Business Development – EMEA Energy Transition, Energy Transition - London, United Kingdom - AWS EMEA SARL (UK Branch)

Description

AWS Sales, Marketing, and Global Services (SMGS) is responsible for driving revenue, adoption, and growth from the largest and fastest growing small- and mid-market accounts to enterprise-level customers including public sector.

The AWS Global Support team interacts with leading companies and believes that world-class support is critical to customer success.

AWS Support also partners with a global list of customers that are building mission-critical applications on top of AWS services.

AWS has created a dedicated business unit that is targeting the energy transition with a particular focus on supporting customers across renewable generation, electrical networks and energy services.

In the rapidly changing market where the supply of energy is becoming more diverse and distributed and the demand is shifting to low carbon content, AWS is seeking a business development lead to support these activities in Europe.

This role will be focused on increasing the reach of cloud computing across diverse stakeholders across these segments, and requires the industry background, strategic thinking, technical depth, and communication skills to further establish AWS as the leader in this emerging space.

This critical sector of the energy industry is still in its formative stages, with legacy utilities, oil companies, start-ups, private investment funds and regulators all with stakes in its success.

AWS is looking for a business development and go-to-market leader who understands business and technical trends impacting the sector, and is passionate and capable of driving market development for AWS, leveraging the richness of the AWS cloud computing platform to position and drive the right technology solutions, enable the ecosystem, and address rapidly changing customer needs.

Key job responsibilities

• Being a key part of a global team focusing on the energy transition & renewables and accountable for supporting business development in Europe.
• Engaging with key industry customers, AWS account teams, and strategic industry partners.
• Attending and speaking at industry events, leading the process to build repeatable industry solutions, creating significant new business opportunities for AWS.
• Work with a team of business development managers, who will enable the AWS sales teams and industry accounts to drive their day-to-day interactions with key prospects.
• Work closely with AWS solutions architects and partner teams to develop and promote cloud patterns and solutions for the vertical.
• Work closely with the AWS product and services teams to help evolve AWS offerings for more rapid adoption by New Energy customers.

About the team
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BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's degree
• Experience in developing, negotiating and executing business agreements
• Experience developing strategies that influence leadership decisions at the organizational level
• Experience managing programs across cross functional teams, building processes and coordinating release schedules

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience interpreting data and making business recommendations
• Experience identifying, negotiating, and executing complex legal agreements