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You will join a Team that leads complex technical programs for global hardware stability, that advance Akamai's Cloud Computing Technology. This is a highly innovative group at the forefront of the server industry, taking immediate action to evaluate and integrate cutting-edge hardware innovations into our edge footprint.\nShape the success of projects\nIn this role, you will lead the cross-functional alignment of the entire program lifecycle, guiding multidisciplinary teams to successful delivery aligned with key business goals. Operating within a dynamic matrix environment, you will bridge engineering and operations teams to ensure complex server hardware initiatives are executed with high reliability and performance to directly drive the success of Akamai's business.\nAs a Technical Program Manager II, you will be responsible for:\nSupporting cross-functional teams and providing subject matter expertise in planning and execution of multiple projects and programs\nFostering effective communication and maintaining meticulous documentation\nReporting on program status, areas of risk/opportunity, process dependencies and success metrics to senior internal stakeholders\nEngaging regularly with key collaborators, effectively communicating progress, to evaluate and identify business risks, understand priorities and propose solutions\nAdopting best-practice guidelines to influence and implement continuous improvements to the processes\nMaintaining and nurturing relationships with internal engineering teams, focusing on server hardware components\nDo what you love\nTo be successful in this role you will:\nHave relevant experience or a Bachelor's diploma or its equivalent\nHave desire to learn technical skills within server hardware scope\nDemonstrate experience in program or project management in a cross-functional and technical team\nDemonstrate experience in managing agile work processes and experience with Jira and Confluence\nDemonstrate autonomy with a solid continuous improvement mindset - proactively identifying solutions to complex challenges\nHave good interpersonal and organizational skills with an ability to communicate effectively with all stakeholders\nBe able to adapt quickly and respond to changing priorities in a dynamic environment and have solid analytical skills, capable of problem-solving and decision-making\nDemonstrate excellent teamwork and be eager to engage in diverse, creative, and innovative projects\nBe experience with external vendor interactions and understanding server hardware specifications\nAbout us\nAt Akamai, we make life better for billions of people, trillions of times a day.\nWhether you're streaming live events, scrolling social media, watching your favorite series, or managing your savings, we're the engine behind the scenes. 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It's not about telling employees where to work; it's about supporting employees to do their best work.\nWe trust our incredible employees to work in ways that suit them best: at home, in an office, or a combination of both.\nConnect with us on social and see what life at Akamai is like!","description_format":"text","description_chars":4480,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":null,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Cloud Platforms (IaaS & PaaS)","CDN & Edge Delivery","Information Security","Web Security & DDoS Protection"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-11-06T17:59:34Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":36,"band":"fade","label":"Fading","p_open":1,"p_active":0.799,"p_room":0.45,"age_days":8,"expected_fill_days":5,"reasons":["conf:7","velocity","win:tail","comp:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-11-15T07:52:55Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/akamai-program-manager-ii-technical-hardware","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/akamai-program-manager-ii-technical-hardware.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-11-15T15:27:23Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":7171,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-11-16T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.1,"usd":0.01,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":15228},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=15228"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fakamai-program-manager-ii-technical-hardware"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"free","price":{"credits":0,"usd":0},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fakamai-program-manager-ii-technical-hardware"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.1,"usd":0.01},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fakamai-program-manager-ii-technical-hardware"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/akamai-program-manager-ii-technical-hardware\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fakamai-program-manager-ii-technical-hardware"}],"agent":{"mcp":"https://alion.io/mcp/jobs","mcp_open":"https://alion.io/mcp/open","next":[{"tool":"get_job","arguments":{"id":3880707}},{"tool":"search_jobs","arguments":{"company":"akamai.com","detail":"compact"}},{"tool":"match_people","arguments":{"job_id":3880707},"note":"people open to offers who fit this vacancy"}],"note":"The same data through MCP tools: https://alion.io/mcp/open needs no sign-in (compact searches, postings, people); https://alion.io/mcp with an Alion account has everything. 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