About this role
The Principal Global Account Manager will serve as the Global Account Director for a strategic Global System Integrator (GSI) / large IT & ITeS customer. The primary mandate is to own the end-to-end global sales relationship, drive AWS revenue, and accelerate AI adoption across the customer's global engineering workforce. This role requires a leader capable of setting global account strategy and orchestrating distributed virtual teams across NAMER, EMEA, and India.
Key Responsibilities:
- Own the global account strategy and multi-year business plan.
- Drive the AI-Driven Development Lifecycle (AIDLC) motion, embedding AWS AI tooling (Amazon Q Developer, Kiro, Bedrock, SageMaker) into the customer's software development lifecycle.
- Lead large-scale global migrations of on-premises and competitor-cloud workloads to AWS.
- Establish and maintain relationships with C-level executives (CEO, CTO, CDO) to influence board-level technology decisions.
- Structure complex global commercial engagements, including EDPs and global framework agreements.
- Mentor and coach account teams while leading without direct authority.
Required Qualifications
- 15+ years of technology sales or strategic account management experience in enterprise software, developer tooling, infrastructure, or cloud services.
- Experience managing and growing large accounts, including product marketing or management consulting.
- Proven track record of presenting to C-level executives and leading matrixed virtual teams.
- Bachelor's degree or higher.
- Demonstrated success in reaching and exceeding sales revenue goals.
Preferred Qualifications
- MBA or advanced degree.
- Experience as a primary account manager for a global federated enterprise.
- AWS certifications (e.g., Solutions Architect).
- Experience selling developer productivity tooling or AI/GenAI platforms into large engineering organizations.
Skills for this role
Strategic Account ManagementCloud ComputingEnterprise Software SalesDeveloper Productivity ToolingGenerative AIAmazon BedrockAmazon QAmazon SageMakerAI-Driven Development LifecycleExecutive Relationship ManagementGlobal Sales StrategyMatrixed Team Leadership