Senior Technical Program Manager Lead

Akamai • Cambridge, MA

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About The Position

Do you relish the prospect of leading strategic cross-organization, transformational programs?

Do you thrive on managing complexity?

Join our Program Management team!

Our Akamai Information Technology organization is a team of industry-leading professionals dedicated to owning and driving the innovation of Akamai's Corporate Infrastructure, Applications, Development, Security, and Compliance for our customers and corporate stakeholders Information Technology manages all aspects of the IT Program Lifecycle and the coordination and delivery of key cross-organizational strategic programs

Partner with the best

As a Senior Technical Program Manager Lead, you will have end-to-end accountability for the delivery of programs. You'll lead strategic programs from planning to sustainment while reporting the program benefits to the Executive Sponsors and Governance Boards .

Requirements

• 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 infrastructure upgrades and installations
• 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 a group of Project Managers by coaching, guiding, and mentoring them while providing thought leadership and helping elevate delivery standards
• 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
• 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

Benefits

• 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level