Vice President - Cyber Strategy

SHI International Corp.

21h

About The Position

The Vice President, Cyber Strategy is responsible for defining and driving SHI’s strategy and go-to-market for Cyber across SHI market segments. This role aligns market trends, partner ecosystems, solution capabilities, and cross-functional execution to strengthen SHI’s position as a strategic partner for infrastructure transformation and to improve customer outcomes. Cyber at SHI includes the strategy, portfolio, and go-to-market motion for modern data center, hybrid-cloud, network, edge and distributed platforms, virtualization and platform modernization, automation and orchestration, resiliency and data protection, and AI-ready infrastructure. This role partners across sales, pre-sales engineering, professional services, marketing, and partner teams to shape offerings, messaging, enablement, and field execution. The Vice President also works directly with customers, partners, and internal executive leadership to ensure SHI’s Cyber strategy is cohesive, relevant, and executable.

Requirements

Expert cybersecurity executive with deep strategic and technical mastery across modern data centers, hybrid-cloud and multi-cloud architectures, edge and distributed computing platforms, virtualization technologies, automation & orchestration, high-resiliency designs, and AI-ready infrastructure.
Go-to-market strategy development and execution across multiple teams and stakeholder groups – Expert
Partner alignment and ecosystem strategy across OEM, software, cloud, and services providers – Expert
Executive communication and customer-facing advisory engagement – Expert
Change Management – Expert
Continuous Improvement – Expert
Financial Awareness – Expert
Forward Thinking – Expert
Innovation – Expert
Influence – Expert
Documentation – Expert
Completed bachelor’s degree in computer science, information technology, engineering, business, or a related field.
12+ years of experience in enterprise infrastructure, hybrid-cloud, architecture, consulting, product strategy, or adjacent technology leadership roles.
10+ years of experience in a senior leadership, executive advisory, or strategy role.
Demonstrated expertise in customer-facing infrastructure strategy, executive engagement, and cross-functional go-to-market leadership.
Experience working with major infrastructure ecosystem partners and translating partner capabilities into cohesive market-facing strategies.
Strong working knowledge of infrastructure transformation topics such as modernization, workload placement, platform strategy, lifecycle planning, automation, resiliency, and hybrid operating models.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree preferred.
Relevant technical or business certifications are a plus.
Public CTO and hybrid cloud executive role patterns commonly emphasize infrastructure modernization, hybrid- cloud services, resiliency, and strategic portfolio direction.

Responsibilities

Define SHI’s Cyber strategy across SHI market segments, establishing strategic priorities, solution themes, and go-to-market direction aligned to market demand and business goals.
Develop SHI’s market point of view for Cyber, including modern data center, hybrid-cloud, edge and distributed environments, platform modernization, automation, resiliency, and AI-ready infrastructure.
Drive cross-functional alignment across sales, pre-sales engineering, professional services, marketing, and partner organizations to ensure SHI brings cohesive infrastructure solutions and messaging to market.
Partner with alliance OEM hardware and software solution teams to shape partner strategy, technical alignment, joint motions, and market positioning for Cyber.
Influence the development, packaging, and prioritization of SHI’s Cyber offerings and services to ensure the portfolio reflects market opportunity, partner capabilities, and strategic priorities.
Collaborate with marketing and enablement teams to create messaging, campaign themes, talk tracks, and enablement assets that improve consistency and confidence in how SHI positions Cyber.
Serve as a senior internal and external executive spokesperson for SHI’s Cyber point of view through executive customer meetings, briefings, partner engagements, field events, and thought leadership.
Translate technology, market, and partner developments into actionable recommendations for SHI leadership, field teams, and portfolio owners.
Align infrastructure strategy to business outcomes, helping SHI articulate how infrastructure decisions impact agility, resiliency, security, performance, cost efficiency, and long-term value.
Support senior customer and partner conversations where executive business and technical judgment are required to guide transformation strategy and SHI positioning.