Digital Platform Leader

Vertiv • Westerville, OH

5d • Onsite

About The Position

The Digital Platform Leader is responsible for owning, scaling, and evolving the enterprise digital platform ecosystem that enables business transformation, automation, and AI-driven capabilities across the company. This role has end-to-end accountability for core digital platforms including (but not limited to) low-code, integration, API, and developer platforms that accelerate process reimagination, speed of delivery, and innovation at scale. The Digital Platform Leader partners closely with business leaders, transformation teams, data & AI teams, architecture, and engineering to ensure platforms are secure, scalable, reusable, and aligned with enterprise strategy. This position will report directly to the Chief Digital Officer (CDO) and will play a critical role in shaping the company's digital, data, and AI foundation. This position will be based onsite at Vertiv's Westerville, OH - HQ location.

Requirements

• 12 plus years of experience in digital platforms, enterprise systems, integration, or digital transformation roles.
• Hands-on experience with integration platforms (e.g., Workato), low-code platforms (e.g., Mendix), and modern API architectures.
• Strong understanding of cloud-native, API-first, and event-driven architectures.
• Proven experience leading large-scale, cross-functional platform initiatives.
• Strong program leadership, stakeholder management, and communication skills.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in manufacturing, industrial, and high growth environment.
• Exposure to AI-enabled development tools, developer productivity platforms, and agentic architectures.
• Experience operating platforms in global, multi-site, multi-region organizations.

Responsibilities

• Strategy & Transformation Leadership Define and execute the enterprise digital platforms strategy aligned with business and transformation priorities.
• Own the roadmap, standards, and lifecycle management for core digital platforms, including (but not limited to): Integration & Automation platforms (e.g., Workato) Low-code / no-code platforms (e.g., Mendix) Developer & AI-assisted engineering platforms (e.g., Cursor) Modern API and integration platforms (API management, event-driven architectures, microservices)
• Partner with business and transformation leaders to translate strategic objectives into reusable platform capabilities and services.
• Platform and Architecture Enablement Lead the design and evolution of scalable, resilient, and secure digital platforms across application, integration, and API layers.
• Establish platform architecture principles, guardrails, and patterns to ensure consistency, reusability, and speed.
• Ensure platforms are aligned with enterprise architecture, security, and compliance standards while enabling flexibility and rapid innovation.
• Execution, Governance & Value Realization Lead cross-functional platform delivery and engineering teams with disciplined execution and accountability.
• Establish governance models for platform investment, prioritization, citizen development, and reuse.
• Define and track KPIs related to platform adoption, velocity, reliability, cost efficiency, and business value realization.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees