Chief Cloud Strategist

The Senior Cloud Operations Lead is responsible for the end-to-end management, optimization and continuous improvement of cloud environments across public, private and hybrid platforms.

This includes oversight of Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS), Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) and other cloud-native services ensuring they are delivered securely, cost-effectively and with resilience, while aligning to the overall technology strategy.

In this role the Senior Manager leads a team of skilled cloud engineers and manages strategic relationships with key third-party providers and partners.

The position plays a critical role in driving operational excellence ensuring timely delivery of services and fostering innovation to support evolving cloud capabilities.

• Lead maintain and execute the multi-cloud strategy and roadmap ensuring alignment with business objectives and regulatory obligations.
• Lead the evaluation and adoption of new cloud services tools and technologies to drive innovation and improve efficiency.
• Partner with Architecture and Security teams to ensure cloud solutions are compliant secure and resilient.

• Define cloud governance frameworks security policies and compliance standards while managing multi-year budgets and resource allocation for cloud initiatives.
• Collaborate with business leaders product managers and other technical teams to align cloud initiatives with business needs.
• Manage the design build and optimization of cloud infrastructure services ensuring high availability and disaster recovery capabilities.
• Oversee day-to-day operations of all cloud environments including monitoring performance tuning incident management and capacity planning.
• Establish and enforce operational processes automation standards and configuration management practices.

• Implement and oversee a FinOps practice to monitor report and optimize cloud expenditure.
• Drive cost optimization initiatives including rightsizing reservation planning and budget forecasting.
• Provide regular insights and reporting on consumption and savings opportunities to senior stakeholders.

• Ensure all cloud services comply with internal policies regulatory requirements and industry best practices.
• Oversee security controls and collaborate closely with the Cyber Security team to manage risks and incidents.
• Maintain and update operational documentation risk assessments and compliance artefacts.

• Lead coach and develop a team of Cloud Engineers and Specialists fostering a high-performance culture.
• Manage vendor relationships and service delivery from third-party providers ensuring contractual obligations and service level agreements are met.
• Promote collaboration across Infrastructure Security and Application teams.

You are an experienced technology leader with similar roles spanning cloud and infrastructure operations.

Your expertise includes deep knowledge of IT infrastructure services across both on-premises and cloud platforms.

Bring hands-on experience with Azure as well as Infrastructure-as-Code serverless architectures cloud internetworking LAN/WAN virtualization technologies and Wintel/UNIX systems.

You excel in infrastructure strategy design project management and operations successfully leading diverse technical teams delivering complex IT projects on time and within budget.

Strong analytical problem-solving skills combined with excellent troubleshooting abilities enable you to navigate and resolve challenges in complex environments.

Excellent leadership communication and stakeholder management skills committed to driving best practices innovation and operational excellence.