Do you enjoy building experiences that just work?
Would you like to define how users securely access and manage a cloud services platform?
Come join our Cloud Technology Product Group!
The Foundations team within Akamai's Cloud Technology product management organization oversees the core services and experiences that power the cloud platform. By centralizing foundational capabilities, the team enables secure, scalable, and consistent interactions across the platform while driving trust and supporting future cloud growth.
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As a Senior Product Manager,you will define and drive strategy for core platform capabilities, ensuring a seamless, secure, and scalable experience for both developers and enterprise customers.
As a Senior Product Manager, you will be responsible for:
- Managing and defining the complete identity and account management strategy, including user requirements, feature prioritization, roadmap, launch, and adoption.
- Optimizing secure, seamless account creation entry points, enhancing conversion, minimizing onboarding friction, and expediting access to initial resources collaboratively.
- Leading the evolution of core IAM capabilities including SSO, MFA and password less authentication, fine-grained authorization and service/workload identity.
- Developing comprehensive business analysis and financial models to support business cases and long-term product planning.
- Becoming the trusted expert in industry trends and market landscape relevant to direct and related markets for assigned product lines.
- Ensuring collaboration among engineering, architecture, operations, and supply chain teams to achieve timely and scalable product delivery.
Do what you love
To be successful in this role you will:
- Have 12 years of experience with product management, product development with cloud, platform, or security domains experience or it's equivalent.
- Demonstrate expertise in IAM concepts (SAML, OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect), advanced authorization systems (RBAC/ABAC), and multi-tenant cloud architectures.
- Demonstrate ability to lead cross-functional initiatives and influence stakeholders
- Have familiarity with enterprise identity ecosystems, compliance frameworks, and modern security principles.
- Demonstrate ability to understand, define, and communicate the value of highly technical cloud products.
- Possess deep relationship-building skills and experience collaborating with technology partners.
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.
Learn more
Not sure if this job is the right match for you or want to learn more about the job before you apply? Schedule a 15-minute exploratory call with the Recruiter and they would be happy to share more details.
Compensation
Akamai is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. For US based candidates only - the base salary for this position ranges from $139,300 - $250,700/year; a candidate’s salary is determined by various factors including, but not limited to, relevant work experience, skills, certifications and location. Compensation for candidates outside the US will vary. 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, 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.
Skills Required
- 12 years of experience with product management in cloud or security domains
- Expertise in IAM concepts such as SAML, OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect
- Ability to lead cross-functional initiatives and influence stakeholders
- Familiarity with enterprise identity ecosystems and compliance frameworks
- Ability to communicate the value of highly technical cloud products
- Deep relationship-building skills and experience collaborating with technology partners
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.
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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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