Associate Program Manager

Do you relish the opportunity to work on multiple projects and impact key business objectives?

Do you thrive on identifying needs and driving programs to completion?

Join our growing SSAO Program Management team supporting the Enterprise Security Group!

The Program Management team collaborates with the Enterprise Security Group to ensure successful program launches and completion of projects.

Partner with the best

As an Associate Technical Program Manager you will collaborate cross-functionally to support and successfully execute our programs. You will benefit from working as part of our global team committed to enabling success for all of Akamai.

As an Associate Program Manager, you will be responsible for:

• Maintaining accurate, up-to-date system data and documentation to ensure clarity and informed decision-making across all active projects
• Identifying program collaborative opportunities across projects within the department
• Exercising written and verbal communication and listening skills to support clarity, trust, and well-coordinated project execution
• Showing initiative, inquiring thoughtfully, engaging in teamwork discussions, rapidly learning from experienced staff, and actively contributing within a group setting
• Tracking, following up on project dependencies, and communicating status to leadership and Akamai stakeholders
• Ensuring effective communications with stakeholders to plan activities, identify and manage dependencies for high visibility projects

Do what you love

To be successful in this role you will:

• Demonstrate 0-2 of Program/Project Management experience with relevant expertise in fields like Computer Science, Information Technology, or Data Science.
• Have experience in process improvement - whether in a business or technical environment
• Be passionate about learning program management techniques
• Demonstrate a passion for excellence through sound judgment, solid decision making and contingency planning
• Utilize AI tools (e.g., Claude code, Gemini) and big data tools (e.g., Tableau, PowerBI) effectively in operations.
• Utilize project management and collaboration tools (e.g., Jira, Confluence) with familiarity and proficiency.

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.

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We trust our incredible employees to work in ways that suit them best: at home, in an office, or a combination of both.