LightEdge is an enterprise-grade cloud services and colocation company focused on the needs of businesses and their critical IT requirements. If you want to take your skills to the next level by joining an industry leader, this is an excellent opportunity for you!
Connectria, A LightEdge Company, is seeking a dynamic and results-driven business development manager to join our channel sales team. The primary responsibility of this role is to build a robust pipeline of opportunities by collaborating closely with the AWS partner sales organization, direct sellers, customers and partners. The ideal candidate will possess a deep understanding of the AWS ecosystem, have a strong network of regional AWS and customer contacts, have exceptional relationship-building skills, and possess strong sales acumen.
As the regional AWS alliance manager, your success will be highly dependent on your ability to develop a strong co-sell motion with AWS that leverages the strengths of Connectria’s Premier Tier Partner relationship with AWS to differentiate our offerings and drive new logo sales. You will work with an accomplished sales, engineering and support team from LightEdge to help customers realize their digital transformation through cloud computing. You will build and maintain relationships with AWS, customers and partners to ultimately influence their selection of LightEdge to help guide their cloud strategy, determine approaches to application and infrastructure modernization, and recommend solutions that drive business outcomes.
Responsibilities:
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in business, marketing, or a related field
- Minimum of 5 years’ experience in channel sales, preferably within the cloud computing sector
- Proven track record of successful pipeline development and sales achievement
- Strong knowledge of AWS products, services, and partner ecosystem
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to build and maintain relationships at all levels
- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities
- Proficiency in CRM software (Salesforce) and other sales tools
- Ability to be in Chicago market 3 days per week
- AWS Certifications (Cloud Practitioner, Solutions Architect, etc.) a plus