Vice President Product Management IaaS

Akamai Technologies; Cambridge (MA); On-site; USD 228,600 - 411,400; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare

401(k) savings plan

Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)

Parental leave

Employee assistance program

Job summary

Akamai Technologies in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is seeking a senior product manager to define and execute the cloud market strategy. This role demands over 15 years of experience in product management within cloud or infrastructure, with a focus on leading teams and driving product success.

The ideal candidate will possess deep knowledge of cloud computing concepts and have a proven track record of building effective product strategies. Compensation ranges from $228,600 to $411,400 annually, along with comprehensive benefits.

Qualifications

• 15 years of product management experience in cloud or infrastructure domains.
• Successful track record in building product management organizations.
• Experience in defining and executing product strategy at a senior level.
• Deep knowledge in virtualization, containerization, and managed services.

Responsibilities

• Own product vision and multi-year strategy for IaaS portfolio.
• Lead a high-performing team of product leaders.
• Ensure alignment and delivery across product, engineering, and SRE.
• Collaborate with engineering, design, and marketing for product launches.
• Drive business outcomes including revenue growth and customer satisfaction.

Skills

Product management experience in cloud

Cloud computing concepts

Leadership and team management

Stakeholder alignment

Excellent communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Job description

Job Description

Akamai is transforming cloud computing with a distributed platform built for developers, startups, and enterprises needing scalable, secure, high-performance infrastructure. With our Cloud launch, we’re redefining edge and cloud computing to power modern applications. Our mission is to make cloud computing accessible, fast, and secure for every developer, everywhere.

Partner with the best

In this role, you’ll help define and execute our cloud market strategy. Partnering across engineering, GTM, and executive teams to build competitive cloud products and lead cross‑functional teams. You’ll bring deep infrastructure and cloud platform expertise to help engage credibly in customer discussions and technical architecture reviews.

Responsibilities

• Owning product vision and multi‑year strategy for our infrastructure as a service (IaaS) portfolio, aligning to our broader cloud growth objectives.
• Building and leading a high‑performing team of product leaders, driving accountability, execution discipline, and a culture of customer obsession.
• Leading cross‑functional execution across product, engineering, and SRE, ensuring alignment and delivery against roadmap priorities.
• Partnering with engineering, design, sales, and marketing to bring products from concept to launch and scale adoption.
• Leveraging deep market, customer, and industry insights to identify differentiation opportunities and shape product positioning.
• Owning business outcomes across the portfolio, including revenue growth, adoption, and customer satisfaction.
• Collaborating with go‑to‑market leadership on pricing, packaging, and segment strategy, and representing Akamai externally with customers, partners, and analysts.

Do What You Love

To be successful in this role you will:

• Possess 15 years of product management experience in cloud, compute, or infrastructure domains; bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience required.
• Have a successful track record of building and scaling product management organizations, including hiring, mentoring, and establishing effective operating rhythms.
• Have experience defining and executing product strategy at a senior level, including vision setting, stakeholder alignment, and cross‑functional execution.
• Possess deep fluency in cloud computing concepts, including compute, virtualization, containerization, storage, networking, and managed services.
• Have experience launching and scaling products successfully, with the ability to articulate outcomes, lessons learned, and areas for improvement.
• Align stakeholders through clear communication, collaboration, and influential leadership.
• Be able to lead through influence across engineering, SRE, and operations, aligning stakeholders around a shared product vision.
• Navigate across developer and enterprise audiences, understanding distinct needs and buying motions.
• Have executive presence and excellent communication skills, representing the company effectively with customers, partners, and analysts.

Compensation

Akamai is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The base salary for this position ranges from $228,600 – $411,400/year; a candidate’s salary is determined by various factors including, but not limited to, relevant work experience, skills, certifications, and location. 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, 401(k) savings plan, company holidays, vacation (in the form of PTO), sick time, family‑friendly benefits including parental leave and an employee assistance program with a focus on mental and financial wellness; eligibility requirements apply.