Senior Program Manager

About Akkio

Akkio is the AI workflows platform that automates every workflow across the campaign lifecycle, helping media agencies and data providers activate their data and expertise at scale to deliver better campaigns faster.

Founded in 2019, Akkio combines state-of-the-art ML technology with a simple, intuitive interface to ensure agencies can easily infuse data into every decision across the campaign lifecycle to enhance client outcomes. With recent Series A funding of $15M, we're rapidly expanding our operations to meet growing demand from major media companies.

The Opportunity

As a Senior Program Manager at Akkio, you will play an essential role to drive execution and delivery to key customers. You will be a strong executor who can connect delivery to business outcomes. This role will sit at the intersection of product, engineering, sales and design, ensuring seamless planning and implementation of programs and the ultimate success for partner engagements.

This isn't just about building features – you'll build on our vision for how AI can transform media operations and bring it to life from concept to market adoption. You'll join at an exciting growth stage following our Series A funding, with the chance to make a significant impact on our product direction and company success.

What You'll Do

• Strategic relationship architect - Builds and maintains deep, trust-based relationships with our customers and our internal teams, striking a balance between customer objectives and ours to ensure shared success.
• Cross-functional orchestrator - Coordinates complex initiatives across engineering, sales, customer success, and product while managing competing priorities and resource constraints, ensuring all stakeholders remain aligned on deliverables, timelines, and success metrics.
• Risk anticipation and mitigation expert - Proactively identifies potential project risks, technical blockers, and scope creep before they impact our engagements, developing contingency plans and solutions that keep large-scale implementations on track.
• Strong communicator - Tells a compelling story about complex technical concepts at every level in an organization, making high-stakes customer meetings purposeful and enjoyable.

Who You Are

• 7+ years of experience with tech product and program management roles
• Held leadership roles, managing multi-million dollar partnerships and complex cross-functional development efforts.
• Experience in both established companies and startups
• High preference for NYC 

What You’ll Need to Succeed

• You are someone everyone wants to work with!
• You remain composed, thriving in ambiguous and high-pressure situations
• You can balance between pushing and not pushing to a breaking point
• You brings a “pick up a shovel and help” attitude (vs staying above the fray)
• You see the big picture while delivering scalable, detailed solutions. 
• You remove blockers, drive execution, and keep programs on track. 
• You bring clarity to complexity and turn ambiguity into action. 
• You build trust across teams and use data to guide decisions.

Why You'll Love Working Here

Join Akkio and help transform how media companies leverage AI in marketing and advertising. You'll be at the forefront of applying AI technologies to solve real business problems in a rapidly evolving industry. AI will transform every industry – but only when it's accessible to everyone, not just data scientists.

You'll have a direct impact on product direction and company growth while working with major clients in the media space. This is a rare opportunity to get in on the ground floor of a well-funded AI startup where your vision directly shapes how thousands of marketing professionals interact with AI technology.

Our culture is built around shared wins, so success drives large career, financial, and personal growth. We offer competitive compensation, including substantial equity grants, flexible work arrangements, comprehensive healthcare benefits, and professional development opportunities.

Additional Information

• Location: Akkio is a fully remote company, but you must be willing to spend significant customer-facing time in New York City.
• Compensation: Competitive salary range of $165,000-$210,000 depending on experience, plus equity grants
• Benefits: Health, dental, and vision insurance; 401(k); generous PTO policy
• Authorization: Must be authorized to work in the US

Akkio is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills, and we believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be.

To all recruitment agencies: Akkio does not accept agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to our jobs alias or Akkio employees. Akkio is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.