Senior Manager Partner Enablement

Would you like to make a difference in how Akamai enables customers and partners? Are you excited about shaping strategic partner enablement at scale? Be Part of Our Growing Global Partner Team The partner ecosystem is vital for global customer success. This position shapes strategies and models to enhance partner onboarding, certification, and productivity. Responsibilities include leading enablement programs across Security, Cloud Computing, and core platforms to simplify processes and foster collaboration. Supporting VARs, Distributors, integrators, services, and cloud-focused partners ensures streamlined experiences and strengthens partnerships worldwide. Partner with the best This role focuses on shaping and evolving Akamai's global partner enablement strategy, with an emphasis on Cloud Computing and related efforts. Collaboration across teams ensures priorities align, execution is effective, and programs scale efficiently. Key responsibilities include improving partner readiness, optimizing platform use, enhancing operations, and driving successful business outcomes. As a Senior Technical Enablement Architect, you will be: Designing role-based onboarding and certification paths tailored to partner types, functions and Cloud and Security priorities Managing key enablement platforms including PRM, Partner Portal, Demo Center, LMS, and Test Accounts Building scalable partner journeys that reduce ramp time, increase independence, and support cloud growth Collaborating with marketing, sales, product, services, and technical teams to align priorities and delivery Measuring enablement effectiveness and using insights to improve partner adoption, readiness, and business outcomes Championing a partner-first mindset across all enablement touch points, platforms, and programs Do what you love To be successful in this role you will: Have 7+ years in partner enablement, channel programs, or technical marketing and a high school diploma or equivalent. Understand partner business models such as VARs, Distributors, SIs, Services Partners, Cloud Compute partners, Security partners, and MSSPs Demonstrate practical expertise with PRM, LMS, Partner Portal, demo, or credentialing and skill validation platforms Demonstrate business expertise, strategic insight, and effective decision-making in dynamic, collaborative environments. Leverage data effectively to inform enablement decisions and demonstrate measurable business outcomes. Communicate effectively across global teams, building influence, alignment, and operational focus About us At Akamai, we make life better for billions of people, trillions of times a day. Whether you're streaming live events, scrolling social media, watching your favorite series, or managing your savings, we're the engine behind the scenes. We provide the world's most distributed platform from Cloud to Edge to help the giants of the digital world work faster and stay more secure, making the internet a better experience for everyone. Our focus is simple: Cloud and Edge: Running apps closer to users for instant performance. Security: Neutralizing threats before they ever reach your data. Content Delivery: Scaling the world's biggest moments without a glitch. AI: Enabling our customers to build, secure, and scale AI apps on the world's most distributed cloud platform. At Akamai, we don't just support the internet; we power and protect it, because behind every great digital experience is a massive hidden challenge. And we're the ones who solve it. When millions of people hit play or pay, Akamai ensures it just works. Benefits at Akamai: We support your health, well-being, finances, and life beyond work. See our benefits. FlexBase adapts to your job's needs Akamai's FlexBase program is yet another way we show our commitment to providing employees with an exceptional workplace experience. It's not about telling employees where to work; it's about supporting employees to do their best work. We trust our incredible employees to work in ways that suit them best: at home, in an office, or a combination of both. Connect with us on social and see what life at Akamai is like!