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Senior Manager Solutions Engineering

Role overview

Summary

This role is for leading the Global Technical Solutions Architect team at Akamai, focusing on cloud computing solutions. You will drive cloud revenue growth by partnering with sales teams and guiding customers through their cloud transformation journeys.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's in Computer Science, Engineering, Management Information Systems, or a related field.
  • Experience in a customer-facing technical role with a public cloud/cloud software company.
  • Experience managing a team, including performance management and mentoring.
  • In-depth hands-on skills in Cloud computing.
  • Preferred: Hands-on skills in common open source software.

Responsibilities

  • Lead a team of Pre-Sales in defining Micro-segmentation/Zero Trust solutions.
  • Guide customers through the strategic and technical aspects of their Cloud transformation journey.
  • Communicate the team's direction, goals and progress to sales and pre-sales leadership.
  • Develop a diverse suite of reports and analytics to support data-driven strategies.

Key facts

Hard skills

Other skills

  • Team Management
  • Problem Solving
  • Communication
  • Leadership
  • Strategic Planning

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

Do you enjoy working with a diverse multinational team of engineering talents?

Do you love leading and motivating others to shape new product lines?

Join & lead our Global Technical Solutions Architect team

Akamai is working to simplify the way people work in the cloud. The team's mission is to accelerate innovation by making computing simple, scalable, accessible, and affordable for all. We provide the infrastructure and services that enable developers to build next-generation

Impact the future growth of our business

You will lead a team of Pre-Sales in defining Micro-segmentation/Zero Trust solutions. You will guide customers through the strategic and technical aspects of their Cloud transformation journey. You'll be a thought-leader for cloud computing to drive the consumption of our products to enterprise customers.

As a Solutions Engineering Manager, you will be responsible for:

  • Partnering with your sales and regional leadership teams to help hit and over achieve cloud revenue growth targets.
  • Providing direction and guidance to your pre-sales architects and working with them in strategic planning.
  • Communicating the team's direction, goals and progress to sales and pre-sales leadership.
  • Leading initiatives that help build the capabilities of the team to introduce new products to our customers.
  • Owning and developing a diverse suite of reports and analytics to propel holistic and data-driven strategies.
  • Partnering with internal cross-functional teams to ensure customer satisfaction and meet business objectives.

Do what you love

To be successful in this role you will:

  • Have relevant experience and a Bachelor's in Computer Science, Engineering, Management Information Systems, another related field or its equivalent.
  • Have relevant experience working in a customer-facing technical role with a public cloud/cloud software company.
  • Demonstrate experience in managing a team, including performance management, career coaching, and mentoring.
  • Demonstrate in-depth hands-on skills in the domains of Cloud computing.
  • Demonstrate hands-on skills in common open source softwares.
  • Have experience solving new and untackled technical and business problems.

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.

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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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