Sr Partner Development Manager, National Consulting Partners, AMER

Key job responsibilities

• Strategic Partner Management
• Own and manage a portfolio of managed consulting partners, serving as the primary point of contact and trusted advisor across all aspects of the partner relationship
• Develop and execute comprehensive Partner Business Plans (PBPs) that align partner capabilities with market opportunities, translating strategy into measurable business outcomes with clear accountability
• Build and maintain senior-level relationships with partner leadership, orchestrating executive engagement, quarterly business reviews, and multi-year strategic planning
• Independently assess portfolio health, identify emerging risks and opportunities, and make sound prioritization decisions with limited oversight
• Identify and develop opportunities to expand partner depth across target verticals, segments, and workload areas within the AMER region
• Pipeline Generation & Co-Sell Execution
• Drive proactive pipeline generation as the top priority — originating, qualifying, and advancing Amazon-Originated (AO) and Partner-Originated (PO) opportunities through the ACE co-sell motion
• Maintain rigorous pipeline hygiene across all managed partners, ensuring timely opportunity updates, accurate stage progression, and clear next steps in AWSentral
• Collaborate with internal field sales teams to ensure seamless partner collaboration on customer opportunities and drive joint outcomes
• Coach partners on co-sell best practices, advancing their motion from reactive deal registration to proactive, seller-initiated pipeline creation at scale
• Go-To-Market Development
• Design and execute Joint Go-To-Market (JGTM) strategies with partners — including solution positioning, demand generation, and field alignment — with the judgment to prioritize investments that drive the highest customer and business impact
• Enable partners to develop industry-specific and workload-specific solutions addressing customer needs in key verticals and segments
• Serve as a strategic thought partner to senior partner stakeholders, helping shape their AWS practice direction, investment priorities, and growth trajectory
• Partner Capability Development
• Assess partner capabilities and develop multi-quarter roadmaps to build competencies in priority workloads and AWS service areas, including Migration, Modernization, GenAI, and industry solutions
• Support partners in achieving relevant AWS competencies, certifications, and program milestones that unlock go-to-market resources and funding
• Manage partner funding and MDF investments with a high bar for ROI, ensuring alignment with joint business objectives and AWS program requirements
• Business Planning & Execution
• Develop annual and quarterly business plans with quantifiable goals for pipeline generation, launched ARR, co-sell activity, and customer outcomes
• Conduct regular pipeline and business reviews using consistent, data-driven frameworks — and proactively raise findings and recommendations to leadership
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (sales, marketing, solutions architecture, professional services) to coordinate partner success motions and resolve blockers at the appropriate level

About The Team

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Basic Qualifications

• 6+ years of business development, partner development, sales or alliances management experience
• Experience collaborating and influencing multiple teams across multiple organizations
• 5+ years of experience working with System Integrators, consulting firms, or technology services organizations
• Demonstrated success building and executing partner business plans with measurable outcomes
• Experience in cloud computing, enterprise software, or infrastructure technology sectors

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience interpreting data and making business recommendations
• Experience identifying, negotiating, and executing complex legal agreements
• Experience in cloud computing, enterprise software, or infrastructure technology sectors