[Skip to main content](#main-content) [OpenNash Jobs](https://jobs.opennash.com/) [Hiring report](/reports/hiring/) · [All Amazon jobs](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/amazon/) · [Search jobs](/search/) Amazon · JP, Tokyo # Senior Manager, Global Technical Sales — Automotive JP, Tokyo Manager or lead Sales Listed on Amazon’s official careers site. Posted July 31, 2026. Check that it is still open and apply there. [Apply on Amazon’s careers site →](https://www.amazon.jobs/en/jobs/10489447/senior-manager-global-technical-sales-automotive) [OpenNash Jobs](https://jobs.opennash.com/) / [Amazon](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/amazon/) / Senior Manager, Global Technical Sales — Automotive ## Job description AWS is seeking a Senior Manager, Global Technical Sales to lead a team of enterprise sales professionals supporting our most strategic automotive OEM customers headquartered in Japan. In this role, you will manage and develop a team of Senior Account Managers and Global Account Managers responsible for driving revenue growth, cloud adoption, and AI transformation across Japan's iconic automotive manufacturers. You will set the sales strategy for your segment, coach your team through complex deal cycles, and personally engage at the CXO level to unlock transformational business outcomes. You will bring deep domain knowledge in the automotive OEM landscape and the ability to navigate Japanese business culture at the most senior levels, requiring native-level fluency in Japanese and professional fluency in English. Key job responsibilities ### Sales Leadership - Directly manage, coach, and develop a team of quota-carrying Account Managers and Global Account Managers focused on Japanese automotive OEMs. ### Revenue Ownership - Own the aggregate revenue target for the automotive OEM segment in Japan/APJ. Drive pipeline generation, deal progression, and forecast accuracy across your team. ### Sales Strategy - Define and execute the go-to-market strategy for AWS within Japan's automotive OEMs, aligning with global account plans and the broader AWS Industries direction. ### Executive Engagement - Build trusted advisor relationships with CXOs, CTOs, Chief Digital Officers, and business leaders at Japan's leading automotive manufacturers — conducting engagements in Japanese at the executive level. ### AI & Cloud Adoption - Champion AI transformation with OEM customers, articulating how AWS technologies address use cases including software-defined vehicles (SDV), ADAS, connected car, autonomous driving, smart manufacturing, digital twins, and Industry 4.0. ### Cross-Regional Coordination - Partner with counterparts in North America and EMEA to ensure seamless customer coverage for Japanese OEMs with worldwide operations. Coordinate global account strategies and joint engagement plans. ### Deal Leadership - Personally engage on large, complex opportunities. Shape deals to meet customer needs, ensure optimal resourcing and product mix, and resolve escalations. ### Talent Development - Recruit, hire, onboard, and retain top sales talent. Raise the bar through coaching, performance management, and career development. ### Orchestration - Leverage extended resources, Solutions Architects, Specialist Sales, Professional Services, Partners, Marketing, and Support to deliver holistic customer outcomes. You orchestrate these teams but do not directly manage them. ### Customer Advocacy - Represent the voice of the customer back to AWS service teams via product feature requests (PFRs) and executive sponsorship requests. ### Mechanisms & Scale - Build repeatable sales plays, executive engagement frameworks, and pipeline management mechanisms that scale across the team. ## At a glance - Posted by the employer: Jul 31, 2026 - First seen by OpenNash: Aug 20, 2026 - Last checked: Oct 18, 2026 - Listed for: 79 days - Location: JP, Tokyo[Apply on Amazon’s careers site →](https://www.amazon.jobs/en/jobs/10489447/senior-manager-global-technical-sales-automotive) ## More jobs at Amazon ### [Account Executive, GGS （多様な広告主のマーケティング成果を最大化する広告営業スペシャリスト）, Global Growth Sales - Amazon Ads](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/amazon/jobs/a838223e3c311501f2de/) JP, Tokyo ### [Business Development Manager, Multi-Channel Fulfilment](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/amazon/jobs/18954bf35863496a6629/) JP, Tokyo ### [Global Account Manager, APJ Automotive Sales, AWS](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/amazon/jobs/80cfc3f2d7f48db422b2/) JP, Tokyo ### [Principal Business Development Manager, Automotive Industry, AWS](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/amazon/jobs/f27f99dd4d1ba29bc1fa/) JP, Tokyo ### [Principal Corporate Strategy and Business Development, AWS](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/amazon/jobs/150a5c700c6d2850cb5c/) JP, Tokyo ## Similar jobs at other companies ### [Technical Sales Engineer Automotive & Transportation (m/w/d)](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/arrow-electronics/jobs/9fb6c2d8cc20fdb8ebbe/) Arrow Electronics · Germany - Remote, Germany ### [Solution Sales - Technical Advisor, AI & Apps, Global Black Belt](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/microsoft/jobs/8cdb83acfce1e14e90ec/) Microsoft · India, Karnataka, Bangalore ### [Global Technical Consultant - Personal Care](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/ecolab/jobs/14f0bf350912087e0b40/) Ecolab · Paris, France ### [Sr Global Technical Consultant – PPC](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/ecolab/jobs/38dd91ab02f7deba5095/) Ecolab · Vimercate, Monza e Brianza, Italy ### [Global Junior Technical Training Specialist](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/sgs/jobs/65654ce73c8e7000490f/) SGS · București, Romania [Sales jobs](/functions/sales/) OpenNash lists jobs from employers’ own careers sites and does not handle applications. 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