Agile Program Manager Jobs in Beverly, MA (NOW HIRING)

Do you relish the prospect of leading strategic cross-organization programs?

Do you thrive on managing complexity and uncertainty?

Join our Cloud Technology Group Strategy & Operations team

Our Business Program Management team provides an CTG-wide approach to identify, prioritize, and successfully execute a portfolio of initiatives that are aligned with Akamai's strategic goals. We align product, engineering, and cross-functional teams to exceed the expectations of our customers. Leaders across the organization rely on us to execute on critical programs with high business impact.

Partner with the best

As a Technical Program Manager II, you will be responsible for independently establishing and managing cross-functional programs through their full lifecyclefrom definition to completion. You will act as the primary point of contact for stakeholders, ensuring transparency in roadmaps and delivery while managing complex technical programs requiring collaboration across multiple groups.

As a Technical Program Manager II, you will be responsible for:

• Leading program plans, including detailed work breakdown structures, resource management, communication plans, and risk mitigation strategies.
• Acting as the voice of the program to senior leadership, leveraging standardized methods to highlight dependencies, risks, and mitigation strategies.
• Building relationships across SRE, Product and Engineering organizations to keep projects on track.
• Driving cultural change by championing agile mindsets and ensuring the organization adheres to industry best practices.
• Serving as the primary point of contact for escalation with stakeholders and assist in the removal of blockers.

Do what you love

To be successful in this role you will:

• Have 5 years of relevant experience in technical or engineering disciplines and a Bachelors degree or its equivalent.
• Have experience with SDLC (Software Development Life Cycle) and metric definition best practices.
• Possess experience with Jira and Confluence.
• Have proficiency in Agile, SAFe, or Scrum methodologies.
• Have proven ability to navigate ambiguous or complex corporate environments.

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.

Compensation

Akamai is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. For US based candidates only - the base salary for this position ranges from $100,700 - $181,300/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.