Manager of Executive and Employee Advocacy and Campaign Management

About the role

Join Akamai's Global Social Media Team at an exciting time as we evolve how our brand scales across social platforms, employee & executive advocacy, cross-functional enablement, and integrated campaign operations. Our team plays a critical role in connecting creative storytelling and community insights into unified global campaigns that build trust, empower internal voices, and drive real business pipeline.

Reporting to the Global Head of Social Media, Community, and Advocacy, you will serve as the operational engine of our global social organization. In this role, you will orchestrate integrated marketing campaigns across the social ecosystem, lead our global executive and employee advocacy programs, and scale platform usage across cross-functional teams. You will lead campaign alignment between creative, community, and go-to-market teams while leveraging automated workflows and smart operations to maximize campaign reach and protect team velocity.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary campaign project manager across global social initiatives, orchestrating rollouts that pull in video/storytelling assets from our Social Storytelling Lead, SME insights from our Community Lead, and distribution across advocacy networks.
• Own and scale the enterprise Employee Advocacy program; lead strategy and execution for Employee and Executive Advocacy to drive internal adoption, content curation, executive positioning, and program measurement.
• Partner with teams across the business (sales, content, product marketing, customer advocacy, channel marketing, etc.) to identify and optimize content that empowers customer-facing teams with compliant, high-impact social content to drive pipeline.
• Manage policy guardrails, intake hygiene, brand page governance, and channel security in partnership with Legal, InfoSec, and Marketing Operations.
• Serve as direct manager for a Social Media Coordinator, overseeing submission intake queues, asset organization, publishing distribution pipelines, and integrating automated workflows to protect team velocity.

Requirements

• 8 years of experience in social media strategy, enterprise campaign management, or leading global employee advocacy and enablement programs.
• Bachelor's degree or its equivalent.
• Proven track record of managing enterprise advocacy platforms and building Executive Advocacy and/or Social Selling programs.
• Strong project management background with the ability to orchestrate complex, multi-stakeholder campaigns across creative, PR, brand, community, and regional GTM teams.
• Tech- and efficiency-minded approach, with hands-on experience with modern project management systems (e.g., JIRA, Trello) and an understanding of how automated workflows streamline publishing pipelines.
• Outstanding cross-functional collaboration and leadership skills, with experience managing direct reports and driving change management across complex global matrixed organizations.

Benefits

• Industry-leading healthcare benefits.
• 401K savings plan.
• Company holidays, vacation (in the form of PTO), and sick time.
• Family-friendly benefits including parental leave.
• Employee assistance program with a focus on mental and financial wellness.
• Incentive compensation opportunities in the form of annual bonus or incentives and equity awards.
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP).
• Development opportunities including GROW and Mentoring programs, internal events like the APEX Expo, and tools such as LinkedIn Learning.

Pay

For US-based candidates, the base salary for this position ranges from $99,000 - $178,200/year. A candidate’s salary is determined by various factors including, but not limited to, relevant work experience, skills, certifications, and location. Compensation for candidates outside the US will vary.