- Bachelor's degree
- Prior experience communicating, presenting, engaging, and influencing stakeholders
- Ability to assimilate to the team culture, and self-manage in a fast paced and dynamic environment.
- 2+ years combination of project management, sales enablement, direct sales, sales operations experience
- Experience working with or in technology or Partner Sales fields
- Experience working with cross-functional teams and stakeholders.
- Ability to operate successfully in a lean, fast-paced organization and to create a vision and organization that can scale quickly
- Ability to consistently meet deadlines, and provide well-vetted reporting and business recommendations
- Experience using sales or customer relationship management (CRM) tools such as Salesforce.com and various content/knowledge management systems.
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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $61,200/year in our lowest geographic market up to $131,000/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.
Amazon Web Services is continuing to pioneer and is seeking a Partner Sales Enablement Specialist to assist in delivering tools, training, processes, & other enablement programs that equip AWS Partner Sales sales teams to better serve customers and grow the business. This role encompasses supporting project plans that will accelerate each initiative, while also tactically implementing each program individually and/or in concert with cross-functional team members.
The successful candidate will combine an understanding of Partner Sales dynamics, a keen eye for detail, and the ability to synthesize information. This individual will work closely with the worldwide enablement team, sales teams, and other cross-functional leads, maintaining existing business practices while collaborating to identify new initiatives that would result in time-savings and increased sales effectiveness. Examples of the projects that will be supported by this individual include constructing enablement resources for specific sales verticals, supporting go-to-market motions, onboarding, and ongoing learning efforts, while contributing to programs that ultimately enable account teams to accelerate sales pipelines.
In this role, you will be responsible for assisting onboarding and ongoing development training to the Partner Sales sales teams. You will have an opportunity to combine a passion for problem solving and enthusiasm for technology to drive learning and establish positive customer relationships with new and tenured sales employees. You will work closely with many stakeholders to discover and meet the objectives of the organization. Experience within organizations supporting the Partner Sales and direct sales experience is preferred.
Key job responsibilities
- Support employee training using a variety of instructional techniques and delivery methods, including classroom-based and virtual learning to create an engaging learner experience.
- Assist in the development and scaling of enablement activities throughout the year, working closely with colleagues to identify gaps within the team’s needs, and design and implement projects to meet business requirements.
- Identify project roadblocks, research and present root-cause analysis, and manage resolution.
- Report on the effectiveness of enablement investments through dashboards and recurring reporting mechanisms.
- Maintain scheduled deadlines, detailed training, and initiative status reports of projects across the Partner Sales team
- Collaborate with worldwide enablement teams to educate account teams and introduce new programs.
- Support ad hoc special projects as needed
- We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations Arlington, VA, or Seattle, WA and may require occasional travel with up to 2-3 business trips per quarter domestically.
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