Account Executive - Education
Amazon, Australia

Would you like to be part of a team focused on driving transformation in Victoria's leading education institutions?

Do you have the business acumen and education sector industry experience necessary to help establish AWS as their transformation partner?

As an Education focused Account Executive within AWS, you will have the exciting opportunity to help shape and deliver on a strategy to enable academic institutions to transform their business as they navigate the new challenges being faced in the industry. This role will focus on VET and K12.

Your responsibilities will include developing a deep understanding of the customer’s business model and how AWS can help them to serve their students and conduct research. You’ll also work closely with the AWS product/service teams to help them evolve the products/services and address issues, concerns, and requests specific for this vertical.

The ideal candidate will possess both a business background that enables them to drive an engagement and interact at/above C-level, as well as a technical understanding that enables them articulate how technology can enable business transformation. They should also have a demonstrated ability to think strategically and analytically about business, product, and technical challenges, with the ability to build and convey compelling value propositions, and work cross-organizationally to build consensus. A keen sense of ownership, drive, and scrappiness is a must.

Amazon is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

· 7+ years of enterprise sales or business development experience with quota accountability and a track record of meeting or exceeding sales targets year over year in IT.
· Demonstrated experience working at C-level
· Direct field experience in working with education accounts and at executive level, and understanding of their business drivers
· Demonstrated ability to think strategically and analytically about business, product, and technical challenges
· Knowledge of Cloud Computing and it's applications
· Excellent communication and writing skill with the ability to be both technical and analytical.
· Self-motivated with a great sense of urgency and follow-through.
· Good understanding of education procurement and contract vehicles.
· Ability to work effectively across internal and external organizations.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

· 10+ years enterprise sales or business development experience with quota accountability and a track record of meeting or exceeding sales targets year over year in IT.
· Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
· Demonstrated experience within K12/VET organisations in Victoria

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