Senior Product Manager (Technical)

Akamai; United States; Sur place; USD 139 000 - 251 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Akamai is seeking a Senior Product Manager for Platform Security & Infrastructure to bridge technical architecture with product strategy. You will own delivery roadmaps, drive security tooling, and work with hardware vendors to align platform goals.

Ideal candidates bring 12 years of experience, a CS degree, and a customer-first mindset focused on automation, usability, and scalable systems.

Qualifications

• 12 years of relevant experience.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or its equivalent.
• Customer-first focus with automation, usability and low-friction integration.
• Knowledge of compute resource management, rack orchestration, and hardware-level APIs.
• Understanding of routing management, IP configuration, and network redundancy.
• Experience with developing business and technical models.
• Familiarity with authentication protocols and enterprise security requirements.

Responsabilités

• Manage delivery roadmaps to meet capacity and feature goals.
• Operationalize security tools and provide extensible infrastructure.
• Develop business analyses and financial models for business cases.
• Support internal teams, developers and stakeholders while scaling systems.
• Manage lifecycle of core system components including technical debt and EOL decisions.
• Collaborate with hardware vendors and suppliers to align roadmaps with product goals.
• Represent user objectives and drive enhancements for proactive monitoring and maintenance.

Connaissances

Customer-first mindset

Automation

Usability

Compute resource management

Rack orchestration

Hardware-level APIs

Routing management

IP configuration

Network redundancy

Business & technical modeling

Authentication protocols

Enterprise security requirements

Influencing engineering buy-in

Formation

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Description du poste

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.

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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.