Sr Tech Business Development Manager, Alexa

Job description

Description
Help mold the future of voice recognition and cloud-based content/services.

If you are interested in LLMs, GenAI, and have the right blend of passion, enthusiasm, customer advocacy, curiosity and technical acumen, you may just be right for the Sr Tech Business Development Manager role on the Alexa team.

In this role, you will be working with the top-tier content & service providers to help develop incredible experiences that will wow customers using the Alexa voice service.

Your responsibilities will include creating and owning key business relationships and driving the ultimate success of partner projects.

You will be the “face of Amazon” with key partners and drive discussions with senior technical leaders/CxO in those organizations.

You will also be required to think strategically about business, product, and technical challenges and map the intersection of partner needs and Amazon priorities.

The ideal candidate will possess excellent customer engagement and communication skills as well as the technical understanding to drive deals across all stakeholders.

Key job responsibilities
Key Responsibilities:

- Identify and engage top tier content and service providers and drive opportunities for compelling Alexa experiences.
- Work with cross-functional teams to enable successful recruiting and onboarding of developers
- Develop unique, compelling and exciting presentations and demonstrations of new Amazon technologies
- Deliver persuasive, passionate, high impact, high quality presentations to senior decision makers
- Advocate internally for developer features and functionality that will help facilitate a world class Alexa ecosystem
- Create actionable steps to achievement of big, ambiguous ideas

A day in the life
You will be the owner for some of Alexa's largest and most strategic partnerships.

You will drive strategy and tactics across the partnership working across organizational altitudes and functions.

As part of the role, you will lead partner engagement, business deal negotiation strategy & execution, while contributing to broader organizational business & product strategy.

About the team
The Alexa+ BD team obsesses over building 3P partnerships that delivers delightful experience to our customers, and value to both Amazon and 3P partners alike.
Basic Qualifications
- 5+ years of developing, negotiating and executing business agreements experience
- 5+ years of professional or military experience
- Bachelor's degree
- Experience developing strategies that influence leadership decisions at the organizational level
- Experience developing, leading, negotiating and executing corporate and/or business transactions
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience interpreting data and making business recommendations
- Experience managing programs across cross functional teams, building processes and coordinating release schedules

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies.

Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position.

These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company’s reputation.

Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets.

The base pay for this position ranges from $133,200/year in our lowest geographic market up to $220,200/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.

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