Principal Product Manager; Technical

Principal Technical Product Manager

As a Principal Technical Product Manager, this role bridges business and technical strategy, requiring deep architectural and systems expertise. Success involves transforming customer-focused goals into achievable outcomes, delivering value incrementally. Key responsibilities include supporting internal teams, developers, and stakeholders while scaling systems to meet evolving product needs. Define long-term objectives for essential system components and address technical debt effectively.

• Making strategic trade‑off decisions to ensure business objectives are balanced against factors including staffing, reliability risks, cost, and schedule.
• Partnering with Architecture, Engineering, and SRE leaders to define the strategy, vision, and development roadmap for the product line.
• Documenting platform service usage while conveying the value of technical solutions as the voice of product development teams.
• Negotiating agreements and contracts while interacting with external vendors and partners supplying software/services.
• Serving as a thoughtful leader, influencing strategic decisions across multiple functions and external industry groups.

To be successful in this role you will:

• Have 15 years of relevant experience and a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or its equivalent.
• Possess mandatory experience managing cloud technologies & control planes at enterprise scale, with exposure to platforms like AWS, Azure, GCP, etc.
• Demonstrate a proven ability to manage complex infrastructure balancing technical debt.
• Drive success metrics centered on platform performance, including establishing and writing requirements for Service Level Objectives (SLOs).
• Demonstrate technical fluency in CNCF technologies, requiring Kubernetes expertise, alongside experience in cloud infrastructure, monitoring, database management, and data visualization tools.
• Resolve ambiguity into actionable strategies, bridging the gap between engineering teams and less‑technical stakeholders.
• Communicate effectively by writing clear PRDs, product outcome documents, and inspiring partner teams and executives. Cultivate great engineering partnerships and empathy.
• Demonstrate initiative, exceptional responsibility, and excellent communication skills while leading cross‑functional teams and adapting to dynamic, outcome‑focused environments.

Akamai is committed to supporting your health, well‑being, finances, and life beyond work. Health care, 401(k) savings plan, company holidays, vacation (PTO), sick time, family‑friendly benefits including parental leave, and employee assistance program focusing on mental and financial wellness are included. Eligibility requirements apply.

For U.S. based candidates only, the base salary for this position ranges from $159,600 - $287,400 per year; a candidate’s salary is determined by relevant work experience, skills, certifications and location. Compensation for candidates outside the U.S. will vary. The compensation package may also include incentive compensation opportunities in the form of an annual bonus, equity awards, and an Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP).

Akamai provides industry‑leading benefits including healthcare, 401(k) savings plan, company holidays, vacation (PTO), sick time, family‑friendly benefits including parental leave, and an employee assistance program focusing on mental and financial wellness; eligibility requirements apply.

Akamai Technologies is an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer that values the strength that diversity brings to the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race/ethnicity, protected veteran status, disability, or other protected group status.