Global Alliance Director, AWS Partnership

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Snowflake is experiencing exponential growth, and we are expanding our Alliances team to help us scale. As Global Alliance Director for our AWS partnership, you will lead our multi-billion dollar per year relationship with AWS that spans co-sell, marketing and product integration pillars. The primary focus of the role is supporting our joint customers and sales teams with effective joint go-to-market and co-sell success.

Reporting to the Senior Director of Cloud & Strategic Partners, you will have a unique opportunity to work for the AI Data Cloud and lead one of Snowflake’s most important strategic partnerships.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Lead direct reports and work with colleagues in Cloud Partner Sales teams across the Americas, EMEA and APJ to hit annual co-sell targets
• Create sales plays and identify other means to improve co-sell the the creation and delivery of joint customer solutions, including programs focusing on Global 2000 accounts and industry use cases
• In conjunction with Snowflake’s Incentive Programs team, manage AWS-related incentive fund programs that assist our customers and sales teams
• Lead QBRs with Snowflake senior executives, including Snowflake’s Chief Revenue Officer, and AWS counterparts
• Work with Snowflake and AWS Partner Marketing teams to create and execute compelling marketing programs that highlight the value of Snowflake and Snowflake + AWS joint solutions
• Working with the Alliances team lead for cloud partner product integrations and the Partner Sales Engineering team and AWS counterparts
• Create annual business plans between AWS and Snowflake
• Create and deliver to Snowflake and AWS partner sales teams, sales leaders and account executives enablement materials why Snowflake and AWS should partner, Snowflake’s fit for specific use cases, and joint Snowflake/AWS solutions
• Proactively build trust-based relationships across both internal Snowflake and AWS stakeholders
• Use Snowflake systems to measure the efficacy of field programs and associated sales impact, deal registration, joint pipeline, referenceable wins, etc.

ON DAY ONE WE WILL EXPECT YOU TO HAVE:

• 8+ years of relevant sales and alliances experience, including at least 3 years at a director level or above
• 2+ years of experience leading an ISV partnership with AWS with >$100M in annual co-sell
• Prior background in software and SaaS
• Proven success in leading alliance partnerships and the ability to identify and capitalize on areas of mutual business interests
• Be highly analytical and data driven strategic thinker, capable of creative problem solving and pragmatic execution
• History of success in working with cross-functional team members, including Sales, Sales Engineering, Finance, Marketing and Programs
• Strong verbal and executive presentation skills to routinely communicate strategy, progress and impact of the partnership across executives, sales and technical functions
• Strong skills in multitasking, communication, negotiation, organization, and teamwork
• Proven self-starter with a high degree of initiative and ability to learn quickly

Every Snowflake employee is expected to follow the company’s confidentiality and security standards for handling sensitive data. Snowflake employees must abide by the company’s data security plan as an essential part of their duties. It is every employee's duty to keep customer information secure and confidential.

Snowflake is growing fast, and we’re scaling our team to help enable and accelerate our growth. We are looking for people who share our values, challenge ordinary thinking, and push the pace of innovation while building a future for themselves and Snowflake.

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