Account Manager, Amazon
AWS Startups, UKIR
The largest online retailer and technology provider
Job no longer available
The largest online retailer and technology provider
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
1001+ employees
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
- Technology related sales or business development experience
- Ability to build and deliver against a plan for your territory which meets or exceeds revenue targets
- Entrepreneurial “builder” mentality
- Comfortable delivering results amid ambiguity and change
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Desirable
- Passion for helping startups grow
- A technical or educational background in engineering, computer science
- Experience selling cloud solutions
- History of working for, or selling to tech startups
What the job involves
- As a Startup Account Manager, you will help support the growth of your startup customers, servicing their unique needs, engaging with Founders, CxOs, Board of Directors and VC influencers, and teaming with business development, marketing, solution architecture and partner teams to help the execution of coordinated go-to-market strategies
- In this role, you will also establish Amazon Web Services as the key cloud technology provider across the companies you manage, promoting the entire AWS products and services portfolio to Startups Customers
- You will be at the heart of latest trends like artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), serverless and IoT, helping your customers to leverage state-of-the-art technologies on AWS to innovate and become the next disrupters, like today’s AirBnB, Slack, DoorDash, and Lyft
- Ensure customer satisfaction
- Meet or exceed revenue and goal targets in a defined territory
- Help develop a comprehensive account/territory plan to manage and grow numerous accounts concurrently
- Grow & articulate compelling value propositions around AWS services
- Accelerate customer adoption
- Maintain a robust sales pipeline
- Work with partners to extend reach & drive adoption
- A typical day involves engaging with developers and the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) to discuss strategies for scaling the business
- Conversations with founders are a key aspect, focusing on assisting them in achieving their business goals
- The team collaborates internally during daily syncs, where ideas are shared, and discussions revolve around driving new opportunities and mutual learning
- Additionally, in the EMEA region, there is an emphasis on dedicating a day each month to focus on individual wellbeing
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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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
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Founders
Jeff Bezos
(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 (not founder))Joined Amazon as a Marketing Manager in 1997. Developed AWS with Jeff Bezos, and became CEO of Amazon in 2021.
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