DESCRIPTION
Amazon Web Services is seeking a talented, self-directed field marketing expert to lead our Strategic Account Marketing in SSA. This is a unique opportunity to play a key role in an exciting, fast-growing business.
As the Strategic Account Marketing Manager in SSA you will be responsible for developing a deep understanding of the strategic customer audience and marketing strategies to address them. This audience contains local enterprises as well as global enterprises, and encompass full range of audiences both technical and executives. Your remit will include understanding our business strategy, understanding customer needs, building a targeting framework, defining the customer proposition. Then responsible for execution including program planning, campaign/messaging development and coordinating execution to deliver results across these CEE accounts. You will also be the lead field marketer in South Africa, acting as the single threaded leader for the sales team within SSA.
Key job responsibilities
- Execute regional enterprise account-based marketing programs and activities that help to drive awareness, engagement, customer adoption and pipeline acceleration.
- Work with account teams, Solution Architects, sales and partner marketing to integrate marketing into priority account plans.
- Work with global marketing teams to leverage programs to meet customer requirements and find ways to invent and simplify to address specific customer needs.
- Act as marketing contact with sales team and leaders, including representing the wider marketing activities impacting SSA region including participation in sales team calls, in-person meetings and planning sessions.
- Deliver clear, consistent, and frequent communication with marketing stakeholders to ensure ongoing clarity on strategy, tactics, goals, and performance for campaigns.
- Provide detailed campaign updates via regular and ad hoc business reviews, which highlight key metrics and KPIs reflecting performance.
About the team
AWS Marketing leads the charge in cloud innovation, inspiring and empowering customers and partners to unlock their cloud potential. We shape AWS's industry perception through compelling narratives that demonstrate our leadership in AI and transformative solutions, while driving customer growth across our vast service portfolio. Our team delivers personalized, connected experiences that foster AWS adoption across diverse industries, continuously adapting our strategy to stay ahead in our digital-first world. Join our forward-thinking team to shape the future of cloud computing, contributing to strategic initiatives that respond to evolving technology, industry, and customer requirements. You'll collaborate globally to translate complex technology into clear, valuable solutions, creating impactful programs that drive AWS's growth in an inclusive, collaborative environment where diverse perspectives and bold thinking thrive.
Diverse Experiences
AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.
Why AWS?
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating — that’s why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.
Inclusive Team Culture
AWS values curiosity and connection. Our employee-led and company-sponsored affinity groups promote inclusion and empower our people to take pride in what makes us unique. Our inclusion events foster stronger, more collaborative teams. Our continual innovation is fueled by the bold ideas, fresh perspectives, and passionate voices our teams bring to everything we do.
Mentorship & Career Growth
We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.
Work/Life Balance
We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve in the cloud.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- 4+ years of professional non-internship marketing experience
- Experience using data and metrics to drive improvements
- Experience with Excel or Tableau (data manipulation, macros, charts and pivot tables)
- Experience using Microsoft Excel to manipulate and analyze data
- Experience building, executing and scaling cross-functional programs or marketing campaigns from concept to completion
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience building, executing and scaling cross-functional marketing programs
- Experience driving direction and alignment with large cross-functional teams and agency partners
Amazon is an equal opportunities employer, and we value your passion to discover, invent, simplify and build. We welcome applications from all members of society irrespective of age, sex, disability, sexual orientation, race, religion or belief. Amazon is strongly committed to diversity within its community and especially welcomes applications from South African citizens who are members of designated groups who may contribute to Employment Equity within the workplace and the further diversification of ideas. In this regard, the relevant laws and principles associated with Employment Equity will be considered when appointing potential candidates. We are required by law to verify your ability to work lawfully in South Africa. Amazon requires that you submit a copy of either your identity document or your passport and any applicable work permit if you are a foreign national, along with an updated curriculum vitae.
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.
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