Senior Product Manager (Technical)

Akamai Technologies GmbH; Cambridge (MA); On-site; USD 139,000 - 251,000; Full time

Job summary

Akamai Technologies GmbH is seeking a Senior Product Manager for Platform Security & Infrastructure to bridge deep technical architecture with product strategy. You will manage delivery roadmaps, drive security-enabled tooling, and coordinate with internal teams and hardware vendors to scale critical infrastructure.

The role emphasizes data-driven decision making, collaboration, and building enduring platforms in high-pressure environments, with opportunities to influence security and

Qualifications

• 12 years of relevant experience.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Managing delivery roadmaps to meet critical capacity and feature goals.
• Operationalizing security and composable tools, and defining secure vendor access for infrastructure.
• Developing business analyses and financial models to support long-term product planning.
• Supporting internal teams, developers and stakeholders while scaling systems.
• Managing lifecycle of core system components, including refactoring and end-of-life decisions.
• Collaborating with hardware vendors to align roadmaps with product goals.
• Representing user objectives and identifying enhancements for monitoring, support, and maintenance.

Skills

Compute resource management

Rack orchestration

Hardware APIs

Routing management

IP configuration

Network redundancy

Business/technical models

Security requirements

Stakeholder collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Job description

Do you love building the foundational capabilities that power cloud computing?

Are you looking to bridge the gap between deep technical architecture and product strategy?

Come join our Cloud Technology Group!

This team works where intricate hardware systems, critical SLAs, and innovative customer support approaches converge. The role demands creative problem-solving, technical infrastructure expertise, software platform management, and defining operational excellence in dynamic, high-pressure settings.

Partner with the best

As a Senior Product Manager for Platform Security & Infrastructure, you will bring technical expertise, creativity, and focus for impactful outcomes.

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

• Managing delivery roadmaps to ensure critical capacity and feature goals are met.
• Operationalizing paved paths for security, ensuring composable and extensible tools, while defining trustworthy remote vendor support mechanisms for infrastructure access.
• Developing comprehensive business analysis and financial models to support business cases and long-term product planning.
• Supporting internal teams, developers, and stakeholders while scaling systems to meet evolving product needs.
• Managing the lifecycle of core system components by making high-impact, data-driven decisions on technical debt, from strategic refactoring to executing product End-of-Life when necessary.
• Collaborating with hardware vendors and suppliers, influencing their roadmap and processes to align with product goals and objectives effectively.
• Representing various user objectives while identifying enhancements for proactive monitoring, support processes, escalation workflows, and both planned and unplanned maintenance.

Do what you love

To be successful in this role you will:

• Have 12 years of relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or its equivalent.
• Have maintained a customer first focus even if/when the customers are internal engineers, prioritizing automation, usability and low-friction integration.
• Have a good understanding of compute resource management, rack orchestration, and hardware-level APIs.
• Apply knowledge of routing management, IP configuration, and network redundancy.
• Demonstrate proficiency in developing both business and technical models.
• Maintain familiarity with authentication protocols and enterprise security requirements.
• Build relationships and secure buy-in from engineering teams regarding new goals.

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.

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.