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Major Account Executive

Role overview

Qualifications

  • Minimum 5-8 years sales experience in Cloud Services Sales (infrastructure or Software) in the B2B Enterprise market
  • Understanding of existing and developing cloud technologies
  • Ability to collaborate with Partners and Customers to create sales opportunities
  • Bachelor's Degree or its equivalent

Responsibilities

  • Championing Akamai's Cloud Computing vision and value proposition with Customers, Partners and internal Akamai stakeholders
  • Developing a strategic sales plan that encompasses market development, partnerships, and product development
  • Leading customer engagements that differentiate Akamai's services at all levels within enterprise customers
  • Collaborating with Akamai Sales and Pre-Sales leaders to develop and execute opportunity plans for large enterprise clients

Key facts

Hard skills

Other skills

  • Sales
  • Collaboration
  • Personal Integrity

About the company

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Akamai Technologies

Cloud Computing & Infrastructure (IaaS/PaaS)

At Akamai, we make life better for billions of people, billions of times a day. Every day, billions of people around the world connect with their favorite brands to shop online, play the latest video games, log into mobile banking apps, learn remotely, share videos with friends, and so much more. They may not know it, but Akamai is there, powering and protecting life online. Over 20 years ago, we set out to solve the toughest challenge of the early internet: the “World Wide Wait.” And we’ve been solving the internet’s toughest challenges ever since, working toward our vision of a safer and more connected world. With the world’s most distributed compute platform — from cloud to edge — we make it easy for businesses to develop and run applications, while we keep experiences closer to users and threats farther away. That’s why innovative companies worldwide choose Akamai to build, deliver, and secure their digital experiences. Our leading security, compute, and delivery solutions are helping global companies make life better for billions of people, billions of times a day. Devoted, determined problem-solvers who share a passion for technology, we’re always pushing ground-breaking ideas and driving innovation. Want to power and protect life online, by solving the toughest challenges? Be part of an amazing team. Let’s connect: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/akamai-technologies Twitter: https://twitter.com/Akamai Blog: https://www.akamai.com/blog

Company details

Company typeXLarge
IndustryCloud Computing & Infrastructure (IaaS/PaaS)
Company size5001 - 10000

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Job description

Would you enjoy working with leading digital brands to lead the evolution of the Cloud Computing market?

Would you like to build customer loyalty?

Join our team that provides solutions

Our team works with world leading companies to make the internet fast, reliable & secure. We have revolutionized successive industries from CDN, to Online Security & Edge computing. With our acquisition of Linode, we are setting sight on evolving Cloud Computing ecosystem.

Work with our customers

As a Major Account Executive, you will be responsible for the go-to-market strategy for Cloud business. You will work with Sales, Technical Pre-Sales, Product and Marketing leaders. You will also execute market development initiatives to drive pipeline & lead sales programs to close deals.

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

  • Championing Akamai's Cloud Computing vision and value proposition with Customers, Partners and internal Akamai stakeholders
  • Developing a strategic sales plan that encompasses market development, partnerships, and product development
  • Leading customer engagements that differentiate Akamai's services at all levels within enterprise customers
  • Collaborating with Akamai Sales and Pre-Sales leaders to develop and execute opportunity plans for large enterprise clients
  • Developing deep understanding of the Cloud Computing, product development & go-to-market initiatives to lead in Cloud Computing

Do what you love

To be successful in this role you will:

  • Have minimum 5-8 years sales experience in Cloud Services Sales (infrastructure or Software) in the B2B Enterprise market
  • Have an understanding of existing and developing cloud technologies
  • Have the ability to collaborate with Partners and Customers to create sales opportunities
  • Be able to execute a sales methodology that challenges conventional thinking and creates a differentiated sales experience
  • Have Bachelor's Degree or its equivalent
  • Demonstrate high ethics, integrity, and personal willpower

About us

At Akamai, we make life better for billions of people, trillions of times a day.
Whether you're streaming live events, scrolling social media, watching your favorite series, or managing your savings, we're the engine behind the scenes. We provide the world's most distributed platform from Cloud to Edge to help the giants of the digital world work faster and stay more secure, making the internet a better experience for everyone.

Our focus is simple:
Cloud and Edge: Running apps closer to users for instant performance.
Security: Neutralizing threats before they ever reach your data.
Content Delivery: Scaling the world's biggest moments without a glitch.
AI: Enabling our customers to build, secure, and scale AI apps on the world's most distributed cloud platform.

At Akamai, we don't just support the internet; we power and protect it, because behind every great digital experience is a massive hidden challenge. And we're the ones who solve it. When millions of people hit play or pay, Akamai ensures it just works.

Benefits at Akamai: We support your health, well-being, finances, and life beyond work. See our benefits.

FlexBase adapts to your job's needs

Akamai's FlexBase program is yet another way we show our commitment to providing employees with an exceptional workplace experience. It's not about telling employees where to work; it's about supporting employees to do their best work.

We trust our incredible employees to work in ways that suit them best: at home, in an office, or a combination of both.

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