Technical Program Manager II
Would the chance to lead major Akamai Infrastructure programs and solutions excite you?
Would you like the opportunity to work in a high-impact role responsible for building customer loyalty?
Join our Cloud Technology Program Management team
Our Technical Program Managers lead programs and initiatives across the Cloud division from concept to market. We align product, engineering, and business teams to exceed the expectations of our customers.
Partner with the best
Technical Program Managers play a vital role in Akamai's success, leading projects and creating processes to enhance performance. This position focuses on supporting Infrastructure, Engineering, and Operations programs, delivering tailored data center projects for customers.
As a Technical Program Manager II, you will be responsible for:
- Leading cross-functional teams : Engineering, Product Management, Network Operations and support the product roadmap
- Analyzing risks and developing contingency plans early, with real focus to keep program timelines
- Identifying and communicating backlog of work with key stakeholders, guiding them in priorities based on business needs
- Communicating program status and expectation changes to senior leaders with appropriate frequency, using standardized methods
- Maintaining and iterating on a roadmap of committed work through the current calendar
Do what you love
To be successful in this role you will:
- Have a High School / Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or its equivalent
- Have 5 years of experience working with Network Infrastructure and Cloud Technologies / data center or connectivity deployment projects
- Have an experience working with JIRA and Confluence
- Have an experience in identifying and managing project dependencies while maintaining accurate project plans with real-time milestones
- Be able to analyze workload and communicate technical issues to senior stakeholders of varying technical ability
- Have good interpersonal, organizational, and communication skills needed to work across global constituencies.
About us
At Akamai, we make life better for billions of people, trillions of times a day.
Whether you're streaming live events, scrolling social media, watching your favorite series, or managing your savings, we're the engine behind the scenes. We provide the world's most distributed platform from Cloud to Edge to help the giants of the digital world work faster and stay more secure, making the internet a better experience for everyone.
Our focus is simple:
Cloud and Edge: Running apps closer to users for instant performance.
Security: Neutralizing threats before they ever reach your data.
Content Delivery: Scaling the world's biggest moments without a glitch.
AI: Enabling our customers to build, secure, and scale AI apps on the world's most distributed cloud platform.
At Akamai, we don't just support the internet; we power and protect it, because behind every great digital experience is a massive hidden challenge. And we're the ones who solve it. When millions of people hit play or pay, Akamai ensures it just works.
Benefits at Akamai: We support your health, well-being, finances, and life beyond work. See our benefits.
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