Senior Director, AI Infrastructure & Inference (Remote)

Akamai Technologies GmbH; Cambridge (MA); Hybrid; USD 191,000 - 343,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

FlexBase program

Health benefits

401K savings plan

Paid time off

Job summary

Akamai is seeking a Senior Director of Product Management AI to lead the AI infrastructure and inference initiatives within the Cloud Technology Group. You will drive strategy, define investment priorities, and own outcomes for GPU and cloud inferencing while collaborating with GTM on pricing and segments.

You will build and lead a high-performing product organization, ensure execution discipline, and maintain a customer-obsessed culture across engineering, SRE, and product teams.

Qualifications

• 12 years of relevant experience and a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field.
• Demonstrated expertise in AI infrastructure, including GPU systems, model deployment, serverless inference, and scalable AI workloads.
• Direct product experience building and launching commercial AI infrastructure or inference platforms, from definition through launch and monetization.

Responsibilities

• Drive long-term vision and strategy for AI infrastructure, including GPU and cloud inferencing.
• Own outcomes across GPU and cloud inferencing portfolio, including revenue growth, adoption, and customer satisfaction.
• Collaborate with GTM on pricing, packaging, and segment strategy; represent Akamai externally to customers, partners, and analysts.
• Lead cross-functional execution across product, engineering, and SRE to scale AI platform with GPU infrastructure and serverless inference.

Skills

AI infrastructure

GPU systems

Model deployment

Serverless inference

Executive presence

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science

Job description

Akamai is seeking a Senior Director of Product Management AI to lead the AI infrastructure and inference initiatives within the Cloud Technology Group. You will drive strategy, define investment priorities, and own outcomes for GPU and cloud inferencing while collaborating with GTM on pricing and segments.

You will build and lead a high-performing product organization, ensure execution discipline, and maintain a customer-obsessed culture across engineering, SRE, and product teams.