Would you like to work in a dynamic sales-growth role?
Do you enjoy facilitating the early stages of sales cycles?
Join our exciting sales development team
Our Sales Development Team partners with the Field Marketing organization to guide the early stages of the sales cycle and assist with new customer acquisition. We work closely with other teams to follow-up on campaigns and events to increase pipeline and generate demand for new customer revenue opportunities.
Become a trusted advisor to customers
As a Sales Development Representative, you will identify and qualify enterprise account leads and opportunities. You will focus on analyzing business needs by conducting information-gathering and pre-qualify opportunities through phone, social and email engagement. You will be generating qualified opportunities for regional sales teams.
As a Senior Sales Development Representative, you will be responsible for:
- Identifying, prospecting and penetrating target accounts to achieve pipeline and booking sourced goals
- Updating lead and prospect activity in SalesLoft to optimize sales and marketing processes
- Collaborating in a business-to-business sales environment to position our technology solutions to a varied audience
- Setting qualified introductory meetings for sales representatives and nurturing top-of-funnel pipeline
Do what you love
To be successful in this role you will:
- Have 5 years of related industry work experience and a bachelor's degree or demonstrate relevant, equivalent experience
- Have experience identifying business needs through information-gathering and pre-qualifying opportunities
- Have experience engaging with customers and prospects via phone, email and social strategies
- Be comfortable speaking with IT decision makers via various mediums
- Have experience with Microsoft Office, Salesforce, or similar CRM solutions
- Demonstrate a strong interest in the security and cloud industry, and be naturally curious about industry trends
- Be a self-starter with a proactive mindset, eager to take initiative and learn independently
- Show adaptability and a continuous learning attitude to thrive in a fast-paced environment
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.
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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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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
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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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