Vice President Product Management Cloud

Akamai

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About The Position

Are you interested in driving customer and developer experience for next
generation cloud services?

Do you enjoy creating products that customers love?

Come join our Cloud Technology Group!

Akamai is transforming cloud computing with a distributed platform built for
developers, startups, and enterprises needing scalable, secure, high-performance
infrastructure. With our Cloud launch, we're redefining edge and cloud computing
to power modern applications. Our mission, make cloud computing accessible,
fast, and secure for every developer, everywhere.

Partner with the best

In this role, you'll help define and execute our cloud market strategy.
Partnering across engineering, GTM, and executive teams to build competitive
cloud products and leading cross-functional teams. You'll bring deep
infrastructure and cloud platform expertise to help engage credibly in customer
discussions and technical architecture reviews.

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.

Requirements

• Possess 15 years of product management experience in cloud, compute, or infrastructure domains; bachelor's degree or equivalent experience required.
• Have a successful track record of building and scaling product management organizations, including hiring, mentoring, and establishing effective operating rhythms.
• Have experience defining and executing product strategy at a senior level, including vision setting, stakeholder alignment, and cross-functional execution.
• Possess deep fluency in cloud computing concepts, including compute, virtualization, containerization, storage, networking, and managed services.
• Have experience launching and scaling products successfully, with the ability to articulate outcomes, lessons learned, and areas for improvement.
• Align stakeholders through clear communication, collaboration, and influential leadership.
• Be able to lead through influence across engineering, SRE, and operations, aligning stakeholders around a shared product vision.
• Navigate across developer and enterprise audiences, understanding distinct needs and buying motions.
• Have executive presence and excellent communication skills, representing the company effectively with customers, partners, and analysts.

Responsibilities

• Owning product vision and multi-year strategy for our infrastructure as a service (Iaas) portfolio, aligning to our broader cloud growth objectives.
• Building and leading a high-performing team of product leaders, driving accountability, execution discipline, and a culture of customer obsession.
• Leading cross-functional execution across product, engineering, and SRE, ensuring alignment and delivery against roadmap priorities.
• Partnering with engineering, design, sales, and marketing to bring products from concept to launch and scale adoption.
• Leveraging deep market, customer, and industry insights to identify differentiation opportunities and shape product positioning.
• Owning business outcomes across your portfolio, including revenue growth, adoption, and customer satisfaction.
• Collaborating with go-to-market leadership on pricing, packaging, and segment strategy, and representing Akamai externally with customers, partners, and analysts.

Benefits

• 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Executive
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees