Head of Business Development for Startups in the Middle East and Africa

3 weeks ago


Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates Talent Pal Full time
About the Role

As the Head of Business Development for Startups in the Middle East and Africa, you will be responsible for driving cloud adoption and market penetration in startups while building strategic relationships with key stakeholders in the startup ecosystem, including investors, accelerators, and incubators. You will lead a team of business development managers to nurture and grow their portfolio of startups and investors they work with.

Key Responsibilities

• Drive business insights, strategic, and technical relationships with startups, startup organizations, and key stakeholders in the region to establish meaningful business relationships and drive cloud adoption.
• Educate startups and startup organizations on technical matters and how AWS can help companies scale and grow by leveraging AWS services and go-to-market programs.
• Serve as a key member of the regional leadership startup team in helping to drive overall AWS market and technical strategy in the startup ecosystem.
• Execute strategic initiatives for AWS while working with key internal stakeholders.
• Provide day-to-day management of business development managers.
• Analyze market data to identify emerging trends to help shape strategy for the region.
• Create vision/mission and identity for the team.
• Work across peer groups of leaders to create interlocks across other functional teams.

About the Team

You will collaborate with a team of former startup founders and executives, CTOs, and investors with a strong background who are passionate about startups and technology. This is a thriving environment to learn and leverage your network across builders.

About AWS

AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn't followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don't let it stop you from applying. Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world's most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating, which is why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.

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