Senior Technical Program Manager - API Security - TLV

Do you want to shape the future of API security?

Would working with cutting-edge security products excite you?

Join the Akamai API Security team!

Our security portfolio delivers discovery, posture, and protection for API and AI agent ecosystems.

Partner with the best

The Technical Project Manager oversees the full software development lifecycle for API Security product portfolio. This role requires technical expertise, strong project execution, and close cross-functional collaboration.

As a Technical Project Manager, you will be responsible for:

• Managing complex projects with meticulous attention to detail, rigorous prioritization, and proactive scheduling.
• Driving Sprint planning and execution in close collaboration with Engineering, Research and Product teams.
• Liaising across Sales, Sales Engineering, Services and Support to facilitate effective communication and efficient cross-functional collaboration.
• Identifying and resolving project conflicts and roadblocks, ensuring timely delivery of project milestones.
• Developing detailed project plans, including schedules, resource allocation, and risk management.
• Creating and optimizing processes and tracking core performance metrics to sustain operational excellence.

Do what you love

To be successful in this role you will:

• Have a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• Have 5+ years managing technical software projects within Agile or Scrum frameworks.
• Have proven experience optimizing product and engineering delivery processes within B2B technology organizations.
• Have proficiency with Jira, Confluence and generative AI tools such as Claude and Gemini.
• Have analytical skills, big-picture thinking, a strong sense of urgency and a proactive approach.
• Have excellent communication skills to articulate technical concepts clearly to diverse, non-technical audiences.

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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