Sr. Manager Tech Biz Dev, Creative Services and AI Solutions, Amazon Ads

Lead strategic partnerships and drive transformative growth at Amazon Ads. As an AI Tech BD Sr. Manager, you will join the leadership team to focus on leading strategic deals, partnerships, and go-to-market strategies for the Creative X (CrX) and Retail Ad Service (RAS) organizations. We’re building a new category of creative intelligence at Amazon Ads. Our team combines generative AI capabilities with advertiser-centric design to simplify complex creative workflows and deliver measurable impact across the full marketing funnel. We serve advertisers of all sizes—from emerging brands to global enterprises—helping them create, optimize, and scale creative content across Amazon's advertising surfaces. Our vision is to make personalized, high-performing creative a foundational layer of how advertising works, not an add-on feature. We’re positioned at the intersection of Amazon’s richest commerce signals and the largest advertising surfaces on the internet. Within Creative X and Retail Ad Service, you will serve as the primary advocate for our largest customers—agencies, advertisers, and global partners—ensuring they maximize the value of our generative AI solutions for creative production, personalization, and optimization, while also developing and executing high-impact partnerships with third-party retailers. You’ll collaborate with internal stakeholders across Sales, Partner Development, GTM, Creative Services, Product, and Product Marketing to drive usage, enhance the customer experience, and accelerate product development. Additionally, you’ll identify, negotiate, and manage strategic partnerships with AI technology providers to bring new capabilities to our customers. This role demands a strategic mindset, deep expertise in AI-infused creative tools, and a passion for building long-term client relationships. Key job responsibilities Directly manage Tech BD members across both Creative X and Retail Ad Service to execute strategic partnerships and achieve business goals for each organization. Own the executive relationships with strategically important customer and partner companies in the sector; institute regular mechanisms to cultivate trust and drive alignment with Amazon’s priorities. Provide executive sponsorship when needed for other BD efforts and act as the executive escalation management resource for Amazon leaders. Build, orchestrate, and execute a GTM plan for forging and developing client relationships, driving adoption of both CrX and RAS solutions, as well as enabling product development based on customer requirements. Serve as the primary point of contact for customers, ensuring seamless onboarding, product/feature adoption, and ongoing success with CrX and RAS products. End-to-end deal experience: structuring and negotiating complex partnership agreements such as advertising deals, complex digital media transactions, and strategic ad technology relationships. Strong financial acumen with the ability to analyze income, balance sheet and cash flow statements. Can construct an operating P&L, model deals, and articulate cost/benefit analyses to key stakeholders. Originate, execute, and manage partnerships to help accelerate product development and add new capabilities. Partner with Account Executives and Partner Development Managers to drive customer engagement and identify growth opportunities. Solicit voice-of-customer and synthesize feedback in digestible formats for use by internal partners in Product and Product Marketing. Manage cross-functional stakeholder relationships, acting as the bridge between customers and internal constituents A day in the life Your day will blend strategic leadership with hands-on partnership management, driving high-impact deals and shaping the future of Amazon Ads. You’ll review customer feedback from recent campaigns, identify opportunities to enhance our generative AI solutions, and collaborate with internal stakeholders to align on a joint roadmap.