Do you relish the prospect of leading strategic cross-organization, transformational programs?

Do you thrive on managing complexity and uncertainty?

Join our Cloud Technology Group Business Program Management team!

Our Senior Technical Program Managers lead strategic programs and initiatives across the division. We align product, engineering, and cross-functional teams to exceed the expectations of our customers. We are relied on by leaders across the organization to execute on critical programs with high-business impact.

Partner with the best

Program Managers are key contributors to Akamai's success. Responsible for leading projects, developing processes that enable to measure and improve performance resulting in customer satisfaction.

As a Senior Technical Program Manager, you will be responsible for:

• Planning and organizing programs at the organization level, across multiple groups as well as defining technical programs, identifying success criteria and compliance metrics
• Creating requirements clarity, building relationships with partner teams, embracing agility, with the goal to drive business objectives
• Identifying, assessing, mitigating risks arising from variety of situations including those that arise from dependencies between groups
• Demonstrating skills in communicating program and project statuses to all levels of the organization, from technical teams to executive stakeholders
• Partnering closely and collaborating with various stakeholders and teams across Akamai to deploy roadmap solutions
• Defining and evangelizing custom processes and lifecycle management
• Creating well-crafted messages to build consensus and/or enhance collaboration both inside and outside of the division
• Working with tooling teams to implement new or updated tools in support of team or business processes

Do what you love

To be successful in this role you will:

• Have 8 years of relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree in program/project management or its equivalent
• Be comfortable navigating ambiguity, handling risks, and shifting gears as needed
• Be able to inspire people at all levels of the organization without formal authority
• Have experience in Identifying and managing project dependencies while maintaining accurate project plans with real-time milestone
• Have experience with JIRA, Confluence, waterfall, agile methodologies, practices and PMP
• Have experience with business process, operations, and metric definition best practices

Build your career at Akamai

Our ability to shape digital life today relies on developing exceptional people like you. The kind that can turn impossible into possible. We’re doing everything we can to make Akamai a great place to work. A place where you can learn, grow and have a meaningful impact.

With our company moving so fast, it’s important that you’re able to build new skills, explore new roles, and try out different opportunities. There are so many different ways to build your career at Akamai, and we want to support you as much as possible. We have all kinds of development opportunities available, from programs such as GROW and Mentoring, to internal events like the APEX Expo and tools such as Linkedin Learning, all to help you expand your knowledge and experience here.

Learn more

Not sure if this job is the right match for you or want to learn more about the job before you apply? Schedule a 15-minute exploratory call with the Recruiter and they would be happy to share more details.

Compensation

Akamai is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The base salary for this position ranges from $108,900 - $226,100/year; a candidate’s salary is determined by various factors including, but not limited to, relevant work experience, skills, certifications and location. The compensation package may also include incentive compensation opportunities in the form of annual bonus or incentives, equity awards and an Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP). Akamai provides industry-leading benefits including healthcare, 401K savings plan, company holidays, vacation (in the form of PTO), sick time, family friendly benefits including parental leave and an employee assistance program including a focus on mental and financial wellness; Eligibility requirements apply.