Senior Program Manager, Strategy & Operations- Remote

Akamai•Cambridge, MA

5h•Remote

About The Position

Do you enjoy working with a diverse, multi-national team of engineering talents? Would you like to be a part of building an innovative cloud? Join the Global GPU Strategic Pursuits team! Akamai is building an innovative inference cloud that will change the way people and AI agents do their work. Akamai is uniquely positioned with the most distributed cloud and networking to reimagine the fast-changing space. Shape the success of projects Collaborate with Sales, Solutions Architects, Product, Finance, and external partners to finalize and implement high-value AI infrastructure agreements. Seeking a Senior Program Manager to enhance efficiency, coordination, and delivery throughout these initiatives. As a Senior Program Manager, Strategy & Operations, you will be responsible for: Orchestrating cross-functional collaboration for large GPU and AI infrastructure projects, ensuring stakeholder alignment and execution of a unified strategy. Acting as coordination point and partner to project sponsors, bringing structure, clarity, and discipline to ambiguous, high stakes opportunities and programs. Facilitating high-speed deal cadences through sessions, checkpoints, and executive reviews, ensuring efficient, informed decisions for technical and commercial teams. Facilitating collaboration among Sales, Solutions Architecture, Product, Finance, Operations, and external partners to define scope, tradeoffs, and scaling strategies for customers. Identifying risks, gaps, and cross-team issues, ensuring follow-through and resolution instead of merely reporting concerns or challenges. Removing obstacles across technical, commercial, and organizational areas while ensuring clear executive visibility into pursuit status, risks, and critical decisions. Do what you love To be successful in this role you will: Have 8+ years of experience in program management, strategic deal operations, or enterprise cloud infrastructure environments Excel at bringing order to ambiguity, quickly understanding complex stakeholder landscapes and creating simple, effective structures for getting work done. Align people, decisions, and information effectively to connect and amplify efforts, driving opportunities forward without doing all tasks independently. Have executive communication skills and comfort operating in high-visibility environments Have a demonstrated ability to influence senior stakeholders 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 Connect with us on social and see what life at Akamai is like! 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.

Requirements

Have 8+ years of experience in program management, strategic deal operations, or enterprise cloud infrastructure environments
Excel at bringing order to ambiguity, quickly understanding complex stakeholder landscapes and creating simple, effective structures for getting work done.
Align people, decisions, and information effectively to connect and amplify efforts, driving opportunities forward without doing all tasks independently.
Have executive communication skills and comfort operating in high-visibility environments
Have a demonstrated ability to influence senior stakeholders without direct authority

Responsibilities

Orchestrating cross-functional collaboration for large GPU and AI infrastructure projects, ensuring stakeholder alignment and execution of a unified strategy.
Acting as coordination point and partner to project sponsors, bringing structure, clarity, and discipline to ambiguous, high stakes opportunities and programs.
Facilitating high-speed deal cadences through sessions, checkpoints, and executive reviews, ensuring efficient, informed decisions for technical and commercial teams.
Facilitating collaboration among Sales, Solutions Architecture, Product, Finance, Operations, and external partners to define scope, tradeoffs, and scaling strategies for customers.
Identifying risks, gaps, and cross-team issues, ensuring follow-through and resolution instead of merely reporting concerns or challenges.
Removing obstacles across technical, commercial, and organizational areas while ensuring clear executive visibility into pursuit status, risks, and critical decisions.