Do you relish the opportunity to drive business-transformation programs that improve process, modernize tools and promote operational efficiency?
Do you like collaborating across teams to drive critical business changes?
Join our Global Sales Program Management team!
The Global Sales Program Management team enables the Akamai Sales organization to achieve its go-to-market objectives by driving strategic process, analytics, and technical transformation programs to increase seller productivity and drive revenue.
Partner with the best
In this role, you will manage complex programs that have a direct impact on critical business goals and objectives. You will also lead cross-functional teams and subject matter experts in their development, planning and execution.
As a Senior Program Manager, you will be responsible for:
- Leading multiple concurrent cross-functional programs from inception through to launch and beyond
- Driving programs from problem statement to solution using business insight, industry best practices, and cross-functional stakeholder input
- Developing success metrics and implementing measurement processes to illustrate the impact of a transformation program
- Building and executing on comprehensive communication plans including communication up and down the leadership chain
- Implementing change management for transformation programs, ensuring stakeholders are fully enabled, change is adopted, and success metrics are achieved
Do what you love
To be successful in this role you will:
- 6-8 years of relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree, or its equivalent
- Have professional experience as a Project Manager/Program Manager working effectively with cross functional teams
- Be comfortable navigating ambiguity, handling risks, and shifting gears as needed
- Skilled at managing dependencies across teams and functions
- Able to manage 10-30 stakeholders per project, including C-level executives and directors
- Operate with a high sense of urgency and a customer/stakeholder-first mentality
- Build and maintain long-term relationships, often through multi-year programs or partnerships
- Have experience in Agile processes and methodologies
Build your career at Akamai
Our ability to shape digital life today relies on developing exceptional people like you. The kind that can turn impossible into possible. We’re doing everything we can to make Akamai a great place to work. A place where you can learn, grow and have a meaningful impact.
With our company moving so fast, it’s important that you’re able to build new skills, explore new roles, and try out different opportunities. There are so many different ways to build your career at Akamai, and we want to support you as much as possible. We have all kinds of development opportunities available, from programs such as GROW and Mentoring, to internal events like the APEX Expo and tools such as Linkedin Learning, all to help you expand your knowledge and experience here.
