Senior Product Manager (Technical)

Akamai Career Site; United States; On-site; USD 139,000 - 251,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare

401K

Paid time off (PTO)

Parental leave

Employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)

Job summary

Akamai, a leader in cloud technology, seeks a Senior Product Manager for Platform Security & Infrastructure to drive security-focused platform initiatives and infrastructure roadmaps. You will partner with engineering, hardware vendors, and internal stakeholders to deliver scalable, secure solutions.

You will translate business cases into actionable product plans, manage lifecycle decisions from refactoring to End-of-Life, and ensure operational excellence under high-pressure conditions.

Qualifications

• 12 years of relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or its equivalent.
• Customer-first focus with automation, usability and low-friction integration.
• Good understanding of compute resource management, rack orchestration, and hardware-level APIs.
• Knowledge of routing management, IP configuration, and network redundancy.
• Proficient in developing both business and technical models.
• Familiarity with authentication protocols and enterprise security requirements.
• Builds relationships and secures buy-in from engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Managing delivery roadmaps to ensure capacity and feature goals are met.
• Operationalizing paved paths for security, ensuring extensible tools and secure vendor support for infrastructure access.
• Developing business analysis and financial models for business cases and long-term planning.
• Supporting internal teams, developers and stakeholders while scaling systems.
• Managing lifecycle of core components with data-driven decisions on technical debt.
• Collaborating with hardware vendors and suppliers to align roadmaps with product goals.
• Representing user objectives and identifying enhancements for monitoring and maintenance.

Skills

Compute resource mgmt

Rack orchestration

Hardware APIs

Routing management

IP configuration

Network redundancy

Security protocols

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS

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.