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Senior Enterprise Account Executive – MENA
Help shape the future of Fastly in the Middle East and North Africa region
Fastly has redefined the modern CDN and rapidly evolved into a leader in security and edge computing. Now, we’re building out our MENA presence and looking for a driven, collaborative, and strategic Enterprise Account Executive to lead the way.
As one of our early sales hires in the region, you’ll play a foundational role in customer acquisition and growth, with a focus on Gulf countries. You’ll report directly to the AVP Sales and work alongside a talented team of engineers, marketers, and customer champions to land and expand key enterprise relationships.
What You'll Do:
- Develop, own, and execute a go-to-market plan that drives consistent pipeline and revenue growth
- Accountable for driving pipeline, sales, revenue, and meeting or exceeding quota goals
- Take full ownership of the sales cycle from prospecting and qualification through to executive alignment, negotiation, close, and long-term relationship development
- Collaborate closely with Sales Engineers during meetings, demos, and proof of concepts
- Build trusted relationships with senior technical and business stakeholders (CTO, CISO, CIO, Heads of DevOps & Infrastructure)
- Maintain a deep understanding of Fastly’s platform and how it addresses customer pain points across edge computing, web performance, and security
- Work cross-functionally with Account Management, Channel, Product, Marketing, SDR and Client Services teams to ensure aligned execution and customer success
- Use CRM tools to enrich Fastly customer database and report on sales cycles progress; use of sales prospecting tools to drive out-bounding activities - SDFC, Clari and Looker
What We're Looking For:
- Deep relationships and field sales experience within MENA’s enterprise landscape
- Experience with security technologies, content delivery network services, web analytics, website performance, cloud storage, mobile content delivery, or managed web hosting is highly desired
- Proven success selling to senior technical stakeholders, ideally in cloud, security, or developer-oriented tech
- A proactive approach to pipeline generation. You know how to open doors and build trust quickly
- Strategic thinking combined with strong execution. You’re able to plan, prioritise, and deliver results with autonomy
- Comfortable navigating complexity and ambiguity in a high-growth, evolving environment
- Experience working with and selling through different types of partners, from system integrators to telco operators
- Excellent communication skills that are clear, confident, and consultative
- A balance of independence and collaboration
- You take initiative but value being part of a team
Work Hours: This position will require you to be available during core business hours.
Work Location(s) & Travel Requirements:
This position is a remote working position. Applications will only be considered for the Dubai area
This position will require travel as required by your role or requested by your manager.
If you think you might be a fit please apply, we would love to hear from you.
Why Fastly?
We have a huge impact. Fastly is a small company with a big reach. Not only do our customers have a tremendous user base, but we also support a growing number of open source projects and initiatives. Outside of code, employees are encouraged to share causes close to their heart with others so we can help lend a supportive hand.
We value diversity. Growing and maintaining our inclusive and diverse team matters to us. We are committed to being a company where our employees feel comfortable bringing their authentic selves to work and have the ability to be successful -- every day.
We are passionate. Fastly is chock full of passionate people and we’re not ‘one size fits all’. Fastly employs authors, pilots, skiers, parents (of humans and animals), makeup geeks, coffee connoisseurs, and more. We love employees for who they are and what they are passionate about.
We’re always looking for humble, sharp, and creative folks to join the Fastly team. If you think you might be a fit please apply! A fully completed application and resume or CV are required when applying.
All job applications must be submitted through our official careers site at www.fastly.com/about/careers. We will never request sensitive information, such as your Social Security number, bank account or credit card information during the application process. All official communication will come from an @fastly.com or @recruiting.fastly.com email address.
Fastly is committed to ensuring equal employment opportunity and to providing employees with a safe and welcoming work environment free of discrimination and harassment. Our employment decisions are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, family or parental status, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances.
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Skills Required
- Deep relationships and field sales experience within MENA's enterprise landscape
- Proven success selling to senior technical stakeholders (CTO, CISO, CIO, DevOps/Infrastructure heads)
- Experience with security technologies, CDN services, web analytics, website performance, cloud storage, mobile content delivery, or managed web hosting
- Proactive pipeline generation and prospecting skills, ability to open doors and build trust quickly
- Experience working with and selling through partners (system integrators, telco operators)
- Excellent clear, confident, and consultative communication skills
- Strategic thinking with strong execution, ability to prioritise and deliver autonomously
- Located in the Dubai area (applications will only be considered for the Dubai area)
- Use of CRM and sales prospecting tools (SFDC, Clari, Looker) for pipeline management and reporting
Fastly Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Fastly and has not been reviewed or approved by Fastly.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is described as comprehensive, including medical, dental, vision, disability, and mental‑health resources with day‑one eligibility. Feedback suggests this breadth is a consistent strength for many roles.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time off includes flexible vacation, sick leave, local holidays, and additional wellness days. Feedback suggests this structure is a notable advantage for work–life balance.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — Equity grants and an employee stock purchase plan are widely available, enhancing a sense of ownership. Role information consistently references eligibility, indicating broad accessibility.
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