Description

Do you have a passion for using data to help make effective business decisions?

Do you enjoy collaborating with teams to solve complex challenges?

Join our growing Central Sales Operations team

Akamai is currently seeking a Business Operations Analyst Intern. The team is a cross-divisional business operations function. It operationalizes business architecture through design, definition, and governance of policies, processes, and tools. This is necessary to support our global go-to-market teams.

As a participant in our program, you will gain valuable experience and contribute through meaningful project work. You will have the opportunity to join us for training, networking events, and engagements with company leadership.

Partner with the best

You will collaborate with sales management, divisional sales operations teams. You will also collaborate with other key stakeholders to understand business needs. The role will oversee design, deployment and support of critical business processes. You will help enable the vision for Akamai's Sales technology stack.

As a Business Operations Analyst Intern, you will be responsible for:

• Collaborating with sales and channels teams to define/execute strategic projects to increase revenue, productivity, and efficiency
• Partnering with IT to drive alignment and execute initiatives.
• Supporting continuous improvement of systems process and user experience for sellers and partners
• Supporting data governance to improve data hygiene and usefulness.
• Establishing formal and informal processes for collecting feedback, requirements, and enhancement requests related to sales process/tools
• Supporting cross-functional initiatives and collaborating closely with sales, pre-sales, marketing, and finance.

Do what you love

To be successful in this role you will:

• Be pursuing a Bachelor program in Business Management or a related field
• Have understanding of sales process and sales tools
• Have analytical, interpersonal, organizational, and critical-thinking skills
• Be results-oriented with attention to detail, have ability to build credibility, trust, and rapport with stakeholders.
• Have ability to communicate information effectively to business partners and team members across the organization and GTM communities
• Have flexibility to work efficiently as part of a team to achieve group and individual goals

Work in a way that works for you

This is a flexible role and may be performed at your home and/or the local Akamai office (in the country advertised). We are happy to discuss working options in this role and encourage you to speak with your recruiter in more details when you apply.

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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

Through our intern and co-op programs we will provide you with opportunities to grow, flourish, and achieve great things. Financial benefits offered to interns and co-ops, including a 401k and health insurance, are offered through our managed service provider (MSP). Students also gain the following benefits directly from our programs:
Mentorship
Career development trainings
Visibility into senior leadership through Fireside Chats
Networking and social events with an international intern cohort
Fun perks including Akamai branded merchandise

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! By the end of your assignment, you will gain a network of encouraging colleagues ready to support you in your studies and beyond.