Senior Strategy & Operations Analyst - Remote

Job Description

Do strategic analytics excite you?

Do you like collaborating across teams to deliver operational excellence?

Join our Strategy and Operations Team!

Our Product Strategy & Operations team partners with our Cloud Technology Group (CTG) to meet customer needs. We collaborate together to make smart, informed data-driven decisions. We empower the business with insights, transparency and alignment across teams. This ensures that the voice of the customer is embedded in everything we do.

Partner with the best

You will serve as a trusted advisor to Product Management, responsible for operationalizing product strategy in CTG. You will drive operational excellence for product and product related initiatives through business analysis, aligning with customer needs, and driving superlative process improvements for the business. Cross-functional collaboration is crucial to this role as you will work closely with stakeholders across the business.

As a Senior Strategy & Operations Analyst, you will be responsible for:

• Serving as a trusted advisor and business partner to CTG Product Teams
• Being a leader while driving the operational reporting, analytics, and business insights for relevant business groups
• Enabling strategic decision making by utilizing data analysis to inform recommendations, and work with cross-functional teams to drive company-wide understanding and cohesion
• Understanding factors and areas of opportunities to drive the business towards better and proactive decision making
• Optimizing processes to support decision making at scale
• Collaborating with Product Managers to develop and manage to key performance indicators
• Partnering with cross-functional stakeholders to ensure meeting market needs and pervading all aspects of the strategy
• Helping contribute to the future direction of our Product Operations function within CTG

Do what you love

To be successful in this role you will:

• Have 8 years of relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree
• Have advanced working knowledge of Microsoft Excel and Google Sheets and experience with SQL query syntax
• Have experience presenting to and working with teams and leadership at all levels of an organization
• Have experience with data visualization and analysis tools, operating systems with limited supervision, and building rudimentary dashboards
• Have experience analyzing data and modeling solutions to provide solutions and thought leadership to facilitate organizational initiatives
• Be a problem solver, quickly identify issues, and propose solutions that drive business value

Work in a way that works for you

FlexBase, Akamai's Global Flexible Working Program, is based on the principles that are helping us create the best workplace in the world. When our colleagues said that flexible working was important to them, we listened. We also know flexible working is important to many of the incredible people considering joining Akamai. FlexBase, gives 95% of employees the choice to work from their home, their office, or both (in the country advertised). This permanent workplace flexibility program is consistent and fair globally, to help us find incredible talent, virtually anywhere. We are happy to discuss working options for this role and encourage you to speak with your recruiter in more detail when you apply.
Learn what makes Akamai a great place to work

We power and protect life online, by solving the toughest challenges, together.

At Akamai, we're curious, innovative, collaborative and tenacious. We celebrate diversity of thought and we hold an unwavering belief that we can make a meaningful difference. Our teams use their global perspectives to put customers at the forefront of everything they do, so if you are people-centric, you'll thrive here.

Working for you

At Akamai, we will provide you with opportunities to grow, flourish, and achieve great things. Our benefit options are designed to meet your individual needs for today and in the future. We provide benefits surrounding all aspects of your life:

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

Our benefit plan options are designed to meet your individual needs and budget, both today and in the future.

About us

Akamai powers and protects life online. Leading companies worldwide choose Akamai to build, deliver, and secure their digital experiences helping billions of people live, work, and play every day. With the world's most distributed compute platform from cloud to edge we make it easy for customers to develop and run applications, while we keep experiences closer to users and threats farther away.

Join us

Are you seeking an opportunity to make a real difference in a company with a global reach and exciting services and clients? Come join us and grow with a team of people who will energize and inspire you!
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.
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Compensation

Akamai is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The base salary for this position ranges from $113,430 - $170,043/year; a candidate’s salary is determined by various factors including, but not limited to, relevant work experience, skills, certifications and location. The compensation package may also include incentive compensation opportunities in the form of annual bonus or incentives, equity awards and an Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP). Akamai provides industry-leading benefits including healthcare, 401K savings plan, company holidays, vacation (in the form of PTO), sick time, family friendly benefits including parental leave and an employee assistance program including a focus on mental and financial wellness; Eligibility requirements apply.