Manager Sales Development

Would you like a sales management opportunity to manage a high-impact team responsible for sales growth?

Do you enjoy leading the early stages of the sales cycle?

Join our exciting sales development team

Our Sales Development Team partners with Field and Inside Sales organization to drive the early stages of the sales cycle and assist with new customer acquisition. We work closely with the industry and field marketing teams to follow-up on campaign events to increase pipeline demand for new customer revenue opportunities.

Have an impact on the future growth of our business

As a Manager Sales Development, you will use your knowledge to establish and execute strong leaderships in driving pre-sales communication plans. In this role you will have a key role in increasing the satisfaction and longevity of Akamai’s customer base.

As a Manager Sales Development, you will be responsible for:

• Collaborating closely with Akamai sales and marketing counterparts to strategize regional funnel and prospecting planning
• Ensuring key performance metric targets are met including opportunity goals and engaging with sales leaders to ensure pipeline quality
• Providing necessary training, coaching and guidance to ensure early success as well as career development within Akamai
• Have experience and enjoyment of working and collaborating cross functionally using strong presentation and consulting skills

Do what you love

To be successful in this role you will:

• Have a Bachelor’s degree and 8 years sales training and management experience
• Have expertise with Microsoft Office, Salesloft and SalesForce
• Possess strong leadership and coaching skills to ensure business opportunity metrics are successfully identified and leads are pre-qualified
• Have experience and enjoyment of working and collaborating cross functionally using strong presentation, communication, and consulting skills

We are happy to discuss flexible working options in this role, please discuss your requirements with the recruiter when you apply.

Working with us

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

Innovating on a global scale, we deliver our customers a fast, smart and secure intelligent edge platform. Working against a backdrop of digital collaboration, our highly skilled teams drive progressive solutions that have the scope to transform entertainment, business, and life in ways that we have yet to imagine.

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 challenge and inspire you! 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.