Partner Solutions Engineer (pre - sales) - Remote - Remote Eligible

Join Our Partner Enablement Team

Do you relish the opportunity to work with global brands? How would you evangelize our cutting edge products to partners? Join our Partner Enablement Team! Partner Solutions Engineers (PSE) are part of Akamai's APAC and Japan Pre-sales team. You will work with Channel Managers, Partner Account Executives, services & support teams. Together, you will ensure that partners are well enabled to identify, position, scope & sell Akamai solutions. PSEs tailor & execute Akamai's Partner training strategy for both partner & Akamai's growth. Shape the future of the Internet As a Partner Solutions Engineer, you will mentor the partners of the whole sales process. You will be the technical evangelist supporting partners with the adoption of our products and services. You'll play a pivotal role in demonstrating the value of our solutions, helping to close the sale. As a Partner Solutions Engineer, you will be responsible for:

+ Working with partners to accelerate new customer acquisition

+ Enabling partners to market, sell, implement and support Akamai solutions to customers in a self-sustaining manner

+ Conducting training and enablement workshops for a partner's sales, pre-sales and architect teams

+ Defining a partner-specific enablement plan based on the combined Akamai and partner's sales strategy

+ Collaborating with the Channel Sales team to manage partner progress and success against the enablement plan

+ Conducting feedback sessions with local presales to understand the challenges partner personnel face with current opportunities

+ Participating in the partner quarterly business reviews to obtain visibility and feedback from the partner

+ Representing needs of partners with product, marketing & services teams to drive partners' success

To be successful in this role you will:

+ Experience in a customer/partner facing role such as, technical pre-sales, account/project management, or consulting

+ Experience in Internet Technologies such as HTTP, DNS, and SSL is required

+ Knowledge of security, such as WAAP(WAF), DDoS, Firewall, and VPN, etc is required

+ Have good understanding of and experience working within a channel go-to-market strategy

+ Have good understanding of Cloud Security, CDN architecture, solutions, and products

+ Have project management experience

+ Be able to effectively present complex and technical material to varying audiences virtually and in-person

+ Fluent in Japanese with Business English

Build your career at Akamai Our ability to shape digital life today relies on developing exceptional people like you. The kind that can turn impossible into possible. We're doing everything we can to make Akamai a great place to work. A place where you can learn, grow and have a meaningful impact. With our company moving so fast, it's important that you're able to build new skills, explore new roles, and try out different opportunities. There are so many different ways to build your career at Akamai, and we want to support you as much as possible. We have all kinds of development opportunities available, from programs such as GROW and Mentoring, to internal events like the APEX Expo and tools such as Linkedin Learning, all to help you expand your knowledge and experience here.

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