Interim SVP of Infrastructure

As the VP of Infrastructure, you will play a pivotal role in building the future of production-on-demand for a global network of creators and production partners. You will be responsible for building and maintaining a global, scalable, performant and resilient cloud infrastructure architecture within the company. You will manage a global team of managers and technical leaders and provide them with strategic direction, empower them, and drive hard for results. 

The Responsibilities

• Lead strategy and development of a cloud-based platform to ensure scalability, reliability, and performance for global operations.
• Manage and develop a team of platform and infrastructure engineers promoting innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align infrastructure development with business objectives, enhancing global production and delivery capabilities.
• Maintain high system availability, performance, and security, manage infrastructure budgets and vendor relationships.
• Implement best practices in infrastructure management, including disaster recovery, data integrity, and security.  Be a strong stakeholder in the incident management process.
• Automate infrastructure processes and maintain operations through provisioning, configuration management, monitoring, and lifecycle management.
• Be a strong advocate for new & emerging technologies, AI, industry trends, and best practices.

Who you are 

• Proven experience as a technology leader in a similar capacity, ideally as a VP of Engineering or Director of Engineering, with a successful track record of delivering complex projects and driving innovation
• Possess a deep understanding of cloud services, data center operations, and the latest in infrastructure technologies.
• A strategic thinker with a proven track record of developing and executing infrastructure strategies that support large-scale, global operations.
• Domain expertise across the Infrastructure environment (network, storage, databases, cloud etc.)
• Excellent communication skills, naturally capable of bridging the gap between technical and non-technical stakeholders.

About the process:

The assignment starts in June and is expected to last 6-8 months. You can be located anywhere in the world . Are you available and have the right profile? Apply today! The responsible recruiter for this role is Johan Nyberg who collaborates with researchers Ronja Vestlund.