Job Information
Amazon Head of Accelerators, Startup Business Development in East Palo Alto, California
Description
Would you like to work with the most exciting, early-stage startups in North America? Do you have the technical insight, business savvy, and relationship development skills, to help further establish Amazon Web Services as the cloud leader for startups?
We are looking for an experienced and motivated candidate to lead the Accelerators team in the North America Startup Business Development organization. In this role you will be responsible for leading a team of former startup founders/operators who champion and work alongside the world’s best tech startups and accelerators. You will work closely with the startup ecosystem as well as internal teams to define the strategy to ensure the world’s leading founders are choosing to build their startups on AWS.
The ideal candidate will possess both a business background to drive engagements and interact with founders and investors, as well as technical experience to effectively interact with CTOs and software developers. You have a track record of creating strategy and working cross functionally to successfully execute. You also have a demonstrated ability to think strategically and analytically about business, product, and technical challenges, with the ability to build and convey compelling value propositions and work cross-organizationally to build consensus. You’ll be expected to execute in the face of ambiguity, shifting priorities, and limited resources. Competency in cloud computing will be required for ongoing success – as is a keen sense of ownership, curiosity, scrappiness, and drive.
Key job responsibilities
Lead a team that builds and manages relationships with leading early-stage investors and startups.
Act as the voice of the startup customer by discovering, capturing, and reporting back patterns and learnings from the field to internal teams including AWS services/product teams
Conceive, author, secure support for, launch and execute new initiatives and programs to meet the needs of startup customers.
Basic Qualifications
Bachelor's degree or equivalent
Experience working and communicating with multiple stakeholders, C-level executives and cross functional teams or equivalent
Experience managing and developing high performance teams
10+ years of work experience
Operating experience in a senior role at a venture-backed startup or investing experience at a venture fund
Experience managing C-Level relationships with Startup leadership, General Partners at Venture Funds, and other key influencers in the startup ecosystem.
Preferred Qualifications
5+ years of managing and developing high performance teams experience
Exited founder/CxO/operator of one or more ventures
Product or technical experience
Existing network with Managing Directors of Accelerator programs
Knowledge of core cloud computing concepts and ability to go deep enough on technical aspects to differentiate among various AWS services, as well as top use cases for popular startup industries
Strong verbal and written communications skills
Willingness to travel within North America
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Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $174,300/year in our lowest geographic market up to $288,200/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.