Product Manager

Applicants must meet one of the following education and experience requirements:
* 8 years of relevant experience and a Bachelor’s degree or its equivalent or
* 6 years of relevant experience and a Master’s degree or
* 3 years of relevant experience and a PhD

Required Skills
Education: BA/BS Degree, MBA preferred or equivalent industry experience
* 3+ years of experience with product management or product marketing or equivalent experience
* 2+ years of experience with Internet, digital ads or ecommerce technologies

Desired Skills

* Exceptional communication, presentation, organizational and analytical skills
* Demonstrated experience in gathering and transforming customer needs into an actionable product vision and requirements definition.
* History of delivering high-complexity technical programs including cross-functional stakeholders, including creation and presentation of the supporting business case.
* Excellent organizational skills, analytic capabilities, and attention to detail. Ability to drive effective 1:1 and 1:many communications for internal and external audiences.
* Ability to assess new markets, analyze business opportunities and execute against them
* Understanding of product management & product marketing discipline – including product lifecycle management and some experience with product line strategic planning.
* Highly self-motivated and self-sufficient.
* Creative and out-of-the-box thinker.
* Proven track record in growing a product business and working within a cross-functional environment to drive results.
* Understanding of Responsibilities would include:
* Understand and analyze customer needs
* Shape conceptual ideas into clearly defined enhancements to the core CDN offering
* Validate your design hypotheses with our customers
* Define the package and enhancement needs for specific target areas
* Collaborate with UX expert to design beautiful and intuitive interfaces from concept to production
* Drive sales focus & execution on the key target areas
* Follow industry trends and competition to adjust product strategy and roadmap
* Drive plans with Industry Marketing, Product Marketing, Marketing Programs, and Sales Teams

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, race/ethnicity, protected veteran status, disability, or other protected group status.