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Akamai Technologies GmbH

Senior Major Account Executive, New Accounts (West Coast)

Akamai Technologies GmbH, Cambridge, Massachusetts, us, 02140

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Senior Major Account Executive, New Accounts (West Coast) United States (Remote)

Job Description Would you like to build your network?

Would you enjoy bringing the world's leading brands to Akamai?

Join our team that provides solutions!

Our team works with world leading companies in every major industry to make the internet fast and secure. As a partner to the Global 500, we collaborate with customers and prospects to align Akamai solutions to business needs. We build relationships and insights to maximize product value through the full scope of our global platform.

Work with our future customers!

You will be maximizing revenue within your territory through selling into new accounts with the Akamai Portfolio. This will include focused selling efforts within our channel and reseller network.

As a Major Account Executive Senior New Accounts, you will be responsible for:

Building and maintain high level strategic partner / reseller relationships

Articulating Akamai's value proposition to C-Level executives and corporate decision makers

Developing a strategic sales plan to create/manage a high-volume sales pipeline through successful execution

Working within partnerships across field marketing, sales representatives and resources to ensure a consultative engagement with customers

Managing contract negotiations to ensure customer satisfaction and adoption of Akamai technologies

Do what you love

To be successful in this role you will:

Have 5+ years of relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree or its equivalent

Possess understanding of Internet performance, Internet Security, Cloud Service Providers such as AWS, GCP, and Azure

Demonstrate successful sales experience in SaaS, IaaS and solutions sales

Have demonstrated success building and maintaining strategic partner relationships

Have ideal experience working within the Avant or similar Trusted Advisor partner sales space.

Show high ethics, integrity, and personal willpower

Work in a way that works for you

FlexBase, Akamai's Global Flexible Working Program, is based on the principles that are helping us create the best workplace in the world. When our colleagues said that flexible working was important to them, we listened. We also know flexible working is important to many of the incredible people considering joining Akamai. FlexBase, gives 95% of employees the choice to work from their home, their office, or both (in the country advertised). This permanent workplace flexibility program is consistent and fair globally, to help us find incredible talent, virtually anywhere. We are happy to discuss working options for this role and encourage you to speak with your recruiter in more detail when you apply.

Learn what makes Akamai a great place to work

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We power and protect life online, by solving the toughest challenges, together.

At Akamai, we're curious, innovative, collaborative and tenacious. We celebrate diversity of thought and we hold an unwavering belief that we can make a meaningful difference. Our teams use their global perspectives to put customers at the forefront of everything they do, so if you are people-centric, you'll thrive here.

Working for you

At Akamai, we will provide you with opportunities to grow, flourish, and achieve great things. Our benefit options are designed to meet your individual needs for today and in the future. We provide benefits surrounding all aspects of your life:

Your health

Your finances

Your family

Your time at work

Your time pursuing other endeavors

Our benefit plan options are designed to meet your individual needs and budget, both today and in the future.

About us

Akamai powers and protects life online. Leading companies worldwide choose Akamai to build, deliver, and secure their digital experiences helping billions of people live, work, and play every day. With the world's most distributed compute platform from cloud to edge we make it easy for customers to develop and run applications, while we keep experiences closer to users and threats farther away.

Are you seeking an opportunity to make a real difference in a company with a global reach and exciting services and clients? Come join us and grow with a team of people who will energize and inspire you!

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