Business Development Manager, Artificial Intelligence, Aispl Job in Amazon

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Business Development Manager AI

Location : Delhi / Mumbai / Bangalore (All Metros)

Amazon Web Services (AWS), the cloud product line of Amazon is one of its fastest growing businesses, servicing customers in more than 190 countries, reshaping the way global enterprises consume information technology and powering the developers who are building the next generation of global industry leaders. AWS customers across the globe include some of the most innovative startups like Netflix, Pinterest, Spotify, Airbnb, and Instagram as well as some of the largest global enterprises like Shell International, Unilever, Hitachi, Sharp, Bristol-Myers Squibb, and Samsung. With Amazon Artificial Intelligence (Amazon AI), which leverages Amazons deep investments in AI over the last 20 years, AWS cloud is focused on bringing that knowledge and capability to customers in India to help them solve complex business challenges through three layers of the cloud based AI stack Frameworks and Infrastructure with tools like Apache MXNet and TensorFlow, API driven services to quickly add intelligence to applications, and Machine Learning platforms. As a result, we see more and more amazing AI work being done on AWS cloud across education, healthcare, media & entertainment, travel and almost every industry vertical.


Amazon internet Services Private Limited (AISPL), the local reseller of AWS Services in India is looking for a Head of Business Development for Artificial Intelligence. You will be someone who is deeply excited about this space, passionate about helping customers understand the value proposition of AWS AI services and how AI can make a big difference to their businesses. As the business development leader for AI within AISPL, your responsibilities will include owning and leading execution of the strategy for the segment, working with the solution architecture, channels and other AISPL teams in India to drive adoption and usage of the AWS AI offerings, defining key market segments to drive the necessary business and technical relationships with customers and partners to establish new businesses in India, and enabling the business development team to drive day-to-day interactions with prospects in order to build long-term business opportunity for AISPL. You will also work closely with the AISPL service teams to help them evolve the services and address issues and requests from the field.


Here are some other qualities we are looking for:
Has business experience and customer-facing skills that enables them to drive an engagement and interact at the CxO/VP level at AISPL, as well as a technical background that enables them to easily interact with IT professionals, software developers and architects
Adept at thinking strategically and analytically about business, product, and technical challenges, with the ability to build and convey compelling value propositions, and work across multiple functional teams to build consensus
A keen sense of ownership, drive, and scrappiness is a must
You must enjoy communicating with customers of all shapes and sizes. You will have a passion for helping customers, from hot start-ups to established enterprises in India
A broad and strong leader part builder, part operator and part general manager who can prioritize well, communicate clearly and compellingly and who understands how to drive a high level of focus

Roles & Responsibilities
Serve as a key member of the India Business Development team in helping to drive overall AISPL market in India and technical strategy as it relates to AI
Define and size target market segments in India, identify key entities within those segments, and identify key industry partners including ISVs and system integrators
Set a strategic business development plans for the AI business and for target markets in India and ensure that it is in line with the AISPL strategic direction. Execute the strategic business development plans while working closely with internal stakeholders at AISPL including account, marketing, & partner teams, solution architects, professional services and support teams, legal and contract teams, and the service teams
Thought leadership develop compelling audience-specific messages and tools (product videos, customer success stories, demos, whitepapers, presentations, how to guides etc.) and evangelize AWS cloud services and technologies through forums such as AWS Blogs, whitepapers, reference architectures and public speaking events such as AWS Summit and User-Group events. Capture and share best practices and insights internally and with AISPLs partners and customers
Provide guidance to AIPSLs customers in starting their AI journey on how to pick best-fit solutions, based on appropriate services within the AWS portfolio
Develop and support an AWS internal community of AI-related subject matter experts
Knowledge of the AI & ML technology landscape with an ability to understand and articulate the business and technical frameworks, architectures and solutions
An ability to work with the broader AISPL team to develop industry use cases that showcase the compelling nature of the AWS AI services
Identify specific prospects/partners to approach while communicating the specific value proposition for their business and use case
Understand the technical requirements of AISPLs customers and work closely with the internal development teams to guide the direction of AWS service offerings
Develop long-term strategic partnerships in support of the business

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

Some relevant technical knowledge is helpful in areas such as: database systems, core distributed computing concepts, fundamentals of cloud computing and virtualization, storage systems, etc.10+ years of business development, strategic partnerships, and/or product management experience in the AI and/or advanced-technology arena
Strong understanding and experience in the field of AI and related technologies
Strong analytical skills, and demonstrated ability to turn detailed data analysis into useful strategic insight in order to drive customer adoption for AISPL and make appropriate recommendations to the business
Strong experience using cloud computing and related emerging technologies
Strong verbal and written communications skills are a must, as well as the ability to work effectively across multiple functional teams in India
A talent for being able to influence and build mindshare convincingly with any audience. Confident and experienced in public speaking to large audiences
Ability to work across industry segments

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Advanced degree in related technology
5 or more years in consultative technical sales or professional services with a proven track record of success. Ability to gain credibility and build relationships with all levels in an organisation, from technical experts to senior executives
Implementation experience with MXNet, TensorFlow, Theano, Caffe, or other deep learning frameworks
Implementation experience with advanced analytics, including machine learning, and predictive modelling
Familiarity with AWS Services
Experience with AWS AI services
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