Major Account Executive (new Accounts) - Remote - Remote Eligible

Join Our Sales Team

Would you like the opportunity to work in a dynamic sales role? Do you love selling innovative solutions to prospects? Join our growing Sales team. Our team works with world leading companies in every major industry to make the internet fast and secure. As a partner to the Global 500, we collaborate with customers and prospects to align Akamai solutions to business needs. We build relationships and insights to maximize product value through the full scope of our global platform. Provide innovative solutions to our precious customers. You will be selling our product range to new enterprise customers in the Benelux. You will be responsible for the full cycle of sales activities from lead generation to deal closure. You will lead new account acquisitions, and will work with stakeholders across our business.

Responsibilities

As a Major Account Executive, you will be responsible for:

• Meeting new customer bookings quota within the set of assigned prospects to meet and exceed forecasts
• Maintaining sales pipeline, accurate monthly and quarterly forecast to increase visibility of prospects
• Fostering long-term, trusted relationships by understanding customer needs and being an advocate for Akamai
• Working with integrated cross-functional teams to ensure customer's requirements are successfully delivered
• Having an ability to build executive level relationships with high-level customers CXO

Requirements

To be successful in this role you will:

• Have experience in hunting for new business within an assigned set of prospects, high-touch sales cycles and cross selling products
• Demonstrate experience of account management with short term and long term planning
• Demonstrate a good understanding of technology and the Internet, including cloud security and networking a strategic landscape
• Be able to work in a collaborative, results oriented environment
• Be a self-starter, excited about working in an entrepreneurial, fast paced environment
• Have an ability to build executive level relationships with high-level customers CXO
• Have good written and verbal communication skills in Dutch and English
• Show an understanding of our customers businesses, pain points and how we can propose solutions

Flexible Working Options

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.

Our Benefits

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.

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 energize 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.