Senior Account Manager, Financial Services Switzerland, Financial Services Switzerland

Do you have the business savvy and the technical background necessary to help establish Amazon as a key technology partner to Enterprises in the banking and financial services sector? Amazon Web Services is leading the next transformation enabled by cloud, data and AI, and is looking for world-class candidates to join our FSI business.

As an Enterprise Account Manager for FSI, your responsibilities will include building and driving the strategy to increase adoption, and market penetration in large Banking accounts, to build long-term business and marketing opportunities. The ideal candidate will possess a business development/sales background that enables them to engage at all levels of a customer and partner organisation, including C-levels of the business and IT. He/she should be a self-starter who is prepared to develop and execute against a coverage plan business objectives. This is a high visibility role needing to engage CXOs of Banks as well as leverage internal executives to drive transformational outcomes for large banks in the long term.

AWS Sales, Marketing, and Global Services (SMGS) is responsible for driving revenue, adoption, and growth from the largest and fastest growing small- and mid-market accounts to enterprise-level customers including public sector.


Key job responsibilities
• Develop long-term strategic relationships with key customers at the C-levels of Business & IT
• Work closely with the Channels team to ensure a robust AWS ecosystem is engaged to support the customers key business priorities
• Maintain an accurate forecast and various business reports.
• Create & articulate compelling value propositions around AWS services.
• Possess the technical ability to explain (not implement) Cloud Computing and Artificial Intelligence solutions in the context of banking business problems
• Prepare and give business reviews to the senior management team.
• Ensure customer satisfaction

A day in the life
Why AWS?
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating — that’s why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.

Inclusive Team Culture
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Mentorship & Career Growth
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Diverse Experiences
AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.

About the team
We are a collaborative team that treats stakeholders and teammates like customers, and aim to ensure everything we deliver provides the highest value for our customers.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- 7+ years of direct sales or business development in software, cloud or SaaS markets selling to C-level executives experience
- 10+ years of business development, partner development, sales or alliances management experience

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- - Extensive customer network in FSI.
- - Proficient in German and French
- - A technical background in engineering, computer science a plus.