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Senior Technical Program Manager

Role overview

Qualifications

  • Relevant experience and a Bachelor's diploma or its equivalent
  • Proficient experience in program or project management in a cross-functional and technical team
  • Sufficient technical background to evaluate risks and issues
  • Good interpersonal and organizational skills

Responsibilities

  • Support cross-functional teams and provide subject matter expertise in planning and execution of multiple projects and programs
  • Maintain meticulous documentation and report on program status, areas of risk/opportunity, and success metrics
  • Engage with key collaborators to communicate progress and propose solutions
  • Adopt best-practice guidelines to implement continuous improvements to processes

Key facts

Hard skills

Other skills

  • Program Management
  • Technical Acumen
  • Communication
  • Relationship Management
  • Social Skills
  • Organizational Skills
  • Teamwork
  • Adaptability

About the company

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Akamai Technologies

  • Cybersecurity
  • XLarge
  • 5,001–10,000
At Akamai, we make life better for billions of people, billions of times a day. Every day, billions of people around the world connect with their favorite brands to shop online, play the latest video games, log into mobile banking apps, learn remotely, share videos with friends, and so much more. They may not know it, but Akamai is there, powering and protecting life online. Over 20 years ago, we set out to solve the toughest challenge of the early internet: the “World Wide Wait.” And we’ve been solving the internet’s toughest challenges ever since, working toward our vision of a safer and more connected world. With the world’s most distributed compute platform — from cloud to edge — we make it easy for businesses to develop and run applications, while we keep experiences closer to users and threats farther away. That’s why innovative companies worldwide choose Akamai to build, deliver, and secure their digital experiences. Our leading security, compute, and delivery solutions are helping global companies make life better for billions of people, billions of times a day. Devoted, determined problem-solvers who share a passion for technology, we’re always pushing ground-breaking ideas and driving innovation. Want to power and protect life online, by solving the toughest challenges? Be part of an amazing team. Let’s connect: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/akamai-technologies Twitter: https://twitter.com/Akamai Blog: https://www.akamai.com/blog

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Job description

Would you enjoy the opportunity to impact key business objectives?

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

Join the Cloud Technology Group Program Management team!

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

Shape the success of projects

As a Senior Technical Program Manager, you'll lead a team of developers and site reliability engineers in a key routing services reliability program. You will apply technical fluency, program management, and relationship skills to deliver solutions in compute. Success requires clear, structured communication, process building and improvement, and aligning engineering execution with organizational strategy and customer needs.

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

  • 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
  • Adopting best-practice guidelines to influence and implement continuous improvements to the processes
  • Maintaining and nurturing relationships with internal engineering teams, focusing on server hardware components

Do what you love

To be successful in this role you will:

  • Have relevant experience and a Bachelor's diploma or its equivalent
  • Demonstrate proficient experience in program or project management in a cross-functional and technical team
  • Have a sufficient level of technical background to provide credibility to technical teams and accurately and objectively evaluate risks and issues
  • Possess experience navigating ambiguity, managing risks, and adapting to changing priorities
  • Have good interpersonal and organizational skills with an ability to communicate effectively with all stakeholders
  • Be able to adapt quickly and respond to changing priorities in a dynamic environment
  • Demonstrate excellent teamwork and be eager to engage in diverse, creative, and innovative projects
  • Demonstrate ability to inspire people at all levels of the organization without direct authority
  • Demonstrate proficient experience in managing Agile work processes

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.

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

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