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Amazon Sr. Strategic Account Executive, PubSec GOV - Federal in Arlington, Virginia
Description
Come be a part of a rapidly expanding $35 billion-dollar global business. At Amazon Business, a fast-growing startup passionate about building solutions, we set out every day to innovate and disrupt the status quo. We stand at the intersection of tech & retail in the B2B space developing innovative purchasing and procurement solutions to help businesses and organizations thrive. At Amazon Business, we strive to be the most recognized and preferred strategic partner for smart business buying. Bring your insight, imagination and a healthy disregard for the impossible. Join us in building and celebrating the value of Amazon Business to buyers and sellers of all sizes and industries. Unlock your career potential.
The Amazon Business Federal team is dedicated to developing eCommerce solutions for the Federal Government and Federal Government Contractors that combine the selection, convenience, and value customers have come to know and love from Amazon.
Key job responsibilities
Account Executives support long-term, strategic customer relationships. Key job responsibilities include the day to day ownership and account management of 1-3 large Federal agencies, 1-3 large Federal contractors, along with a select group of smaller agencies and contractors. This account executive will cover portions of the Department of Homeland Security and the DoD 4th Estate.
Primary responsibilities include expanding solution adoption through agency-wide deployment, feature adoption, and developing relationships with senior procurement executives (CPOs, CFOs) and decision makers across functional areas such as Acquisition Professionals, Procurement, Information Technology, Facilities, and more.
Our Account Executives ensure solutions meet our customer’s procurement needs in support of their mission by recommending approaches and alternatives that fit their environment, including but not limited to contracting and competitive requirements unique to Federal agencies, eProcurement integration, advanced payment, and automated reconciliation processes. The candidate will work closely with customers to manage deployment and ensure that our solutions are successfully adopted agency-wide.
A day in the life
Deliver accurate weekly reporting on growth pipeline and customer spend adoption
Work closely with sales team and sales leadership to provide status updates and insights learned during deployment
Meet or exceed targets for customer and/or feature spend adoption
Relay market needs and requirements back to internal Amazon teams including Product Management, Technical and Category Management teams that will increase solution adoption
About the team
Our mission is to help Department of Defense, National Security Agencies, and their civilian contractors transform procurement with Federal-specific eCommerce features. We accomplish our mission by enabling compliant purchases, directing spend to small, diverse sellers, and providing spend visibility to buyers and procurement decision-makers. For our third-party Sellers, mission accomplishment means helping them reach Federal buyers and expand their businesses.
Basic Qualifications
BA/BS degree or equivalent work experience required
5+ years of B2B and/or Enterprise sales experience
Demonstrated track record of owning the sales life cycle including identifying, developing, negotiating, and closing opportunities across a wide spectrum of customer engagement levels
Demonstrated track record of positioning and selling solutions to new and existing customers and market segments
Preferred Qualifications
8+ years of sales experience selling to Fortune 1000 senior leadership
Experience selling to procurement and/or supply chain roles
Expert use of MS Office Suite, CRMs (e.g. Salesforce.com) and other systems
Experience owning customer facing communication including leading in-person or virtual customer meetings, product demonstrations, or trainings
Demonstrated success identifying, prioritizing, developing, and growing a book of strategic customer accounts
Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.
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