Sr Partner Development Mgr, Global ISV Partners

About the role

AWS is seeking an experienced Partner Development Manager to own and grow strategic relationships with global ISVs, driving transformative scale across the Worldwide Public Sector (WWPS) customer base.

Responsibilities

• Own the strategic public sector partner relationship, serving as the primary public sector point of contact, driving joint business planning, executive alignment, and mutual investment across the Worldwide Public Sector segment
• Define and execute a joint go-to-market strategy focused on accelerating adoption of AWS across public sector customers, with emphasis on mission-critical use cases in Federal (Civilian and Defense), State & Local Government, Education, Healthcare, and Nonprofit verticals
• Drive co-sell pipeline development and revenue growth—identify, qualify, and advance joint opportunities with public sector end-customers, articulating the differentiated value of AWS infrastructure (including GovCloud and classified environments)
• Collaborate with AWS field teams, commercial teams, solution architects, and service teams to ensure the partner's models are optimally integrated with AWS services (e.g., Amazon Bedrock, SageMaker, EC2 accelerated compute) and aligned to public sector customer requirements
• Navigate public sector compliance and security requirements (FedRAMP, IL4/5/6, StateRAMP, ITAR) as they pertain to the partner's model deployment, data residency, and end-customer procurement pathways
• Maintain an accurate pipeline and forecast of joint GTM opportunities tied to the partner's model release cadence, capability roadmap, and AWS infrastructure dependencies
• Build and manage executive-level relationships with the partner's public sector, product, and engineering leadership—deliver quarterly business reviews outlining pipeline health, win/loss analysis, adoption metrics, and strategic investment recommendations
• Serve as the internal voice of the partnership across AWS WWPS leadership, ensuring alignment on prioritization, resource allocation, and escalation paths

Qualifications

• 5+ years of developing, negotiating and executing business agreements experience
• 5+ years of professional or military experience
• 5+ years of working with Core Cloud Technology Services, including, but not limited to Compute, Edge, Hybrid, Security, and/or Networking experience
• 5+ years of Go-To-Market, Business Development, Sales, or Consulting experience
• 5+ years of working with Enterprise Application Modernization and Migration technologies, including, but not limited to, Mainframe, Serverless, Containers, or Cloud Operations experience
• 5+ years of working with Data & AI related technologies, including, but not limited to, AI/ML, GenAI, Analytics, Database, and/or Storage experience
• Bachelor's degree
• Experience selling enterprise software or cloud-based applications
• Experience explaining complex technical concepts to various business and technical audiences
• Experience presenting to both technical and non-technical executive audiences

Benefits

Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance, 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.