Akamai Technologies

Senior Partner Solutions Engineer

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About the role

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 Pre-sales team. You will work with Channel Managers, Partner Account Executives, services & support teams in EMEA. Together, we will ensure that partners are well enabled to sell, implement, support, and maintain Akamai solutions. PSEs tailor & execute Akamai's Partner training strategy for both partner & Akamai's growth.
The Role
Design and implement innovative technical solutions, ensuring seamless integration, optimal performance, and alignment with organizational goals and client requirements.
As a Partner Solutions Engineer, you will be responsible for:

Developing trusted relationships with partners' Sales, Presales, and Technical leaders

Supporting partners with technical sales activities such as value confirmation education and delivery

Coordinating efforts for enabling partners on relevant products

Customizing resources such as sales plays, competitive intelligence and use cases to drive partner sourced opportunities

Representing partner needs to product teams while collaborating with internal groups like marketing, services, and support to ensure partner success.

Partnering with field sales teams to drive business through the channel

Do what you love
To be successful in this role you will:

Have experience in a customer or partner-facing environment such as technical pre-sales, account/project management or consulting

Have experience working in cybersecurity, cloud, enterprise, or networking technology

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

Demonstrate excellent communication in both Swedish and English as well as relationship building skills

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. 
Learn what makes Akamai a great place to work
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We power and protect life online, by solving the toughest challenges, together.
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
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 learn and make a real impact in a global technology company? Come join us and learn with a team of people who will energize and inspire you!
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Role
Technology & IT API integration Project Management Remote Collaboration Sales remote

Likely questions

  1. Tell us about work you have done that is close to the Senior Partner Solutions Engineer role.
  2. How would you approach your first 30 days at Akamai Technologies?
  3. Which of API integration, Project Management and Remote Collaboration have you used recently, and what did it help you achieve?
  4. Describe a time you solved a problem without waiting to be told exactly what to do.
  5. How do you stay organised and communicate clearly when working remotely?

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  • A recent example that proves your experience with API integration, Project Management and Remote Collaboration.
  • One short story with a problem, your action, and the result.
  • Two examples that show the strengths listed on your CV.
  • A clear reason why this role and company interest you.
  • Your availability, preferred work style, and salary expectations.

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  • What would success look like in the first 90 days?
  • What are the main problems this hire should help solve?
  • How does the team give feedback and measure good work?
  • What does a normal working week look like for this role?
Practice line

I am interested in the Senior Partner Solutions Engineer role because I can bring practical experience in API integration, Project Management and Remote Collaboration, learn the team quickly, and contribute to the outcomes Akamai Technologies needs from this hire.

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