As an AWS Storage Sales Specialist on our Data & AI team, you will be at the forefront of driving adoption and revenue growth for AWS’s storage services. Your role will involve identifying high-value customer opportunities within a specific territory and engaging with AWS customers to understand their storage needs and align them with AWS storage solutions. You will leverage your consultative expertise to become a trusted advisor, guiding customers in embedding and deploying AWS storage solutions to unlock new value streams and support high value workloads. With a passion for developing high-potential opportunities and executing effective strategies, you will own the full-cycle sales engagement plan, from identifying qualified leads to realizing revenue. You will understand a customer’s business initiatives, help craft account plans to achieve those initiatives, identify and drive opportunity win plans to enabling those business initiatives, and ensure successful launch to realize both customer vision and AWS revenue. You will earn trust with IT, Infrastructure executives and Line of Business leaders. You will understand detailed business drivers in your forecast and intentionally work the best opportunities that maximize your ability to hit revenue goals.Furthermore, you will maintain an in-depth knowledge of AWS’s storage services and relevant cross-functional areas to build strong relationships with customers. By driving the adoption of advanced storage technologies, you will play a pivotal role in propelling AWS’s revenue growth while helping customers stay ahead of the curve in a rapidly evolving technological landscape. You can describe the “why” and “what” of storage use cases and technical solutions at a 200-level, with the detailed “how” being provided by solution architects. You can conduct compelling executive conversations on the transformational possibilities of cloud storage and data management, resulting in subsequent meetings with the wider team.Key job responsibilities• Accelerate customer adoption by defining and implementing GTM strategies within your assigned accounts and technology domain.• Ideate with Line of Business and C-suite leaders, building trust with your deep technical expertise, and following through to help solve their most compelling business problems.• Drive sales efforts spanning multiple lines of business with decision-making authority and budget ownership.• Act as the customer front line Storage domain specialist within your accounts• Partner with customers to run assessments of their on-premises and cloud storage environments, lead technical discovery sessions and position AWS Storage services to support critical workflows.• Map the application of technology to customer business scenarios that help our customers understand how to improve their operational outcomes through the use of AWS storage services.• Develop and deliver compelling ROI & TCO proposals to drive adoption of AWS Storage Solutions.to drive demand for AWS Storage services.• Provide a strong operational command of your business, dive deep to understand trends across your territory and forecast accurately.• Internally evangelize the benefits of our Storage services, programs and industry-specific solution benefits to scale your business through our Core account managers.• Engage systems integrators and closely collaborate with AWS partners to deliver maximum customer value.• Gather voice-of-customer insights to inform product roadmaps and enhance the customer experience.• Build and innovate: Co-Develop GTM motions on new product launches and work with product teams on the creation of innovative new services• 5+ years of Storage sales experienceA day in the lifeYou’re surrounded by innovation. You’re empowered with a lot of ownership. Your growth is accelerated. The work is challenging. You have a voice here and are encouraged to use it. Your experience and career development is in your hands. We live our leadership principles every day. At Amazon, it’s always “Day 1”.About the teamDiverse Experiences: Amazon 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.