Head of Platforms

Infovista

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About The Position

Set the strategic direction for Infovista's network, infrastructure and cloud platform capabilities supporting its Network Lifecycle Automation, Network Intelligence and SaaS product portfolios. Lead an international organisation comprising internal teams and an offshore third-party partner, translating business priorities into platform strategy and holding delivery teams accountable for resilient, secure and cost-effective outcomes. The role provides technical direction and informed oversight rather than hands-on execution.

Lead network, infrastructure, cloud and DevOps professionals, and work closely with product, engineering and security leaders while reporting to senior technology leadership. Success is measured by platform availability against SLAs, partner performance and value for money, delivery of roadmap milestones, cost efficiency, security posture, and team engagement and retention.

Requirements

• 12+ years in network, infrastructure or platform engineering.
• At least 5 years leading geographically distributed, multi-disciplinary teams in enterprise SaaS or technology environments.
• Proven track record managing offshore or outsourced delivery partners, including contract negotiation, SLA governance and performance management.
• Broad working knowledge of cloud platforms, Kubernetes, CI/CD, networking and security, sufficient to challenge technical approaches and make informed decisions.
• Strong commercial acumen, budget ownership and executive stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Define and own the multi-year platform and infrastructure strategy and roadmap, aligned to business and product objectives.
• Lead, develop and retain an international team across network, infrastructure, cloud and DevOps disciplines.
• Govern the offshore third-party partner relationship, including contracts, SLAs, performance reviews and value delivery.
• Shape the sourcing model, balancing internal capability with outsourced delivery to optimise cost, quality and risk.
• Provide informed technical direction on cloud, Kubernetes, networking and automation, guiding architectural decisions without hands-on delivery.
• Set and enforce standards for reliability, observability, security and compliance across internal and partner teams.
• Own the platform budget, cost optimisation and investment cases.
• Represent platform and infrastructure at senior leadership level, partnering with product, engineering, security, executive stakeholders and key vendors.
• Position the platform to enable AI, analytics and automation initiatives at scale.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Education Level: No Education Listed