Amazon Sr Sovereign Cloud Specialist Sales Manager 

Germany, Berlin 

790824296

Key job responsibilities
• Team Leadership and Development: Build and lead a dedicated ESC specialist sales team comprising both partner and customer sales specialists. Drive operational excellence and strengthen strategic alignment across all AWS ESC sales efforts. Provide coaching, mentoring, and guidance to drive performance and professional growth.• Strategic Engagement and Influence: Drive strategic relationships with C-level executives and technical decision-makers. Act as a trusted advisor to provide sovereign cloud expertise and value propositions. Take a leadership role proposing and closing large deals.• Strategic Planning and Analysis: Contribute to the development of multi-year strategic roadmaps. Analyze market trends and customer feedback to inform strategy and collaborate with BI/Sales operations to leverage data insights for decision-making.
• Cross-functional Collaboration: Drive alignment across multiple stakeholder groups and facilitate effective communication and collaboration between different business units.
• Business Growth and Innovation: Identify and develop new business opportunities through influence and expertise. Provide thought leadership in sovereign cloud solutions and support sales teams in complex deal structures and negotiations.
• Operational Excellence: Drive best practices and process improvements while ensuring alignment with compliance and regulatory requirements. Contribute to the development of scalable approaches for business growth.
• Stakeholder Management Build and maintain strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders. Demonstrate AWS leadership principles in all interactions while maintaining effective communication channels across all levels.

- 8+ years of sales experience
- Proven experience in complex enterprise sales within the European market
- Deep understanding of EU government procurement processes and regulatory requirements
- Experience managing teams to achieve significant revenue targets ($200M+)
- Experience of develop long-term strategic relationships with key accounts.
- Experience analyzing data and best practices to assess performance drivers
- Experience planning, managing and closing competitive sales efforts and managing deals from negotiation, to closing and through delivery
- Experience proactively growing customer relationships within an account while expanding their understanding of the customer's business
- A proven track record of implementing, delivering large projects and communicating effectively at executive level
- EU citizenship and residency required