Would the chance to lead major technical programs, products,and solutions excite you?

Are you eager to work on fast paced projects that impact aglobal technology leader?

Join the ProgramManagement team in the Technology Group

The Program management Team is on a mission to build and operate the world's most performant, efficient, and reliable planetary-scale platform. You will join a team of Technical program managers that lead complex technical programs that advance Akamai's Cloud Computing Technology.

Partner with the best

Our Cloud Storage Aligned Technical Program Management (TPM) team partners cross-functionally to drive key strategic programs within Cloud Storage products and critical infrastructure that supports them.

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

• Guiding cross-functional teams in developing and executing plans, strategies, engineering planning, risk assessment, dependencies.
• Identifying, assessing, and mitigating risks arising from technical complexities, including integration, architecture, and resource limitations.
• Communicating programme and project statuses across organisational levels, from technical teams to executive stakeholders.
• Ensuring clarity, building relationships with stakeholders, embracing agility, and collaboratively designing solutions to meet business objectives.
• Supporting the product and engineering teams, managing backlogs, resolving issues, and managing changes in the roadmap.
• Adopting best-practice guidelines to influence and implement continuous improvements to the processes

Do what you love

To be successful in this role you will:

• Possess 8+ of relevant programme management experience overseeing complex, enterprise technical initiatives.
• Show experience collaborating with cross-functional teams in Agile environments and understanding software development life cycle.
• Have experience maintaining project plans, identifying dependencies, managing milestones, and ensuring accurate real-time achievement status.
• Be comfortable navigating ambiguity, handling risks, and shifting gears as needed.
• Demonstrate interpersonal and organisational skills, communicating effectively with stakeholders, including senior management.
• Have experience utilising JIRA, Confluence, and managing processes using Agile, Scrum, or Traditional PMI methodologies.

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.