Akamai Technologies

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Job Description: • Building and scaling a world-class program management team from the ground up, recruiting top talent in AI infrastructure and ML program operations. • Leading end-to-end program planning and execution for major platform initiatives, coordinating across engineering, product, infrastructure, and operations teams. • Defining technical roadmaps and milestones, breaking down complex projects into deliverable phases while managing dependencies and risks. • Driving cross-functional alignment on priorities, timelines, and resources, ensuring clear communication with stakeholders and leadership. • Establishing program metrics and tracking mechanisms, monitoring progress, identifying blockers, and driving resolution of issues. Requirements: • Have 8 years of experience in technical program management with proven track record of delivering complex distributed systems or AI/ML platforms or it's equivalent. • Have people management experience, recruiting, growing, mentoring, performance managing direct reports and being accountable for their work. • Demonstrate deep technical understanding of AI inference, containerization, Kubernetes, and cloud-native architectures to effectively lead technical discussions. • Show expertise in program management methodologies, risk management, and stakeholder communication with ability to adapt to different audiences. • Have good organizational and coordination skills, managing multiple complex programs simultaneously with competing priorities and tight deadlines • Demonstrate leadership through influence, building relationships across teams, removing blockers, and driving programs to successful completion. • Possess experience with AI/ML product development lifecycle and MLOps practices. Benefits: • 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.