Senior Worldwide Partner Specialist - AI Semantic Data, Data & AI GTM

Description

The AWS Data & AI Partner GTM team supports the world's most innovative partners - from breakthrough startups to Large Language Model Providers (LLMs) to global tech giants - helping them envision and build the future of autonomous AI & Data systems. The WW Partner GTM Specialist for Semantic Data will be the driving force behind AWS's partner strategy for joint go to market with ISVs and Consulting partners building Semantic Data Layers, AI-ready data infrastructure, and autonomous agent frameworks. Your strategies will shape how businesses evolve in the age of AI agents, your insights will influence product directions at AWS, and your vision will help partners transform their business models for the AI & Data era.

This role sits at the intersection of breakthrough technology and business transformation. You'll pioneer new business models in the rapidly evolving AI agent space while working with the most sophisticated AI technologies and partners globally. As a key strategist, you'll shape how AWS and our partners approach autonomous AI systems, building programs that will scale Agentic AI adoption worldwide. Your thought leadership will help define one of technology's most dynamic spaces, influencing how businesses across industries implement and benefit from AI agents.

If you're excited about being at the forefront of the AI revolution and want to make a lasting impact on how businesses harness autonomous AI agents, this role offers you the platform, the resources, and the opportunity to shape the future.

Key job responsibilities
Key Responsibilities:
• Collaborate with AWS Data partners, helping them envision and implement Semantic data solutions support autonomous agents and that deliver exceptional customer value. Your insights will shape both partner strategies and AWS's approach to this transformative technology.
• Drive strategic initiatives to accelerate Semantic data and and agentic adoption with a core set of strategic partners
• Develop and execute comprehensive partner strategies that scale data-based solutions and use cases
• Build and manage programs for partner enablement, certification, and funding focused on agent technologies
• Analyze market trends and gather partner/customer feedback to inform Semantic data strategy
• Create scalable frameworks that enable partners to successfully build and deploy agent-based solutions
• Collaborate with AWS service teams to align partner requirements with product development
• Lead the development of partner-ready go-to-market content, resources, and activities

A day in the life
• Develop AWS strategy for Semantic Data partner GTM
• Drive consensus across service teams, field sales, partner management, marketing, legal, and partner program teams.
• Conduct analysis on AWS customer and partner adoption trends
• Analyze performance metrics and prepare MBRs, 2x2 for leadership review. Coordinate with various teams to ensure alignment on deliverables and timelines.
• Build customer and field facing enablement materials including sales plays, decks, and solution briefs

About the team
The AWS Data & AI Partner GTM team isn't just building partnerships - we're creating the future of intelligent systems through an elite network of innovators. We're the driving force behind AWS's most strategic partner initiatives across data, GenAI, and autonomous agents, bringing together the world's most innovative partners to pioneer transformative solutions.

Our vision is bold: we're building the world's premier Data & AI partner network, where technical excellence drives remarkable innovation. From helping enterprises unlock the value of their data to advancing the frontier of GenAI, we champion emerging technologies that reshape how businesses operate. Our team works at the intersection of partner innovation and AWS's most strategic initiatives, from data foundations to autonomous agents, creating opportunities that define the future of business technology.

What makes our team unique is our position as strategic orchestrators - we're not just enabling partner success, we're shaping the future of data and AI adoption. We work directly with category-defining ISVs and startups as well as AWS' most innovative service teams. Through our work, we're not just witnessing the data and AI revolution - we're actively driving it, creating scalable models that empower both our partners and AWS field teams to accelerate service adoption and deliver exceptional customer outcomes. Whether it's helping partners build advanced data analytics solutions or develop sophisticated GenAI applications, we're at the forefront of technology's most exciting frontiers.

Diverse Experiences
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Basic Qualifications

- 3+ years of business development, partnership management, or sourcing new business experience
- 3+ years of Go-To-Market, Business Development, Sales, or Consulting experience
- 3+ years of working with Data & AI related technologies, including, but not limited to, AI/ML, GenAI, Analytics, Database, and/or Storage experience
- Experience using data and metrics to determine and drive improvements
- Experience developing strategies that influence leadership decisions at the organizational level
- Experience managing programs across cross functional teams, building processes and coordinating release schedules
- Experience conveying complex technical concepts to both technical and business audiences
- Experience presenting to both technical and non-technical executive audiences
- Experience selling enterprise software or cloud-based applications

Preferred Qualifications

- Experience interpreting data and making business recommendations
- Experience developing, negotiating and executing business agreements

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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