Major Account Executive, Accounts; Southern California

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.

• Building and maintain high level strategic partner / reseller relationships
• Articulating Akamai's value proposition and build trust with C-Level executives and corporate decision makers
• Developing a strategic sales plan to create/manage a high-volume sales pipeline through successful execution
• Leading 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

• Have 5+ years of relevant sales 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 experience selling with Channel partners
• Show high ethics, integrity, and personal willpower

Flex Base, Akamai's Global Flexible Working Program, is based on the principles that are helping us create the best workplace in the world. Flex Base 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 talented people virtually anywhere.

• 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.

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!

Akram Technologies is an Equal Opportunity Employer that values diversity. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race/ethnicity, protected veteran status, disability, or other protected group status.

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 $157,900 - $328,100/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 Technologies is an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer that values the strength that diversity brings to the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race/ethnicity, protected veteran status, disability, or other protected group status.