Strategic Technical Program Lead — Remote & High-Impact

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

Benefits offered by this job

FlexBase

Healthcare benefits

Job summary

Akamai Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Senior Technical Program Manager to own end-to-end delivery of strategic IT programs across corporate infrastructure, applications, development, security and compliance.

You will lead programs from planning through sustainment, report benefits to executive sponsors and governance boards, and drive risk mitigation, dependencies, and stakeholder alignment. Requirements include 8 years of IT program management experience, a related bachelor's degree,

Qualifications

• 8 years of relevant experience and a bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• Professional IT project/program management experience.
• Technical background to credibly assess risks and issues.
• Experience handling Enterprise Applications projects.
• Experience managing external implementation providers.
• Strong leadership, coaching, and communication with senior leadership.
• Proven stakeholder management and cross-team collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Lead 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

8 years exp

BS/Engineering degree

IT program mgmt

stakeholder mgmt

risk assessment

communication skills

leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Engineering

Job description

Akamai Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Senior Technical Program Manager to own end-to-end delivery of strategic IT programs across corporate infrastructure, applications, development, security and compliance.

You will lead programs from planning through sustainment, report benefits to executive sponsors and governance boards, and drive risk mitigation, dependencies, and stakeholder alignment. Requirements include 8 years of IT program management experience, a related bachelor's degree,