Senior Technical Program Leader (Remote/Hybrid)

Akamai Technologies, Inc.; City of Albany (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 215,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare benefits

401K savings plan

Company holidays & PTO

Sick time

Parental leave

Employee assistance program

Job summary

Akamai Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Senior Technical Program Manager to own end-to-end delivery of strategic IT programs. You will report program benefits to Executive Sponsors and Governance Boards, guiding cross-functional teams through planning, execution, and sustainment.

You will drive integrated plans, manage dependencies, and align stakeholders while operating in ambiguous environments to deliver transformational outcomes.

Qualifications

• 8 years of relevant experience and a bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or another related field or its equivalent
• Professional experience as a Project Manager/Program Manager in an IT organization
• Technical background to provide credibility to technical teams and evaluate risks
• Experience working on Enterprise Applications programs
• Experience managing external implementation providers
• Leadership, coaching, and interpersonal skills with excellent presentation and communication abilities
• Successful track record of stakeholder management and leadership across senior leadership and technical teams

Responsibilities

• Leading program definition, planning, scope, and execution of assigned programs, managing health status to anticipate risks and mitigation plans
• Defining integrated program plans (including detailed work breakdown structures) and required deliverables
• Identifying dependencies between programs and sizing/leading transformation opportunities
• Driving stakeholder alignment and communicating program status to executive sponsors and governance forums
• Working independently in ambiguous circumstances to create clear paths forward for teams
• Adopting best-practice guidelines to improve PMO processes

Skills

Program management

Leadership

Stakeholder mgmt

Communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Ambiguity handling

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering or related field

Job description

Akamai Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Senior Technical Program Manager to own end-to-end delivery of strategic IT programs. You will report program benefits to Executive Sponsors and Governance Boards, guiding cross-functional teams through planning, execution, and sustainment.

You will drive integrated plans, manage dependencies, and align stakeholders while operating in ambiguous environments to deliver transformational outcomes.