AWS GTM Partnership Lead, Global System Integrators

About Anthropic

Anthropic’s mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. We want AI to be safe and beneficial for our users and for society as a whole. Our team is a quickly growing group of committed researchers, engineers, policy experts, and business leaders working together to build beneficial AI systems.

About the role

Anthropic is seeking a partnerships leader to own the tri-party motion for systems integrator partnerships selling through AWS. Global systems integrators and specialist SIs are how Claude reaches enterprise customers at scale, and AWS is the surface most of that work runs on. You will own the intersection of those two ecosystems.

In this role, you will build the go-to-market motion that turns partner interest into joint pipeline and closed revenue, working across AWS's partner organization and the AWS practices inside the world's largest integrators. You will define how Claude is positioned inside AWS partner programs, design the commercial mechanics that let partners transact and get rewarded, and build the joint plays that partners take to their customers.

This is a build role. The partner ecosystem is early, the programs are still being designed, and you will be operating across three organizations whose incentives on any given deal don’t always line up. You will help shape how frontier AI technology reaches the enterprise through the services ecosystem.

You will report directly to the Head of AWS GTM Partnerships.

Key Responsibilities

Develop and execute the GTM strategy for our systems integrator partnerships through AWS, including co-selling motions, joint business plans, events and segment-specific plays

Own forecasting, pipeline development, and revenue targets for partner-sourced and partner-influenced business

Design the commercial mechanics that make the partner motion work, including deal registration, marketplace program structure, and incentives

Build and maintain executive-level relationships across AWS's partner organization and across partner AWS practice leadership

Work with partners to develop repeatable, industry-specific solutions built on Claude, and help them build the delivery capability to take those solutions to market

Partner cross-functionally with Anthropic's alliances, sales, partner marketing, and regional cloud teams to keep the motion consistent globally while regions execute locally

Create and implement scalable processes for partnership operations, including escalation management, business reviews, and reporting

Provide strategic market intelligence and competitive insights on the partner ecosystem to inform product and commercial strategy

Identify where to concentrate investment across the partner portfolio and make the case to stop investing where returns are not there

Minimum qualifications

12+ years of enterprise partnerships, alliances, or business development experience, with meaningful time spent on partner ecosystems

Proven track record of building and scaling partnerships with systems integrators, consultancies, or channel partners

Experience building a co-sell or channel motion from the ground up, including the commercial mechanics behind it

Deep understanding of how cloud and partner field organizations operate, and the incentives that drive seller and partner behavior

Track record of carrying and hitting a partner-sourced or partner-influenced revenue number, with credible forecasting behind it

Strong executive presence and demonstrated ability to influence senior stakeholders where you have no formal authority

Excellence in strategic planning, business operations, and program management

Ability to balance strategic thinking with tactical execution, and a willingness to concentrate effort rather than spread thin

Experience working with technical products and translating complex capabilities into business value

Ability to travel up to 25% of the time

Preferred qualifications

Previous experience working with AWS or another hyperscaler partner organization

Working knowledge of systems integrator operating models, including practice structures, delivery economics, and how services revenue drives partner decisions

Background in AI/ML technologies or with developer-focused platforms and their partner ecosystems

Experience scaling partner programs at a company moving from early traction to significant partner-driven revenue

Management consulting experience earlier in your career

Deadline to apply:  None. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.

The annual compensation range for this role is listed below.

For sales roles, the range provided is the role’s On Target Earnings ("OTE") range, meaning that the range includes both the sales commissions/sales bonuses target and annual base salary for the role.

Annual Salary:

$365,000 — $425,000 USD

Logistics

Minimum education: Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience

Required field of study:  A field relevant to the role as demonstrated through coursework, training, or professional experience

Minimum years of experience: Years of experience required will correlate with the internal job level requirements for the position

Location-based hybrid policy: Currently, we expect all staff to be in one of our offices at least 25% of the time. However, some roles may require more time in our offices.

Visa sponsorship:  We do sponsor visas! However, we aren't able to successfully sponsor visas for every role and every candidate. But if we make you an offer, we will make every reasonable effort to get you a visa, and we retain an immigration lawyer to help with this.

We encourage you to apply even if you do not believe you meet every single qualification. Not all strong candidates will meet every single qualification as listed.  Research shows that people who identify as being from underrepresented groups are more prone to experiencing imposter syndrome and doubt