.Job DescriptionGlobal Services (GS) plays a central role in our customers' transformative cloud journeys, deeply integrating people expertise and technology capabilities at scale to shape customers' end-to-end experiences with AWS. Across our key customer adoption success services - Training & Certification, Professional Services, Support Operations, Managed Services and Security - our builders make an impact every day across millions of individuals and thousands of customers ranging from Start-ups to Enterprises. Together with AWS Partners, our work enables and accelerates customers, unlocks value, drives AWS adoption, and helps transform businesses and public sector organizations across the globe, and we are propelled by our pursuit to be a differentiator when customers are evaluating cloud providers. The impact Global Services has on customers is as diverse as it is significant, helping them upskill their workforce, and with landing, operating, modernizing, and transforming their workloads on AWS, with value-add partners and security embedded throughout.Position OverviewGrowth Initiatives Sales/BD Specialist is responsible for GS sales/BD activities for an AWS-wide priority growth initiative. This role would represent GS as part of the cross-functional growth initiative team, contribute to the growth initiative strategy and plan, and work with customers, field, and GS BUs in executing and closing customer opportunities aligned to the initiative. Responsibilities include:Assessing and articulating GS value proposition for the customer cohorts targeted by the growth initiative.Working with the relevant customer account teams, stakeholder teams, and partners to win customers as part of the growth initiative and for GS, and secure public customer references.Testing and iterating on viable win strategies, routes to market for GS services/offerings as part of the overall initiative.Providing feedback to the GS product teams to shape existing and/or assemble new GS offerings.Partnering with the GS deals team on tailored/customized proposals as part of the sales cycle.Codifying successful win strategies and tactics, motions, and plays for the account teams and GS BD/Sales teams.Basic Qualifications10+ years of relevant experience in sales/BD roles at a technology products and services company.3+ years of experience in an incubation sales/BD or related roles, with demonstrated results.Able to write and execute high-quality, focused sales/BD plans to secure early lighthouse customer wins and references.Demonstrated aptitude to pick up new domains/offerings and be able to learn and become an expert.Strong interpersonal, communication, and influencing skills (both written and verbal).Adept at executing cross-functionally and up and down AWS internal, customer and partner orgs.Data driven but comfortable with ambiguity; very good problem-solver.Proven track record of taking ownership and driving results; self-starter