Senior Technical Program Manager

Are you excited by the prospect of creatively solving problems?

Do you enjoy solving complex challenges and creating solutions?

Join our InfoSec PMO team!

The InfoSec PMO helps guide Akamai and the Internet to a safer future. We plan and deliver programs that enable organizational growth and achieve the Information Security team's strategic objectives in support of powering and protecting life online. We value continual learning, transparent communication, collaboration, and integrity. And we are invested in the success of both our team and our internal customers.

Work with Teams Across Akamai

As a Senior Technical Program Manager, you will contribute to strategic programs that will directly support Akamai and its customers. This role will be focused on projects in such areas as compliance, security engineering, threat & vulnerability management, and product security. You will need to interact with, and support, the business and technical stakeholders with compassion, empathy and candor.

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

• Planning, coordinating, communicating, and delivering critical projects accurately and on time
• Driving definition of project scope, requirements, objectives, and milestones, involving all relevant stakeholders
• Partnering with stakeholders and project teams to plan projects and ensure they stay on track
• Working with project teams to identify and evaluate project risks and issues
• Demonstrating exceptional written and verbal communication alongside with listening skills to ensure clarity, trust, and well-coordinated project execution.
• Learning and operating within InfoSec PMO frameworks and processes

Do what you love

To be successful in this role you will:

• Have extensive experience leading complex technical projects/programs
• Possess hands-on knowledge of Project Management methodologies (Waterfall, Agile, SAFe, Scrum, Traditional PMI methods, etc.)
• Demonstrate ability to engage with business and technical stakeholders with compassion and empathy
• Have a successful track record of stakeholder management, including executive level stakeholders
• Have exceptional organizational and communication skills
• Have good interpersonal, organizational, and communication skills and inspire people at all levels of the organization without authority
• Be fluent in English

Build your career at Akamai

Our ability to shape digital life today relies on developing exceptional people like you. The kind that can turn impossible into possible. We’re doing everything we can to make Akamai a great place to work. A place where you can learn, grow and have a meaningful impact.

With our company moving so fast, it’s important that you’re able to build new skills, explore new roles, and try out different opportunities. There are so many different ways to build your career at Akamai, and we want to support you as much as possible. We have all kinds of development opportunities available, from programs such as GROW and Mentoring, to internal events like the APEX Expo and tools such as Linkedin Learning, all to help you expand your knowledge and experience here.

Learn more

Not sure if this job is the right match for you or want to learn more about the job before you apply? Schedule a 15-minute exploratory call with the Recruiter and they would be happy to share more details.

Originally posted on Himalayas