Job Description
Would you enjoy providing support across multiple programs?
Do you thrive on managing complexity and uncertainty?
Join our Program Management team in the Cloud Technology Group!
Our Senior Technical Program Managers leads 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 Technical Program Manager Senior, you will be responsible for-
- Defining technical programs, identifying success criteria and compliance metrics
- Creating clarity in requirements, build relationships with partner teams, embrace agility, design features to drive business objectives
- Identifying, assessing, mitigating risks arising from variety of situations including those that arise from dependencies between groups
- Managing teams and partner closely with Engineering, Product Management and Network Operations to deploy roadmap solutions
- Developing successful partnerships with program stakeholders across the organization
Do What You Love
To be successful in this role you will-
- Have 12 years experience of relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree in program/project management or its equivalent
- Have organizational skills and work effectively across a wide range of constituencies in a diverse client environment
- Have experience with business process, operations, and metric definition best practices
- Have experience in Identifying and managing project dependencies while maintaining accurate project plans with real-time milestone
- Have experience with Waterfall, Agile methodologies, practices and PMP
- Have experience working with JIRA and Confluence
- Be able to effectively communicate in business English both written and verbal
Work in a way that works for you
FlexBase, Akamai's Global Flexible Working Program, is based on the principles that are helping us create the best workplace in the world. When our colleagues said that flexible working was important to them, we listened. We also know flexible working is important to many of the incredible people considering joining Akamai. FlexBase, gives 95% of employees the choice to work from their home, their office, or both (in the country advertised). This permanent workplace flexibility program is consistent and fair globally, to help us find incredible talent, virtually anywhere. We are happy to discuss working options for this role and encourage you to speak with your recruiter in more detail 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
At Akamai, we will provide you with opportunities to grow, flourish, and achieve great things. Our benefit options are designed to meet your individual needs for today and in the future. We provide benefits surrounding all aspects of your life-
- Your health
- Your finances
- Your family
- Your time at work
- Your time pursuing other endeavors
Our benefit plan options are designed to meet your individual needs and budget, both today and in the future.
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 make a real difference in a company with a global reach and exciting services and clients? Come join us and grow with a team of people who will energize and inspire you!
Akamai Technologies is an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer that values the strength that diversity brings to the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race/ethnicity, protected veteran status, disability, or other protected group status.
If no date is displayed, applications are being accepted on an ongoing basis until the job is filled.
