Director, Strategy and Operations

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Director of Strategy & Operations at Akamai API Security connecting product innovation and operational efficiency. Partnering across teams to drive product enablement and monitor core business metrics.

Responsibilities:

  • Partnering with Product and R&D leaders to build enablement plans, content, and frameworks for go-to-market teams.
  • Establishing and tracking key execution metrics that reveal operational health and strategic progress across the business.
  • Driving cost-reduction frameworks across cloud compute infrastructure while aligning resource allocation with corporate budget limits.
  • Monitoring organizational AI usage, tracking consumption models, and implementing efficiency initiatives that optimize spend and ROI.
  • Operating the planning rhythm across quarterly objectives, executive reviews, and cross-functional initiative tracking.
  • Translating high-level strategy into concrete, measurable deliverables owned by accountable cross-functional teams.

Requirements:

  • Have 7+ years of progressive experience in Strategy & Operations, Business Operations, FinOps, or related leadership roles.
  • Have a proven track record of building alignment across deeply technical teams and commercial business units.
  • Have practical experience overseeing technical infrastructure budgets, including cloud compute across AWS, Azure, or GCP.
  • Have hands-on familiarity with modern AI and LLM consumption costs and associated efficiency frameworks.
  • Be skilled in operational planning and project management, translating strategy into concrete and measurable deliverables.
  • Have a collaborative leadership style and the ability to influence senior stakeholders without direct authority.

Benefits:

  • Your health
  • Your finances
  • Your family
  • Your time at work
  • Your time pursuing other endeavors.