Director, Strategy and Operations

Akamai Technologies

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.

Posted 6/7/2026full-timeRemote • 🇮🇱 IsraelLeadWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSAzureCloudGoogle Cloud Platform

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

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

What you’ll need

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

Comp & perks

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

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Hard Skills & Tools

strategy & operationsbusiness operationsFinOpsoperational planningproject managementcloud computeAI consumption costsefficiency frameworksbudget managementmeasurable deliverables

Soft Skills

collaborative leadershipinfluencing stakeholderscross-functional collaborationcommunicationalignment building