Akamai Technologies

Major Account Executive, New Accounts- Portland, OR or Seattle, WA

Akamai Technologies$173K — $312K *
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of relevant sales experience
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent
  • Understanding of Internet performance and security
  • Knowledge of Cloud Service Providers (AWS, GCP, Azure)
  • Successful sales experience in SaaS and IaaS
  • Proven ability to build strategic partner relationships
  • Experience selling with channel partners

Responsibilities

  • Maximize revenue by selling to new customers
  • Build and maintain strategic partner and reseller relationships
  • Develop a strategic sales plan to manage a high-volume pipeline
  • Lead partnerships across marketing and sales to engage customers consultatively
  • Ensure successful execution of the sales strategy

Benefits

  • Industry-leading healthcare
  • 401K savings plan
  • Generous vacation policy including PTO
  • Sick time and family-friendly benefits
  • Parental leave
  • Employee assistance program focusing on mental and financial wellness
Full Job Description
Job Description

You will be maximizing revenue within your territory through selling to New Customers with the Akamai Portfolio. This will include focused selling efforts within our channel and reseller network.

As a Major Account Executive New Accounts, you will be responsible for:
  • Building and maintain high level strategic partner / reseller relationships
  • 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

To be successful in this role you will:
  • 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

Compensation

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 $173,600 - $312,400/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 provides industry-leading benefits including healthcare, 401K savings plan, company holidays, vacation (in the form of PTO), sick time, family friendly benefits including parental leave and an employee assistance program including a focus on mental and financial wellness; Eligibility requirements apply.

About Akamai Technologies

Akamai Technologies, Inc. is a global content delivery network (CDN), cybersecurity, and cloud service company. The company provides web and mobile performance solutions, cloud security solutions, enterprise access solutions, and video delivery solutions. Akamai was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The company serves a wide range of industries, including media and entertainment, gaming, software, financial services, healthcare, and others. Akamai is publicly traded on the NASDAQ stock exchange under the ticker symbol AKAM.
Learn more about Akamai Technologies
Size
8,700 employees
Market Cap
$13 billion
Industry
Net Income
$557 million
Founded
1998
5 Year Trend
+8.1%
Revenue
$3.1 billion
NASDAQ

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