
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Middle East
Principal Account Executive, Strategic Accounts
- Permanent
- Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Experience 10 - 15 yrs
Job expiry date: 23/11/2026
Job overview
Date posted
09/10/2026
Location
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Salary
SAR 40,000 - 50,000 per month
Compensation
Comprehensive package
Experience
10 - 15 yrs
Seniority
Senior & Lead
Qualification
Bachelors degree
Expiration date
23/11/2026
Job description
Strategic accounts in Saudi Arabia are the focus for this Riyadh-based Principal Account Executive, who reports to AWS's KSA Leadership. Go-to-market strategy and execution for those accounts are yours to own, with revenue growth as the measure. Cloud and Agentic AI sit at the heart of the conversations, which take place at C-level and aim to shape how customers transform their businesses. Complex business and technical challenges get solved alongside Business Development, Solutions Architecture, Partners, Marketing and Customer Success. Transformational opportunities need spotting early, de-risking in execution and turning into repeatable sales plays. Pipeline health, forecasting accuracy and sales productivity are managed through data and metrics. Industry events give you a platform to represent AWS, and travel to key customer sites is expected. At least 10 years of enterprise sales closing complex, multi-stakeholder deals is required, plus 5+ years solving problems with technology in Saudi Arabia and experience managing large enterprise accounts. A Bachelor's degree or equivalent and fluent English are needed, with Arabic preferred and channel or partner experience a plus.
Required skills
Key responsibilities
- Build and maintain trusted C-level relationships with strategic accounts in KSA
- Own go-to-market strategy and execution for assigned strategic accounts
- Drive revenue growth across the account portfolio
- Partner with Business Development, Solutions Architecture, Partners, Marketing and Customer Success on complex customer challenges
- Identify transformational opportunities in cloud and Agentic AI
- Reduce execution risk on large, complex deals
- Scale proven wins through repeatable sales plays and mechanisms
- Use data and metrics to manage pipeline health, forecasting accuracy and sales productivity
- Represent AWS at industry events and champion its technology across the industry
- Travel to key customer sites as required
Experience & skills
- Bring 10+ years of enterprise sales experience closing complex, multi-stakeholder deals with measurable business impact
- Show 5+ years of experience solving problems with technology in Saudi Arabia
- Demonstrate experience managing large, complex enterprise accounts
- Offer experience in a technology domain such as software development, cloud computing, systems engineering, infrastructure, security, networking or data and analytics
- Influence senior executives with a strong grasp of enterprise decision-making
- Apply opportunity and pipeline forecasting methodologies
- Hold a Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience
- Communicate fluently in written and spoken English, with Arabic preferred
- Contribute experience with channel and partner communities across sales segments (preferred)
- Lead large, cross-functional initiatives with global teams (preferred)