Principal Cloud Sales Specialist

About the roleThe Principal AWS Cloud Sales Specialist will be responsible for developing and managing our local alliance with Amazon Web Services (AWS), including building the Go to Market strategy and supporting the regional sales and partner teams to execute on that plan. The Strategic Cloud Pursuits Director will serve as a strategic deal-maker across these teams and diverse industries, while also increasing sales productivity, accelerating sales cycles, and closing business leveraging funding programs with AWS. In addition, our program will provide access to the most senior sales leaders at AWS. We are looking to speak to candidates who are based in Frankfurt for our hybrid working model. About the Sales Culture MongoDB is constantly developing and innovating—not only in our technology but also in our Sales go-to-market strategy. Our Sales leadership team is committed to building the best salesforce in technology. This means inspiring and enabling success for everyone on the team. We not only equip you to be successful and close deals, but we also want your feedback and input on how we can continue to “Think Big and Go Far.” As a crucial part of the Sales team at MongoDB, you will have access to a lucrative market and learn how to sell from some of the most successful Sales leaders in the software industry. What you will be doing Work on the AWS program on strategic deals for the Sales team Enable the sales team on the different motions MongoDB has with AWS  Generate strategic joint pipeline with AWS sales team and MongoDB account executives on existing enterprise and commercial accounts Develop a Prospecting program and motion in partnership with the AWS ecosystem focused on Enterprise and Commercial accounts Manage the strategic deals generated from Enterprise accounts in partnership with the MongoDB field sales, partners, and AWS sales teams until closing Collaborate with the Global Pillar team for backup, support, and pipeline generation Forecast: Sales Net New ACV to VP weekly What you will bring to the table 5+ years in a direct strategic sales role for a high technology company Solid experience in generating pipeline Experience in working in a heavy sales matrix model Technically knowledgeable in the open-source software, big data, IoT, or cloud computing space Fluency in English and German  Things we love Passionate about growing your career in the largest market in software (database) Previous sales methodology training (e.g. Command of the Message, Challenger) Familiarity with databases, developer ecosystems, and open source technology is a plus Why join now The strategic cloud pursuits team that this role would be part of is one of the most critical lines of business to help MongoDB reach its next milestone MongoDB makes an enormous investment in sales enablement and development. We invest 8x the industry average in the development of each of our new hires, sales employees, and continuous career development Excellent compensation plan with accelerators and no cap. Best-in-breed sales training in MEDDIC deal qualification and Command of the Message, including our comprehensive Sales Bootcamps and development programs About MongoDB MongoDB is built for change, empowering our customers and our people to innovate at the speed of the market. We have redefined the database for the AI era, enabling innovators to create, transform, and disrupt industries with software. MongoDB’s unified database platform—the most widely available, globally distributed database on the market—helps organizations modernize legacy workloads, embrace innovation, and unleash AI. Our cloud-native platform, MongoDB Atlas, is the only globally distributed, multi-cloud database and is available across AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure. With offices worldwide and nearly 60,000 customers—including 75% of the Fortune 100 and AI-native startups—relying on MongoDB for their most important applications, we’re powering the next era of software. Our compass at MongoDB is our guiding how and why we make decisions, show up for each other, and win. It’s what makes us MongoDB.