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Senior Product Manager – Technical
Location
Massachusetts
Posted
5 days ago
Salary
$139.3K - $250.7K / year
Seniority
Senior
Job Description
Senior Product Manager – Technical
Akamai Technologies
• Managing delivery roadmaps to ensure critical capacity and feature goals are met • Operationalizing paved paths for security • Developing comprehensive business analysis and financial models • Supporting internal teams, developers, and stakeholders • Managing the lifecycle of core system components • Collaborating with hardware vendors and suppliers • Representing user objectives and identifying enhancements
Job Requirements
- 12 years of relevant experience
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or its equivalent
- Customer first focus
- Good understanding of compute resource management, rack orchestration, and hardware-level APIs
- Knowledge of routing management, IP configuration, and network redundancy
- Proficiency in developing business and technical models
- Familiarity with authentication protocols and enterprise security requirements
- Relationship building with engineering teams
Benefits
- healthcare
- 401K savings plan
- company holidays
- vacation (in the form of PTO)
- sick time
- family friendly benefits including parental leave
- employee assistance program
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