Senior Program Manager, Strategy & Operations (East Coast)

Do you thrive on building structure where there is none and driving enterprise-scale GTM transformation through influence, not authority?

Do you have a track record of standing up governance frameworks, aligning senior cross-functional leaders, and keeping complex program portfolios moving?

Join our Global Sales Program Management team!

Sales objectives are supported through strategic programs enhancing sales plays, speeding customer acquisition, and boosting productivity. Collaboration spans Sales, Product, Marketing, Services, and Enablement, ensuring swift execution.

Partner with the best

You will own a portfolio of 6 to 10 concurrent GTM and Sales transformation programs with direct impact on critical business goals.

As a Senior Program Manager, Strategy & Operations, you will be responsible for:

• Overseeing 1-2 portfolios containing 6 to 10 concurrent projects, monitoring status, risks, dependencies, and workstream health through a structured system.
• Translating business strategy into actionable program plans aligned with global sales initiatives and customer acquisition enhancements, ensuring outcomes meet organizational goals.
• Fostering collaboration among Sales Leadership, Product, Marketing, Services, and Enablement, establishing trust rapidly, and addressing cross-functional conflict with stakeholders.
• Standing up governance frameworks and operating models from scratch, including program cadence rhythms, reporting cadences and agendas
• Creating and providing program reports and communications customized for audiences, ranging from team updates to presentations for executive stakeholders.

Do what you love

To be successful in this role you will:

• Possess 8 to 12 years of program or portfolio management expertise in GTM, Sales, or Revenue Operations, leading enterprise-wide transformations in Fortune 500 environments.
• Demonstrate expertise in designing and implementing governance structures independently, as experience solely with existing frameworks will not ensure success.
• Demonstrate exceptional stakeholder management experience handling 10 to 30 stakeholders per program, including C-level executives, with a customer-focused mindset and urgency.
• Demonstrate organizational discipline by managing priorities, adapting processes for stakeholders, navigating ambiguity, and maintaining accountability across multiple complex workstreams.
• Demonstrate experience mentoring peers or junior team members and operate effectively as a senior individual contributor without direct authority.

Work in a way that works for you

FlexBase, Akamai's Global Flexible Working Program, is based on the principles that are helping us create the best workplace in the world. When our colleagues said that flexible working was important to them, we listened. We also know flexible working is important to many of the incredible people considering joining Akamai. FlexBase, gives 95% of employees the choice to work from their home, their office, or both (in the country advertised). This permanent workplace flexibility program is consistent and fair globally, to help us find incredible talent, virtually anywhere. We are happy to discuss working options for this role and encourage you to speak with your recruiter in more detail when you apply.
Learn what makes Akamai a great place to work

We power and protect life online, by solving the toughest challenges, together.

At Akamai, we're curious, innovative, collaborative and tenacious. We celebrate diversity of thought and we hold an unwavering belief that we can make a meaningful difference. Our teams use their global perspectives to put customers at the forefront of everything they do, so if you are people-centric, you'll thrive here.

Working for you

At Akamai, we will provide you with opportunities to grow, flourish, and achieve great things. Our benefit options are designed to meet your individual needs for today and in the future. We provide benefits surrounding all aspects of your life:

• Your health
• Your finances
• Your family
• Your time at work
• Your time pursuing other endeavors

Our benefit plan options are designed to meet your individual needs and budget, both today and in the future.

About us

Akamai powers and protects life online. Leading companies worldwide choose Akamai to build, deliver, and secure their digital experiences helping billions of people live, work, and play every day. With the world's most distributed compute platform from cloud to edge we make it easy for customers to develop and run applications, while we keep experiences closer to users and threats farther away.

Join us

Are you seeking an opportunity to make a real difference in a company with a global reach and exciting services and clients? Come join us and grow with a team of people who will energize and inspire you!
Akamai Technologies is an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer that values the strength that diversity brings to the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race/ethnicity, protected veteran status, disability, or other protected group status.
If no date is displayed, applications are being accepted on an ongoing basis until the job is filled.

Compensation

Akamai is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. For US based candidates only - the base salary for this position ranges from $101,400 - $210,600/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.