Strategic Deal Consultant, AWS Growth Initiatives - VMCCO

Amazon.com Inc

Seattle, WA

JOB DETAILS
SKILLS
Amazon Web Services (AWS), Business Case, Business Development, Cloud Computing, Coaching, Communication Skills, Competitive Analysis/Strategy, Consulting, Cost Analysis, Cross-Functional, Customer Acquisition, Customer Relations, Data Analysis, Decision Support, Economics, Ecosystems, Enterprise Sales, Establish Priorities, Finance, Financial Strategy, Identify Issues, Information Technology & Information Systems, Investment Analysis, Investment Strategy, Leadership, Legal, Market Entry Strategy, Mentoring, Partner Sales, Product Positioning, Proposal Development, Return on Investment (ROI), Risk, Sales, Sales Qualification, Scalable System Development, Service Level Agreement (SLA), Startup, Strategic Analysis, Strategic Planning, Time Management
LOCATION
Seattle, WA
POSTED
13 days ago

In this role, you will architect and lead strategic, high-complexity deal pursuits that accelerate customer adoption of AWS cloud through partner-led and ProServe-led motions. Working directly with AWS senior leadership, enterprise account teams, and cross-functional stakeholders, you will own deal qualification, commercial strategy, and proposal development for large-scale migration and modernization opportunities.

This is an individual contributor role with outsized strategic impact. You will operate at the intersection of customer business outcomes, partner economics, and AWS investment strategy to structure differentiated offers that win against incumbents and drive net-new customer acquisition for AWS.

Key job responsibilities

Deal Strategy & Execution

  • Own end-to-end deal strategy for strategic opportunities, from qualification through close, ensuring AWS is positioned as the customer"s preferred cloud platform.
  • Architect commercial deal structures that align partner incentives, AWS investments, and customer value realization into compelling, fundable proposals.
  • Lead deal qualification with rigor - applying sound judgment to prioritize pursuits that meet strategic and financial thresholds while proactively exiting low-probability opportunities early.

Stakeholder Leadership & Influence

  • Serve as a trusted advisor to AWS partners, enterprise sales teams, and senior leadership on deal positioning, competitive strategy, and investment allocation.
  • Coach partners and account teams on developing industry-relevant business cases that articulate measurable outcomes for large enterprise customers.
  • Navigate complex approval processes and cross-functional coordination with speed, maintaining agreed SLAs across legal, finance, and business development stakeholders.

Operational Rigor & Pipeline Acceleration

  • Surface blocked pipeline and friction points with data-driven insights, developing mechanisms that accelerate deal velocity across the #OneTeam ecosystem.
  • Support rapid decision-making in fast-paced deal cycles, providing leadership visibility into deal health, risk, and resource needs.
  • Build scalable processes and mechanisms that drive operational excellence and reduce resolution time for recurring deal patterns.

Commercial Impact & Measurement

  • Develop commercial strategies that deliver measurable business impact - quantifying cost of delay, migration economics, and long-term customer value.
  • Use data to assess strategic costs, benefits, and ROI of partnership investments, translating analysis into actionable recommendations for leadership.

A day in the life

You"ll start each day focused on your customers - large enterprises navigating high-stakes decisions about transforming their IT infrastructure. You"ll diagnose why a deal is stuck from the customer"s perspective, then coach partners on building business cases that solve the customer"s actual problem, not just pitch technology. You"ll join deal reviews armed with options so decisions happen fast, and qualify new opportunities by asking whether AWS can genuinely deliver what the customer needs. When patterns emerge that slow customers down, you build mechanisms to remove that friction.

About the team

You"ll join a small, globally distributed team that helps large enterprises move to AWS faster by making the deal itself a competitive advantage. We blend deal strategists, go-to-market specialists, solution architects, and specialist sales - all working across functions because complex problems don"t get solved in silos. Our culture is customer-first, fast-moving, and builder-oriented: when we see friction slowing a customer"s decision, we build mechanisms to fix it rather than escalate and wait. You"ll have visible impact, sharp collaborators, and the expectation to improve how we work every day.

About AWS

Diverse Experiences

AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn't followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don't let it stop you from applying.

Why AWS?

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world's most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating - that's why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.

Inclusive Team Culture

Here at AWS, it's in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employee-led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empower us to be proud of our differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness.

Mentorship & Career Growth

We're continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth's Best Employer. That's why you'll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.

Work/Life Balance

We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there's nothing we can't achieve in the cloud.

About the Company

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Amazon.com Inc

At Amazon, we don’t wait for the next big idea to present itself. We envision the shape of impossible things and then we boldly make them reality. So far, this mindset has helped us achieve some incredible things. Let’s build new systems, challenge the status quo, and design the world we want to live in. We believe the work you do here will be the best work of your life.

Wherever you are in your career exploration, Amazon likely has an opportunity for you. Our research scientists and engineers shape the future of natural language understanding with Alexa. Fulfillment center associates around the globe send customer orders from our warehouses to doorsteps. Product managers set feature requirements, strategy, and marketing messages for brand new customer experiences. And as we grow, we’ll add jobs that haven’t been invented yet.

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At Amazon, it’s always “Day 1.” Now, what does this mean and why does it matter? It means that our approach remains the same as it was on Amazon’s very first day – to make smart, fast decisions, stay nimble, invent, and stay focused on delighting our customers. In our 2016 shareholder letter, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos shared his thoughts on how to keep up a Day 1 company mindset. “Staying in Day 1 requires you to experiment patiently, accept failures, plant seeds, protect saplings, and double down when you see customer delight,” he wrote. “A customer-obsessed culture best creates the conditions where all of that can happen.” You can read the full letter here

Our Leadership Principles
Our Leadership Principles help us keep a Day 1 mentality. They aren’t just a pretty inspirational wall hanging. Amazonians use them, every day, whether they’re discussing ideas for new projects, deciding on the best solution for a customer’s problem, or interviewing candidates. To read through our Leadership Principles from Customer Obsession to Bias for Action, visit https://www.amazon.jobs/principles
COMPANY SIZE
10,000 employees or more
INDUSTRY
Retail
FOUNDED
1994
WEBSITE
http://Amazon.com/militaryroles