Associate Account Executive , Enterprise Greenfield
About the role
This is not your typical entry-level sales role — it's a launchpad. At Amazon, our peculiar culture and obsession with delighting customers extends to everything we do, including what we call our teams. While the industry knows this role as a SDR, BDR, Associate Account Executive, Amazon's customer-first DNA means we call our team members "Customer Acquisition Representatives" (CARs). It's more than a name, it reflects our belief that every interaction should start and end with the customer.
Responsibilities
- Partner closely with Account Teams to develop a deep understanding of the primary industries, accounts, and personas within your territories — building relationships from technical admins to Line of Business executives.
- Leverage cutting-edge AI tools and data-driven insights to identify whitespace opportunities and develop innovative strategies to reach unengaged accounts at scale.
- Drive net-new business via customer acquisition by leveraging one-to-one and one-to-many outbound campaigns, in addition to qualifying leads from marketing and partner channels.
- Expand services breadth and consumption within your existing customer base via account planning and territory management.
- Deliver results against input and output goals, including: contacts sourced, leads qualified, customer calls completed, meetings scheduled, and opportunities created and launched.
- Leverage AI-powered sales intelligence platforms, predictive analytics, and automation tools to identify high-propensity accounts, prioritize outreach, and optimize pipeline development in Salesforce.
- Stay ahead of the curve with next-generation engagement strategies using generative AI, agentic workflows, and advanced personalization engines — you'll be on the cutting edge of how AI transforms B2B sales, continuously testing and iterating on new approaches to reach unengaged accounts.
- Collaborate with teammates to share best practices, contribute to team learning, and collectively raise the bar for customer engagement.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent
- 2+ years of experience in sales, business development, lead generation, or customer-facing roles (internships and non-traditional experience count)
Preferred Qualifications
- 1+ years of experience in technology sales, SaaS, or cloud services
- Experience with outbound prospecting tools and techniques (cold calling, social selling, email sequencing)
- Experience leveraging or interest in leveraging AI tools to enhance sales workflows, research, and outreach
Benefits
Amazon 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.