Do you relish the opportunity to work on multiple projects and impact key business objectives?
Do you thrive on identifying needs and driving programs to completion?
Join our growing SSAO Program Management team supporting the Enterprise Security Group!
The Program Management team collaborates with the Enterprise Security Group to ensure successful program launches and completion of projects.
Partner with the best
As an Associate Technical Program Manager you will collaborate cross-functionally to support and successfully execute our programs. You will benefit from working as part of our global team committed to enabling success for all of Akamai.
As an Associate Program Manager, you will be responsible for:
- Maintaining accurate, up-to-date system data and documentation to ensure clarity and informed decision-making across all active projects
- Identifying program collaborative opportunities across projects within the department
- Exercising written and verbal communication and listening skills to support clarity, trust, and well-coordinated project execution
- Showing initiative, inquiring thoughtfully, engaging in teamwork discussions, rapidly learning from experienced staff, and actively contributing within a group setting
- Tracking, following up on project dependencies, and communicating status to leadership and Akamai stakeholders
- Ensuring effective communications with stakeholders to plan activities, identify and manage dependencies for high visibility projects
Do what you love
To be successful in this role you will:
- Demonstrate 0-2 of Program/Project Management experience with relevant expertise in fields like Computer Science, Information Technology, or Data Science.
- Have experience in process improvement - whether in a business or technical environment
- Be passionate about learning program management techniques
- Demonstrate a passion for excellence through sound judgment, solid decision making and contingency planning
- Utilize AI tools (e.g., Claude code, Gemini) and big data tools (e.g., Tableau, PowerBI) effectively in operations.
- Utilize project management and collaboration tools (e.g., Jira, Confluence) with familiarity and proficiency.
About us
At Akamai, we make life better for billions of people, trillions of times a day.
Whether you're streaming live events, scrolling social media, watching your favorite series, or managing your savings, we're the engine behind the scenes. We provide the world's most distributed platform from Cloud to Edge to help the giants of the digital world work faster and stay more secure, making the internet a better experience for everyone.
Our focus is simple:
Cloud and Edge: Running apps closer to users for instant performance.
Security: Neutralizing threats before they ever reach your data.
Content Delivery: Scaling the world's biggest moments without a glitch.
AI: Enabling our customers to build, secure, and scale AI apps on the world's most distributed cloud platform.
At Akamai, we don't just support the internet; we power and protect it, because behind every great digital experience is a massive hidden challenge. And we're the ones who solve it. When millions of people hit play or pay, Akamai ensures it just works.
Benefits at Akamai: We support your health, well-being, finances, and life beyond work. See our benefits.
FlexBase adapts to your job's needs
Akamai's FlexBase program is yet another way we show our commitment to providing employees with an exceptional workplace experience. It's not about telling employees where to work; it's about supporting employees to do their best work.
We trust our incredible employees to work in ways that suit them best: at home, in an office, or a combination of both.
Skills Required
- 0-2 years Program/Project Management experience; relevant expertise in Computer Science, Information Technology, or Data Science
- Experience in process improvement in business or technical environments
- Proven written and verbal communication and listening skills
- Ability to track and follow up on project dependencies and communicate status to leadership and stakeholders
- Familiarity and proficiency with project management and collaboration tools (e.g., Jira, Confluence)
- Ability to utilize AI tools (e.g., Claude code, Gemini) and big data tools (e.g., Tableau, PowerBI) effectively in operations
- Demonstrated initiative, teamwork, learning aptitude, sound judgment, decision making and contingency planning
Akamai Technologies Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Akamai Technologies and has not been reviewed or approved by Akamai Technologies.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Unlimited PTO in the U.S., wellness days, paid volunteering time, and the FlexBase model contribute to broad time‑off flexibility. These practices are described as supporting strong work‑life balance.
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Parental & Family Support — Generous paid parental leaves, paid family care leave, subsidized backup childcare, and inclusive family‑building benefits via Carrot form a comprehensive family support suite. Coverage spans fertility support through caregiving resources.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) with a substantial company match and immediate vesting, plus Roth and Mega Backdoor Roth options, underpin long‑term savings. These features provide reliable long‑term savings opportunities.
Akamai Technologies Insights
What We Do
At Akamai, we make life better for billions of people, billions of times a day. Every moment, billions of people, all over the world, are using the internet to shop, play games, look after finances, learn remotely, share videos, connect across the world, and so much more. These life-shaping digital experiences wouldn’t be possible without Akamai. We power and protect life online. It’s an extraordinary mission, and our global teams achieve it by solving the toughest challenges, and turning the impossible into the possible. With the world’s most distributed compute platform — from cloud to edge — we make it easy for businesses to develop and run applications, while we keep experiences closer to users and threats farther away. That’s why innovative companies worldwide choose Akamai to build, deliver, and secure their digital experiences. Thanks to our world’s most distributed platform for cloud computing, security, and content delivery. Akamai keeps applications and experiences closer and threats farther away. Devoted, determined problem-solvers who share a passion for technology, we’re always pushing ground-breaking ideas and driving innovation. Do you want to power and protect life online, by solving the toughest challenges with us? Be part of an amazing team!
Why Work With Us
Our people are devoted, determined problem-solvers who share a passion for technology. We find solutions through persistence, and push ground-breaking ideas forward with urgency and courage. This creates an environment where we harness creative energy and drive innovation. We are inclusive and diverse, and we love to collaborate across the world.
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