Would you like the opportunity to work in a dynamic sales role?
Do you love selling innovative solutions to prospects?
Join our Sales team
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.
Learn to be a trusted advisor to customers
As an Account Executive, you will be a regional expert in account management sales. You will predominantly be managing existing accounts. Success will be clearly defined and there will be room for creativity to achieve your targets.
As an Account Executive I - Account Management, you will be responsible for:
- Utilizing marketing resources to create/manage a high volume sales pipeline
- Working in integrated partnerships with sales engineers, internal support resources and channel partners to ensure consultative engagement
- Have some experience selling software or cloud computing solutions & familiar with FSI, Hi-Tech & E-Commerce industries
- Recording customer development activities within a CRM to ensure operational excellence
- Acting as the primary point of contact to key customer stakeholders to build relationships and customer success
Do what you love
To be successful in this role you will:
- Have 2-3 years of relevant experience and a Bachelors Degree or its equivalent
- Demonstrate successful sales experience in new business acquisition
- Have some experience selling security, software or cloud computing solutions
- Have a proven track record in over-achieving quarterly/annual quotas with enterprise level targets
- Have high ethics, integrity, and be very self-motivated
- Demonstrate excellent communication and presentation skills and an ability to build trusting relationships with customers
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
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.
Join us
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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What We Do
At Akamai, we make life better for billions of people, billions of times a day. Every moment, billions of people, all over the world, are using the internet to shop, play games, look after finances, learn remotely, share videos, connect across the world, and so much more. These life-shaping digital experiences wouldn’t be possible without Akamai. We power and protect life online. It’s an extraordinary mission, and our global teams achieve it by solving the toughest challenges, and turning the impossible into the possible. 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. Thanks to our world’s most distributed platform for cloud computing, security, and content delivery. Akamai keeps applications and experiences closer and threats farther away. Devoted, determined problem-solvers who share a passion for technology, we’re always pushing ground-breaking ideas and driving innovation. Do you want to power and protect life online, by solving the toughest challenges with us? Be part of an amazing team!
Why Work With Us
Our people are devoted, determined problem-solvers who share a passion for technology. We find solutions through persistence, and push ground-breaking ideas forward with urgency and courage. This creates an environment where we harness creative energy and drive innovation. We are inclusive and diverse, and we love to collaborate across the world.
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