Principal Customer Success Manager - Outposts

Amazon ,
London, Greater London

Overview

Job Description

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the pioneer and recognized leader in Cloud Computing. Our web services provide a platform for IT infrastructure in-the-cloud that is used by hundreds of thousands of developers and businesses around the world. These customers range from start-ups to leading web companies to Global 2000 companies in financial services, pharmaceuticals, and technology. AWS customers are looking for ways to change their business models and solve complex business challenges. Now with AWS Outposts customers have a new way to solve these problems. AWS is seeking a Customer Success Manager (CSM) for our EC2 Outposts Business. Outposts brings native AWS services, infrastructure, and operating models to virtually any data center, co-location space, or on-premises facility. Customers can use the same APIs, the same tools, the same hardware, and the same functionality across on-premises and the cloud to deliver a truly consistent hybrid experience. Outposts can be used to support workloads that need to remain on-premises due to low latency or local data processing needs. AWS Outposts infrastructure is fully managed, maintained, and supported by AWS to deliver access to the latest AWS services. The CSM will work with business development, sales and solution architect teams to track, and close customer engagements that would benefit from running on AWS Outposts, and collaborate and coordinate cross-functional teams around these engagements where appropriate. The Customer Success Manager has sales and/or customer success experience with a terrific reputation for delighting customers and driving complex initiatives. She/he should also be a self-starter who is prepared to develop and execute against a territory coverage plan and consistently deliver on quarterly targets. The ideal candidate will possess both a sales and technical background that enables them to drive an engagement at the CXO level as well as with software developers and IT architects. The Customer Success Manager will be an exceptionally strong analytical thinker who likely has IT sales experience with a major vendor in the IT services market and embraces all aspects of customer success. She/he will thrive in fast-paced dynamic environments and have very strong communication and presentation skills. The ideal candidate will possess a business and IT background that enables them to drive complex engagements, discover and remedy inefficiencies and interact at the highest levels of large Enterprises and Enterprise partners. The ideal candidate will have a demonstrated ability to think strategically and long-term about the needs of complex global businesses. The ideal candidate will also be deeply familiar with complex legacy IT environments, managed enterprise IT infrastructure services, Enterprise applications, and has done business operations, and has a background that enables them to create scalable programs that apply holistic approaches to selling to Enterprises and Enterprise Partners. Roles & Responsibilities: - Defines, builds and evangelizes best practices around the AWS Outposts offering; - Manage numerous customers concurrently & strategically -Engages, supports and scales deployments of Outposts by creating and following consistent playbooks; - Engages and drives scale at engaging enterprise customers and partners about the AWS Outposts; - Exhibits proactive ability and expertise in setting customer discussions via AWS sales, support, professional services and partner teams; - Exhibits expertise and drives field and partner readiness for enterprise customers; - Engages in senior level customer meetings to discuss customer's business issues and explores how the AWS Outposts platform can help address and resolve these issues; - Serves as an evangelist for the AWS Outposts platform within AWS, and externally; - Prepare and give business reviews to the senior management team regarding progress and metrics. Amazon.com is an Equal Opportunity-Affirmative Action Employer - Minority / Female / Disability / Veteran / Gender Identity / Sexual Orientation/Age.