Senior Director Program Management Technical

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

Do you thrive on managing complexity and uncertainty?

Join our Cloud Technology Group Business Operations team!

Akamai's Cloud Technology Group seeks a results-oriented Senior Director of R&D Transformation & Operations to redefine global engineering and product processes.

This strategic role drives CTG's operating model evolution, enhancing resource efficiency, predictability, decision-making speed, and strategic execution.

Leading program managers and analysts, responsibilities include transformation roadmaps, PDLC/SDLC practices, portfolio management, R&D metrics, and PMO execution optimization.

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As a Senior Director Program Management Technical, you will lead the definition and execution of complex transformation programs, directly managing a team of Transformation-focused Technical Program Managers, Analysts and Technical Trainers in their planning, implementation, development, and support of these efforts.

As a Senior Director Program Management Technical, you will be responsible for:

• Guiding and mentoring a geographically diverse team, enabling strategic delegation to create a scalable and empowered workforce.
• Guiding the creation of transformation strategies and supporting internal stakeholders, enabling teams to shift toward proactive, sustainable operational excellence.
• Monitoring the overall health of projects and program within your portfolio, ensuring stringent data hygiene and accurate Engineering Productivity Metrics.
• Negotiating program scope definition and modification and working with program sponsors to prepare for executive presentations.
• Presenting program and portfolio updates regularly to senior executives, using data to encourage transparent discussions and informed decision-making.
• Participating in internal projects to scale operations, enhance practices, and refine methodologies like Software Capitalization Administration, Agile coaching, and Tooling Standardizations.
• Fostering an inclusive workplace culture that champions diversity, empathy, and belonging across all levels of the organization.

Do what you love

To be successful in this role you will:

• Have 15 years of relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree or its equivalent
• Have experience with enterprise engineering & product development framework and measurement systems, such as Lean Portfolio, SAFe, DORA, SDLC/PDLC.