Job Description
Do you relish the prospect of leading strategic cross-organization programs?
Do you thrive on managing complexity and uncertainty?
Join our Cloud Technology Group Strategy & Operations team
The Business Program Management team leads strategic programs and initiatives across the division. We align product, engineering, and cross-functional teams to exceed the expectations of our customers. Leaders across the organization rely on us to execute on critical programs with high business impact.
Partner with the best
Program Managers are key contributors to Akamai's success. You will help lead projects and developing processes that enable us to measure and improve performance. As a result, this will result in improved customer satisfaction.
As a Senior Technical Program Manager, you will be responsible for-
- Establishing cross-functional teams, coordinating subject matter experts to establish, plan and implement programs
- Managing program plans, dependencies, deliverables, and risks, while aligning resources and providing proactive program visibility
- Evaluating and improving processes, tools, and best practices to help shape efficiency and consistency
- Driving cultural change by championing an agile mindset
- Ensuring the organization is adhering to industry best practices
- Serving as a point of contact for escalation with stakeholders and assisting in removal of blockers
Do What You Love
To be successful in this role you will-
- Have 5-8 years of relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree in business management or its equivalent
- Have significant experience in Agile processes and methodologies
- Be comfortable navigating ambiguity, handling risks, and shifting gears as needed
- Demonstrate ability in change management and transformation processes
- Have experience with business process, operations, and metric definition best practices
- Have good interpersonal, organizational, and communication skills and inspire people at all levels of the organization without authority
- Be able to work effectively across a wide range of constituencies in a diverse corporate and client environment
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!
