Description
Would you like to be part of a business helping hyper-growth AI Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) innovate and exceed revenue goals?
Do you have the business savvy skills necessary to motivate a cross-functional team including sales, product, and alliances to deliver business growth for AWS and our AI ISV partners?
AWS is seeking an experienced Principal Account Manager for selling to Strategic AI ISVs and expanding business with our fastest-growing AI-native customers. The Principal Account Manager will be responsible for setting the long-term growth strategy and partnership with customers building foundation models, inference platforms, and AI applications. In addition to being customers, these companies partner with AWS as ISVs and have multiple go-to-market goals. In this role, you will build and maintain broad relationships, develop and manage opportunities, and facilitate a large team of extended resources.
Key job responsibilities
The Principal Account Manager is responsible for teaming with all aspects of the customer's organization. This includes C-level executives, engineering, IT/operations, partner organizations, and sales teams. Skills required to build relationships across an account include creative systems thinking, visioning, and executing via collaboration with an extended team to address all AI ISV customer needs. The Principal Account Manager will also drive AI ISV segment strategy development and partner cross-functionally to execute it.
Key focus areas include:
Driving adoption of AWS AI/ML infrastructure including GPU and custom silicon solutions for training and inference workloads
Positioning cost-optimized compute architectures to support rapid scaling and experimentation
Enabling technical migrations and workload optimization across diverse chip architectures
Supporting go-to-market partnerships and joint customer success initiatives
Navigating complex technical requirements for model training, fine-tuning, and inference deployment
About the team
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.??
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. ??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 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.
Basic Qualifications
Bachelor's degree or equivalent
10+ years of cloud sales experience to Enterprise customers
Preferred Qualifications
Understanding of the AI technology landscape including model training and inference, AI application architectures, and compute infrastructure (GPU/custom silicon)
Experience navigating technical partnerships and go-to-market collaborations
Track record of driving infrastructure adoption and workload migration for high-growth technology companies
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company's reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you're applying in isn't listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.
The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments, restricted stock units (RSUs), and sales incentives. Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits .
USA, CA, San Francisco - 187,000.00 - 252,900.00 USD annually
USA, WA, Seattle - 170,000.00 - 230,000.00 USD annually
