Vice President, Product Management – IaaS

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Massachusetts.

📋 Description

• Assist in defining and implementing our cloud market strategy.

• Collaborate with engineering, go-to-market (GTM), and executive teams to create competitive cloud products while leading cross-functional teams.

• Take ownership of the product vision and multi-year strategy for our Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) portfolio, ensuring alignment with broader cloud growth objectives.

• Build and manage a high-performing team of product leaders, fostering accountability, execution discipline, and a culture focused on customer satisfaction.

• Oversee cross-functional execution among product, engineering, and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), ensuring alignment and successful delivery of roadmap priorities.

• Collaborate with engineering, design, sales, and marketing teams to transition products from concept to launch and promote their adoption.

• Utilize extensive market, customer, and industry insights to identify differentiation opportunities and refine product positioning.

• Own business outcomes across the portfolio, including revenue growth, adoption rates, and customer satisfaction levels.

• Work with go-to-market leadership on pricing, packaging, and segment strategy, acting as a representative for Akamai in interactions with customers, partners, and analysts.

⛳️ Requirements

• 15 years of experience in product management within cloud, compute, or infrastructure sectors; a bachelor's degree or equivalent experience is mandatory.

• Proven success in building and scaling product management teams, which includes hiring, mentoring, and establishing effective operational rhythms.

• Experience in defining and executing product strategy at a senior level, including setting vision, aligning stakeholders, and ensuring cross-functional execution.

• In-depth knowledge of cloud computing concepts such as compute, virtualization, containerization, storage, networking, and managed services.

• Proven track record of successfully launching and scaling products, with the capability to articulate outcomes, lessons learned, and areas for improvement.

• Ability to align stakeholders through effective communication, collaboration, and influential leadership.

• Lead by influence across engineering, SRE, and operations, uniting stakeholders around a common product vision.

• Navigate between developer and enterprise audiences, recognizing their distinct needs and purchasing behaviors.

• Strong executive presence and excellent communication skills, representing the company effectively in discussions with customers, partners, and analysts.

🏝️ Benefits

• Healthcare

• 401K savings plan

• Company holidays

• Vacation (in the form of PTO)

• Sick time

• Family-friendly benefits, including parental leave

• Employee assistance program focused on mental and financial wellness