Akamai Technologies

Strategic Sales Director – Cloud

Akamai Technologies

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: MassachusettsUnited States

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Salary

💰 $263,800 - $547,800 per year

Job Level

Tech Stack

About the role

  • Own the pursuit and closure of large, complex strategic deals
  • Apply knowledge of the GPU and inference cloud ecosystem to position and sell advanced compute solutions
  • Lead complex, cross-functional deal teams by orchestrating stakeholders across sales, product, engineering, legal, finance, and partner organizations
  • Influence and partner in a matrixed sales organization, supporting multi-region deal activity

Requirements

  • 10 years of relevant experience in sales
  • Bachelor's degree or its equivalent
  • Successful track record closing large, complex enterprise or cloud deals
  • Experience in cloud infrastructure, platforms, or advanced technology solutions
  • Experience selling into enterprise environments
  • Success as a senior individual contributor on high-impact strategic opportunities
  • Enjoy partnering cross functionally globally with sales, product, engineering, legal, and partner teams.
Benefits
  • Healthcare
  • 401K savings plan
  • Company holidays
  • Vacation (in the form of PTO)
  • Sick time
  • Family friendly benefits including parental leave
  • Employee assistance program with a focus on mental and financial wellness
  • Flexible working options

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard skills
cloud infrastructureadvanced technology solutionsenterprise salesstrategic deal closurecomplex deal management
Soft skills
cross-functional collaborationinfluencepartneringstakeholder management
Certifications
Bachelor's degree