In this role, you will establish deep business and technical relationships with an AWS partner through your knowledge of the customer's mission flying satellites, aircraft and processing geospatial and mission data. You will have day-to-day interactions with your partner in support of their mission with their public sector customers and workloads. The ideal candidate will possess both a business background that enables them to drive an engagement and interact at the executive level, as well as a technical background that enables them to easily interact with software developers and architects. He/she/they should also have a demonstrated ability to think strategically about the mission, product and technical challenges, with the ability to build and convey compelling value propositions. In addition, technical skills and background are essential as AWS targets customers that are looking for front line technical expertise and cloud experience (sales and implementation).

Key job responsibilities
- Serve as a key member of the AWS public sector partner team in helping to drive overall AWS market and technical strategy.

- Own relationships with a large public sector Aird and Defense account.

- Work collaboratively to develop and advance relationships to grow AWS revenue through assigned partners.
- Maintain an accurate and robust pipeline and forecast of business opportunities.
- Understand and navigate public sector contracting vehicles and procedures.
- Set a strategic sales plan ensure it's in line with the AWS strategic direction.
- Understand the technical considerations and certifications specific to the public sector.
- Execute the strategic sales and business development plan while working with key internal stakeholders.
- Identify specific prospects/partners/channels to approach while communicating the specific value for their use case.
- Work closely with the AWS sales, product and technical teams to foster joint pursuits.
- Understand the technical requirements of our customers and work closely with the internal development team to guide direction of our product offerings for developers.
- Prepare and give business reviews to the senior management team regarding progress and roadblocks.
- Manage complex contract negotiations, including government contracting, and liaison with the legal group.

A day in the life
A typical day would include meeting with your customer, team members and AWS stake holders to work through and solve customer challenges or mission objectives in AWS.

About the team
The team you will be working with is a hand picked team of talented individuals with varying background in DoD, Intelligence, IT operations and product management.