Senior Technical Program Manager – IT Transformation

Akamai Technologies, Inc.; Honolulu (HI); On-site; USD 120,000 - 215,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare

401K savings plan

Paid time off

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 across enterprise applications and infrastructure. You will partner with executive sponsors, governance boards, and cross-functional teams to drive impact and ensure program health.

You'll define integrated plans, manage dependencies, mitigate risks, and coach teams to adopt PMO best practices while communicating clearly to leaders and stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Have 8 years of relevant experience and a bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or another related field or its equivalent
• Have professional experience as a Project Manager/Program Manager in an IT organization
• Have a sufficient level of technical background to provide credibility to technical teams and accurately and objectively evaluate risks and issues
• Have experience working on projects/programs supporting Enterprise Applications
• Have experience managing external implementation providers
• Demonstrate solid leadership, coaching, and interpersonal skills in addition to excellent presentation and communication abilities
• Have a successful track record of stakeholder management and leading effective communication across senior leadership and technical teams

Responsibilities

• Leading program definition, planning, scope, and execution of assigned programs, managing the health status of programs to anticipate risks and/or issues and implement mitigation plans
• Defining integrated program plans (including detailed work breakdown structures) and the deliverables required for the program's success
• Identifying dependencies and interdependencies between programs and successfully scope, size, and lead implementation of identified transformation/growth opportunities
• Driving stakeholder alignment and communicating program status to executive sponsors and governance forums
• Working independently and comfortably in ambiguous circumstances to create clear paths forward for teams
• Adopting best-practice guidelines to influence and implement continuous improvements to PMO processes

Skills

Program management

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Communication skills

Technical background

IT project management

Executive communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, 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 across enterprise applications and infrastructure. You will partner with executive sponsors, governance boards, and cross-functional teams to drive impact and ensure program health.

You'll define integrated plans, manage dependencies, mitigate risks, and coach teams to adopt PMO best practices while communicating clearly to leaders and stakeholders.