Technical Program Manager II

Would you enjoy providing support across multiple programs?

Do you thrive on managing complexity and uncertainty?

Join our Cloud Technology PMO team

Our Program Managers lead product programs and initiatives across the division from concept to market. We align product, engineering, and business teams to exceed the expectations of our customers. We are relied on by leaders across the organization to execute critical programs with high business impact.

Partner with the best

Program Managers are key contributors to Akamai's success. You will be responsible to lead projects, enhance performance, and increase customer satisfaction.

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

• Leading cross-functional teams Engineering, Product Management, Network Operations, Sales, Services, and Support to support the product roadmap
• Managing and mitigating risks and developing contingency plans
• Maintaining and communicating backlog of work with key stakeholders, guiding them on 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 5 years of relevant experience and a High School / Bachelor's degree or its equivalent
• Demonstrate experience working within a technical team and a good understanding of the software development life cycle
• Be experience with JIRA and Confluence
• Be experience with Internet technologies or protocols such as DNS, HTTP, TCP/IP
• Be able to analyze workload and communicate technical issues to senior stakeholders of varying technical ability.
• Have excellent 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.

FlexBase adapts to your job's needs

Akamai's FlexBase program is yet another way we show our commitment to providing employees with an exceptional workplace experience. It's not about telling employees where to work; it's about supporting employees to do their best work.

We trust our incredible employees to work in ways that suit them best: at home, in an office, or a combination of both.