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Sales Development Representative

Role overview

Summary

This role is for a Sales Development Representative at Akamai, focusing on identifying and qualifying customer opportunities. You will collaborate with the Sales and Marketing teams to enhance the sales pipeline and engage with potential clients.

Qualifications

  • 2 years of relevant experience and a desire to pursue a sales career.
  • College graduate or interested in transitioning into a sales role.
  • Preferred: Interest in gaining experience identifying business needs through information-gathering.
  • Preferred: Comfort level doing online research and leveraging various software.
  • Preferred: Desire to work in a team and grow within the organization.

Responsibilities

  • Assist SDRs in acquiring contacts for prospecting
  • Analyze and prepare organizational reports for strategic accounts
  • Develop lead qualification and prospect engagement using phone and chat systems
  • Complete enablement courses around selling Akamai products

Key facts

Hard skills

Other skills

  • Sales
  • Research
  • Communication
  • Teamwork
  • Internet Research
  • Problem Solving
  • Adaptability

About the company

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Akamai Technologies

  • Cybersecurity
  • XLarge
  • 5,001–10,000
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

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Job description

Are you interested in pursuing a sales career?

Would you like to work in a dynamic sales environment?

Join our exciting sales development team!

Our Sales Development Team partners with Sales to identify and qualify customer opportunities for the team. In addition, we work with our Marketing team to increase our pipeline and generate demand.

Partner with the best

You will assist our SDRs in acquiring contacts for prospecting, research to guide account penetration and monitor calls to engage with customers, while also training to be an expert at selling our portfolio.

As a Sales Development Representative, you will be responsible for:

  • Using new contact acquisition leveraging tools including LinkedIn Sales Navigator and ZoomInfo
  • Analyzing and preparing organizational reports for our strategic accounts to facilitate targeted Marketing and prospecting efforts
  • Developing lead qualification and prospect engagement using our phone and chat system
  • Completing enablement courses around selling Akamai products for your next step as a Sales Development Representative

Do what you love

To be successful in this role you will:

  • Have 2 years of relevant experience and a desire to pursue a sales career
  • Be a college graduate or interested in transitioning into a sales role
  • Have an interest in gaining experience identifying business needs through information-gathering to pre-qualify opportunities
  • Have a comfort level doing online research and leveraging various software
  • Have a desire working in a team and growing in the organization

Build your career at Akamai

Our ability to shape digital life today relies on developing exceptional people like you. The kind that can turn impossible into possible. We’re doing everything we can to make Akamai a great place to work. A place where you can learn, grow and have a meaningful impact.

With our company moving so fast, it’s important that you’re able to build new skills, explore new roles, and try out different opportunities. There are so many different ways to build your career at Akamai, and we want to support you as much as possible. We have all kinds of development opportunities available, from programs such as GROW and Mentoring, to internal events like the APEX Expo and tools such as Linkedin Learning, all to help you expand your knowledge and experience here.

Learn more

Not sure if this job is the right match for you or want to learn more about the job before you apply? Schedule a 15-minute exploratory call with the Recruiter and they would be happy to share more details.

Compensation

Akamai is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. For US based candidates only - The On Target Earnings (OTE, base salary + commissions) for this position ranges from $67,500 - $121,500/year; a candidate’s OTE is determined by various factors including, but not limited to, relevant work experience, skills, certifications and location. Compensation for candidates outside the US will vary. The compensation package may also include equity awards and an Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP). Akamai provides industry-leading benefits including healthcare, 401K savings plan, company holidays, vacation (in the form of PTO), sick time, family friendly benefits including parental leave and an employee assistance program including a focus on mental and financial wellness; Eligibility requirements apply.

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