Amazon Corporate Business Development is seeking a highly motivated and experienced BD and partnerships professional to join the Corporate BD team to focus on strategic initiatives, deal work, and partnerships within Automotive and related sectors. This role will work closely with Amazon senior management, cross business-unit BD teams, and Corporate Partnership Directors to develop unique partnership opportunities, finding the right intersection between our goals and partner capabilities. You will be part of a team that is responsible for generating, managing, and executing some of Amazon’s most complex and high impact partnerships. This includes supporting and managing relationships and negotiations for partnership deals which have long-term implications for Amazon. This position offers an unparalleled opportunity to leverage your ability to forge strong relationships at senior levels, support first-of-their-kind initiatives and build cross functional relationships inside one of the world’s most innovative, customer-centric companies.

We are seeking an innovative, creative, analytical, technical and strategic thinker, who is passionate about Automotive and wants to build transformative partnerships to support our ongoing innovations and growth in Automotive The ideal candidate is a self-starter who enjoys solving complex problems, works effectively with cross-functional counterparts and thrives in a fast-paced setting that is constantly evolving. Proving you have high judgement, strong capabilities to earn trust and are a skilled negotiator, and are comfortable working in ambiguous, highly-visible situations is critical for this position.


Key job responsibilities
• Develop transformative commercial strategies that drive significant business impact.
• Lead identifying, evaluating, negotiating and managing strategic partnerships that enable valuable customer experiences and support the strategic objectives of Amazon.
• Build strong internal relationships with leaders and counterparts across Amazon’s diverse set of businesses.
• Work with cross-functional teams including Product, Operations, Engineering, Legal, Finance, Tax, Accounting, and senior management to execute on the relationships.
• Build internal support for new initiatives with keen focus on market opportunity, business potential, and overall strategic fit.
• Evaluate the economic and strategic costs and benefits of partnerships and work with appropriate leaders and across all functional areas of Amazon to execute on the relationships.