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Senior Product Manager

Role overview

Summary

This role focuses on shaping the vision and roadmap for a multi-tenant DDoS security platform within Akamai's Cloud Technology Group. You will lead the DDoS Product Development Team and drive a defense strategy that enhances Akamai's platform technology stack.

Qualifications

  • Experience in product management, particularly in security or cloud technologies.
  • Strong understanding of DDoS security and multi-tenant platforms.
  • Ability to develop business analysis and financial models.
  • Expertise in industry trends and market dynamics relevant to product lines.
  • Experience in defining product strategies and roadmaps.

Responsibilities

  • Define long-term product strategy, product life-cycles, and roadmaps for Cloud Technologies.
  • Evaluate and prototype new product innovations in collaboration with business units.
  • Develop comprehensive business analysis and financial models to support product planning.
  • Analyze product KPIs and metrics to advise product teams and stakeholders.

Key facts

Hard skills

Other skills

  • Innovation
  • Communication
  • Collaboration
  • 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

Do you enjoy transforming complex security challenges into automated platforms that just work?

Would you like to shape the vision and roadmap of a multi-tenant DDoS security platform at global scale?

Come join our Cloud Technology Group!

The Cloud Technology Product department powers Akamai's platform technology stack. The team drives technical innovation through solutions that redefine the network platform and secure Akamai's leadership position.

Partner with the best

As Senior Product Manager, you own the DDoS Product Development Team. You'll execute a pan-Akamai defense strategy. Transform DDoS into a multi-tenant, API-driven platform built on three pillars: Observation, Identification, and Action.

As a Senior Product Manager, you will be responsible for:

  • Defining Cloud Technologies long-term product strategy, product life-cycles, and roadmaps aligned with business unit and sales go-to-market plans.
  • Evaluating and prototyping new product innovations in partnership with business units.
  • Developing comprehensive business analysis and financial models to support business cases and product planning.
  • Becoming the trusted expert in industry trends and market dynamics relevant to assigned product lines.
  • Developing and analyzing Cloud Technologies product KPIs and metrics to advise product teams and stakeholders.

Do what you love

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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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