Senior Channel Enablement Programs & Operations Manager Cloud Computing

Do you thrive on driving partner programs, enablement, and operational excellence?

Do you like collaborating across teams to deliver success for partners and customers?

Be Part of Our Growing Global Partner Team

The Akamai Partner Program Team supports global partners, fostering growth and advancing Akamai's market objectives. This role involves scaling, operating, and enhancing distributor and reseller partner programs as a Senior Channel Programs & Operations Manager.

Help us achieve our goals

Cloud Computing is a key growth focus within our partner ecosystem. This position ensures governance, structure, and execution excellence for cloud partner enablement. Responsibilities include designing and implementing a comprehensive cloud partner journey from inception. This role requires hyperscaler expertise and exceptional cross-functional coordination abilities. You will define processes for onboarding, certifying, and scaling cloud partners on a global scale.

As a Senior Channel Programs & Ops Manager, you will be responsible for:

• Designing the governance model for cloud partner enablement programs globally.
• Building end-to-end cloud certification and onboarding journeys tailored to partner needs.
• Orchestrating cross-functional teams across Product, Sales, Services, and Marketing..
• Establishing scalable processes supporting cloud GTM motions and partner growth
• Defining operational frameworks ensuring clarity, accountability, and execution discipline.
• Measuring program performance and driving continuous improvement through data insights.

Do what you love

To be successful in this role you will:

• Have a Bachelor's Degree or High School Diploma or equivalent professional background.
• Have 8+ years of experience in channel programs, cloud enablement, or partner operations
• Have experience with hyperscaler ecosystems and cloud marketplace dynamics comprehensively.
• Have experience designing partner journeys in complex cloud environments.
• Work independently while influencing senior stakeholders across functions.
• Leverage data and metrics to ensure accountability while delivering measurable impact on business outcomes.

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.

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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 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.