Senior Manager, Solutions Engineering
Location
Massachusetts
Posted
2 days ago
Salary
$146.3K - $263.3K / year
Seniority
Senior
Job Description
Senior Manager, Solutions Engineering
Akamai Technologies
• Providing direction to your pre-sales Lead and individual contributors and working with them in strategic planning to drive business. • Communicating the team's direction, goals and progress to sales and pre-sales leadership. • Leading initiatives that help build the capabilities of the team to introduce new products to our customers. • Owning and developing a diverse suite of reports and analytics to build holistic and data-driven strategies. • Partnering with internal cross-functional teams to meet business objectives and ensure customer satisfaction.
Job Requirements
- Have 10 years of relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Solutions Engineering, MIS or its equivalent.
- Demonstrate experience managing one or more regional teams, including performance management, career coaching and mentoring.
- Have experience managing the technical opportunity sales cycle.
- Be experienced in leading and developing individual contributors.
- Have expertise in API architectures (REST, GraphQL), API gateways, and frameworks (OAuth, JWT), and cloud-native ecosystems (Kubernetes, Docker) and AI Security.
- Know protocols (TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP) and cybersecurity (SIEM/SOAR, CI/CD), automated API discovery and testing against the OWASP API Top 10.
- Have excellent interpersonal and communication skills with ability to interact effectively with all levels throughout the organization.
- Demonstrate ability to build alignment, trust, and productive relationships with cross-functional stakeholders.
Benefits
- We support your health, well-being, finances, and life beyond work.
- Healthcare
- 401K savings plan
- Company holidays
- Vacation (in the form of PTO)
- Sick time
- Family friendly benefits including parental leave
- Employee assistance program including a focus on mental and financial wellness
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