Stellenausschreibung
- Fluent in German and English
- 10+ years of enterprise technology sales or business development in the Customer Experience, Customer Services, and/or Contact Center domain
- Track record achieving sales targets and delivering sustainable growth
- Demonstrable experience engaging and influencing line of business decision makers
- Deep knowledge of technology decision making processes in enterprise customers
- Ability to own and manage executive relationships at multiple levels, from Chief Officer to Subject Matter Expert.
Amazon Connect is one of the fastest growing services in the history of AWS, and a leader in the Contact Center as a Service (CCaaS) space. This AI-powered cloud contact center delivers a rapid pace of innovation that enables companies to unlock bar raising experiences for customers and agents at lower cost.
With a robust and ever-growing product roadmap, the Connect Sales Specialist must be a tenured Enterprise Contact Center Salesperson equipped to position Amazon Connect impact drivers to technical and business stakeholders. This offering was built in direct response to customer feedback and seeks to address daily pain points and deliver outstanding customer service. Amazon Connect offers a compelling alternative for our customers when faced with multiple components, channels and vendors, managing long term commitments and very complex pricing models, and scaling based upon the specific needs of their businesses. The ideal candidate has enterprise sales experience in related areas (e.g. customer experience management, contact center, CRM), is a self-starter, and is willing to operate both tactically and strategically. As a key team member in this fast growing space, sellers have the opportunity to shape and develop the future of a service category that drives significant impact on our customers’ business.
Key job responsibilities
- Build deep relationships with customers to fully understand their business, solutions, and technical needs.
- Drive adoption in a defined territory in collaboration with multiple account teams and partners.
- Meet or exceed revenue targets by helping customers select and migrate their contact center workloads to Amazon Connect
- Work with a cross-functional team to originate and close opportunities that grow Amazon Connect usage.
- Develop and execute against a comprehensive account/territory plan supporting multiple account teams to drive achievement of revenue and win goals.
- Create & articulate compelling value propositions that address specific needs of your customers.
- Build, manage, and close a pipeline of Amazon Connect revenue in your territory.
- Drive business development initiatives in your territory in partnership with Go To Market Strategy team and Partner Development resources to help expand market penetration for Amazon Connect.
- Prepare and give business reviews to AWS senior management teams.
- Report business and pipeline performance using available tools on a weekly, monthly, and quarterly basis
- Participate in and/or inform Germany, EMEA, and WW Business Planning activities
About the team
Our team is dedicated to supporting new members. We have a broad mix of experience levels and tenures, and we’re building an environment that celebrates knowledge sharing and mentorship. We care about your career growth and strive to assign projects based on what will help each team member develop into a better-rounded professional and enable them to take on more complex tasks in the future.
Here at AWS, we embrace our differences. We are committed to furthering our culture of inclusion. We have twelve employee-led affinity groups, reaching 40,000 employees in over 190 chapters globally. We have innovative benefit offerings, and we host annual and ongoing learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences. Amazon’s culture of inclusion is reinforced within our 14 Leadership Principles, which remind team members to seek diverse perspectives, learn and be curious, and earn trust.
Our team also puts a high value on work-life balance. Striking a healthy balance between your personal and professional life is crucial to your happiness and success here, which is why we aren’t focused on how many hours you spend at work or online. Instead, we’re happy to offer a flexible schedule so you can have a more productive and well-balanced life—both in and outside of work.
We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:
Munich, BY, DEU
- CCaaS domain knowledge, ideally in Germany
- Experience of Amazon Connect and/or adjacent AWS services
- Public speaking experience delivering high impact presentations to large groups of audien