Do you have the business savvy and the technical background necessary to help establish Amazon as a key technology platform provider? Amazon Web Services India Private Limited is leading the next paradigm shift in computing and is looking for world-class candidates to join our enterprise business.
As a GCC Sr Account Manager for AWS India, your responsibilities will include building and driving the strategy to increase AWS adoption and market penetration across Global Capability Centers (GCCs) operating in India. You will be responsible for carrying out global account strategy locally and building long-term business and technology partnerships with these strategic engineering and innovation hubs that shape global cloud architecture.
Key job responsibilities
Drive Digital Transformation and Cloud Adoption: Lead strategic conversations and sales plays across four key pillars—Internal Digital Transformation, Cloud Migration & Platform Modernization, Data-driven Innovation, and Generative AI—to drive adoption and business value across GCC operations
Executive Relationship Management: Facilitate regular and deeper executive engagement between GCC India leadership, global parent organization stakeholders, and AWS teams to ensure strong "Top to Top" connectivity and strategic alignment
Strategic Business Transformation Conversations: Drive regular, strategic, business transformation and roadmap-oriented discussions with GCC Heads, Engineering Leaders, and Center of Excellence (CoE) owners regarding cloud architecture decisions, workload migrations, and innovation initiatives
Engineering and Product Leadership Engagement: Collaborate with GCC Engineering Heads, Product Development leaders, and Horizontal leaders to drive the success of their Migration/Modernization strategy and ensure technical alignment
Project Execution and Leadership: Provide guidance and leadership to extended teams, driving execution excellence and ensuring successful delivery of cloud projects and pilots
Knowledge Sharing and Capability Building: Lead collaboration initiatives including hackathons, immersion days, and tech days to showcase AWS capabilities, build technical mindshare, and accelerate adoption across the organization
CTO/CIO Evangelism and Pattern Replication: Evangelize with GCC CTO/CIO offices to replicate successful cloud adoption patterns across different Lines of Business (LOBs) and geographies; interface with Product Engineering & Innovation teams to influence global product and platform transformation decisions
Partner Ecosystem Alignment: Work closely with GSIs and ISVs supporting GCC operations and ensure alignment with global account teams to convert local initiatives into global-scale consumption
Compliance and Data Sovereignty: Ensure all local operations and cloud implementations comply with Indian data sovereignty, privacy, and regulatory requirements while maintaining global architecture standards
Multi-Level Stakeholder Engagement: Engage effectively at all levels of the GCC organization, including C-levels, Engineering Heads, and technical architects of both India operations and the global parent organization
Strategic Coverage Planning: Develop and execute against a comprehensive coverage plan and business objectives, connecting AWS's global account strategy with India's growing GCC ecosystem
A day in the life
As an Account Executive for the GCC practice, the candidate will be the owner of assigned GCC accounts and will focus on driving digital transformation and cloud adoption through meaningful engagement with GCC leaders, Engineering Heads, architects, developers, and global stakeholders. In this role, the candidate will partner closely with AWS global account teams, local partners, and internal stakeholders to represent the entire portfolio of AWS products and services across assigned GCC customer base. The candidate will act as a thought leader, trusted advisor, and local champion who helps influence technology decisions, accelerate cloud workload migrations, and unlock new innovation opportunities that scale globally.
A typical day may include:
Research and preparation for customer meetings and calls with GCC India leadership, Engineering Heads, and global parent organization stakeholders to ensure strategic alignment and business value discussions
Collaboration with cross-functional AWS teams (Global Account Managers, Solutions Architects, Professional Services, Partner teams) on pitches, technical demos, and customer engagement strategies
Executive and technical customer meetings and regular cadence calls with GCC India operations teams and global parent organization leadership to drive cloud adoption roadmaps and transformation initiatives
Stakeholder mapping and relationship development across GCC India operations, global leadership, and key decision-makers to identify expansion opportunities and influence technology strategies
Planning and execution of in-person engagement activities such as hackathons, immersion days, and technology showcases to build technical mindshare and accelerate AWS adoption
Coordination with GSIs, ISVs, and partner ecosystems to ensure alignment on local initiatives and drive conversion to global-scale consumption
Maintaining high standards of account hygiene in SFDC with clear documentation linking local cloud initiatives, migration projects, and innovation pilots to global consumption metrics and business outcomes
About the team
AWS Global Sales
AWS Global Sales drives adoption of the AWS cloud worldwide, enabling customers of all sizes to innovate and expand in the cloud. Our team empowers every customer to grow by providing tailored service, unmatched technology, and consistent support. We dive deep to understand each customer's unique challenges, then craft innovative solutions that accelerate their success. This customer-first approach is how we built the world's most adopted cloud. Join us and help us grow.
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- Experience in the field working with enterprise accounts
- Knowledge of existing and developing technologies as it relates to cloud computing
- 7+ years of technology sales selling enterprise software, networking, infrastructure, managed hosting services, or cloud computing services experience
- Experience working with, presenting to, and negotiating with C-level executives, IT, lines of business, procurement, finance, legal and internal stakeholders for sizeable commercial/enterprise deals
- MBA or equivalent advanced business experience demonstrating strategic thinking and business acumen in enterprise sales and account management
- Prior experience in handling GCC customers and managing their specific requirements
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