Technical Program Manager II

About the Position

Would you enjoy the opportunity to impact key business objectives? Are you eager to work on dynamic projects that impact a global technology leader? Join the Program Management team in the Technology Group!

This team is on a mission to build and operate the world's most performant, efficient, and reliable global platform. This team leads complex technical programs for global hardware stability, advancing Akamai's Cloud Computing Technology. This group is at the forefront of the server industry, taking immediate action to evaluate and integrate cutting-edge hardware innovations into our edge footprint.

Partner with the best

In this role, you will lead the cross-functional alignment of the entire program lifecycle, guiding multidisciplinary teams to successful delivery. Operating within a dynamic matrix environment, you will bridge engineering and operations to ensure complex server hardware initiatives are executed with high reliability and performance.

Responsibilities

• Supporting cross-functional teams and providing subject matter expertise in planning and execution of multiple projects and programs
• Fostering effective communication and maintaining meticulous documentation
• Reporting on program status, areas of risk/opportunity, process dependencies, and success metrics to senior internal stakeholders
• Engaging regularly with key collaborators, effectively communicating progress, to evaluate and identify business risks, understand priorities, and propose solutions
• Maintaining and nurturing relationships with internal engineering teams, focusing on server hardware components

Requirements

• 5 years of relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree or its equivalent
• Desire to learn technical skills within the server hardware scope
• Experience in program or project management and agile work processes in a cross-functional and technical team
• Autonomy with a solid continuous improvement mindset - proactively identifying solutions to complex challenges
• Action-oriented with solid analytical skills, capable of problem-solving and decision-making, and the ability to adapt quickly to changing priorities
• Excellent teamwork and eagerness to engage in diverse, creative, and innovative projects
• Experience with external vendor interactions and understanding server hardware specifications
• Experience with Jira and Confluence

We Offer

• Competitive salary ranging from $100,700 - $181,300/year
• 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 focusing on mental and financial wellness
• FlexBase program allowing flexible work arrangements (remote, office, or hybrid)

About the Company

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.

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