA

Leadership

Jeff Bezos

(Founder & Executive Chairman)

Jeff is an American business magnate, media proprietor, and investor. As well as founding Amazon, Jeff founded Blue Origin, an aerospace manufacturer and sub-orbital spaceflight services company and also owns The Washington Post.

Andy Jassy

(President & CEO)

Joined Amazon as a Marketing Manager in 1997. Developed AWS with Jeff Bezos, and became CEO of Amazon in 2021.

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