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Senior Product Manager - Devices Segmentation

Role overview

Summary

This role focuses on leading the Devices Segmentation strategy within Akamai's Enterprise Security Group. You will drive product-market fit and customer engagement while collaborating with various teams to deliver Zero Trust security solutions, ensuring the protection of data centers and connected devices.

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of product management experience in IoT/OT security or connected device segmentation.
  • Understanding of IoT, OT, and CPS architectures and device-level segmentation solutions.
  • Experience engaging enterprise security and operational technology buyers throughout complex sales cycles.
  • Ability to translate field feedback into clear product direction through collaboration with SEs and sales teams.
  • Experience leading enterprise B2B product strategy across converged IT/OT environments.

Responsibilities

  • Lead Devices Segmentation strategy, roadmap, and execution.
  • Drive customer engagement and collaborate with engineering and field teams.
  • Advance device visibility and segmentation through discovery and classification.
  • Shape the GTM strategy through positioning and messaging.

Key facts

Hard skills

Other skills

  • Collaboration
  • Communication
  • Problem Solving

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

Are you excited to work with innovative enterprise security products?

Want to make a meaningful impact?

Join Akamai Enterprise Security Group

We protect data centers and connected devices against advanced threats. Our team brings together talented cybersecurity and data center experts. We're always looking for people who challenge us and drive innovation.

Partner with the best

Lead Devices Segmentation strategy, roadmap, and execution. Drive customer engagement and collaborate with engineering and field teams to deliver innovative Zero Trust security solutions. We're looking for an experienced product leader with cybersecurity, networking, or IoT/OT expertise, customer focus, and a passion for innovation.

As a Product Manager, you will be responsible for:

  • Owning the product roadmap by defining OT/IoT segmentation strategy, priorities, and investments.
  • Driving product-market fit through customer engagement, capability validation, roadmap definition, and PoC conversion.
  • Advancing device visibility and segmentation through discovery, classification, communication visibility, and granular Zero Trust policies.
  • Leading customer and field engagement with enterprise buyers, OT/IoT stakeholders, SEs, and sales leadership.
  • Collaborating across functions with engineering, architecture, UX, and QA to define requirements and deliver solutions.
  • Shaping the GTM strategy through positioning, messaging, value propositions, and competitive differentiation.
  • Driving ecosystem integrations across switches, NAC, network infrastructure, asset discovery, and security platforms.

Do what you love

To be successful in this role you will:

  • Have 5+ years of product management experience in IoT/OT security, connected device segmentation, or industrial network security.
  • Understand IoT, OT, and CPS architectures, device discovery, industrial protocols, and device-level segmentation solutions.
  • Lead enterprise B2B product strategy across converged IT/OT environments and complex sales cycles. Partner with SEs to accelerate deal conversion.
  • Have experience engaging enterprise security and operational technology buyers throughout complex sales cycles.
  • Translate field feedback into clear product direction through close collaboration with SEs and sales teams.

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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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.

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Compensation

Akamai is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. For US based candidates only - the base salary for this position ranges from $139,300 - $250,700/year; a candidate’s salary is determined by various factors including, but not limited to, relevant work experience, skills, certifications and location. Compensation for candidates outside the US will vary. The compensation package may also include incentive compensation opportunities in the form of annual bonus or incentives, equity awards and an Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP). Akamai provides 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 including a focus on mental and financial wellness; Eligibility requirements apply.

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