Cloud Director - Financial Services Sector

TN United Kingdom; Cardiff; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Cloud Director to spearhead cloud transformation initiatives for financial services clients. This role involves leveraging your extensive consulting experience to guide C-suite leaders through their technology journeys while developing market propositions that drive growth. You'll be recognized as a cloud transformation expert, leading complex advisory engagements and building strong relationships with clients. Join a dynamic team where your leadership and innovative approach will significantly impact client success and the future of cloud solutions.

Qualifications

• Experience in large consulting organizations is a plus.
• Proven track record in leading cloud transformation engagements.

Responsibilities

• Lead business development opportunities in cloud transformation.
• Build trusted advisor relationships with C-level stakeholders.

Skills

Cloud Transformation Expertise

Business Development

Consulting Skills

C-level Relationship Management

Application Migration Experience

Knowledge of AWS, Azure, Google Cloud

Operational Resilience Best Practices

Sales Overachievement

Tools

AWS

Azure

Google Cloud

Migration Tools

Job description

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Client:

KPMG

Location:

Cardiff, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Finance

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Job Reference:

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Posted:

05.05.2025

Expiry Date:

19.06.2025

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Job Description:

Cloud Director – Sales Leadership

At KPMG, you will bring your industry knowledge and technology experience to map customer business challenges to on-premise and cloud technology solutions, shape end-to-end transformational journeys, and deliver real business value to our key Corporate clients. In this role, you will be part of some very exciting client engagements, lead pre-sales activities/proposals, and be responsible for delivering our portfolio of technology solutions, whilst maintaining deep executive-level client relationships.

As part of this leadership role, you will also inherently lead our teams, coach and mentor junior members, and contribute to our go-to-market activities by building the KPMG brand and being visible as a leading advisor within our clients, the market, and our alliance partners.

The Cloud Director role will have the following responsibilities:

• Be visible and recognized as an expert in cloud transformation (including Hybrid & Multi-cloud) by the market and alliance partners.
• Contribute to developing our financial services market growth in cloud transformation, with market-facing propositions and assets, building both the KPMG and your personal brand.
• Build close relationships and be a trusted advisor to C-suite leaders at our financial services clients, focusing on business challenges, cloud transformation, and their overall technology journey.
• Lead business development opportunities in the financial services market through shaping and selling complex, multi-stakeholder advisory and implementation services around cloud transformation.
• Organize, monitor, and lead programme delivery, outcomes, and resources in large transformation programmes.
• Design and develop roadmaps, implementation strategies, transformation plans, and high-quality assets targeting cloud solutions for clients, with the support of delivery managers, sales colleagues, and senior stakeholders.
• Contribute to our wider capability group by developing new services and supporting our people.

The Person

• Excellent consulting skills, with the ability to present complex solutions to business executives. Experience in a large consulting organization is a plus.
• Proven business development experience, leading client proposals and RFPs for cloud transformation and migration projects.
• Ability to build deep trusted advisor relationships with C-level stakeholders to guide their cloud journey.
• Experience with application migrations, including target selection, infrastructure sizing, and familiarity with migration tools.
• Knowledge in at least one: AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, microservices, APIs, containers, cloud data models, cloud integration, and migration patterns like rehost, refactor, rearchitect.
• Experience working in regulated environments and understanding operational resilience best practices.
• Track record in leading advisory engagements for large-scale cloud transformations.
• Broad understanding of infrastructure, network, database, cloud operating models, risks, controls, security, DevOps, Agile, and cloud testing across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud.
• Ability to shape long-term, complex cloud journeys encompassing full cloud capabilities.
• Proven sales and profitability overachievement in a consulting environment.
• Outstanding interpersonal skills to inspire teams and develop client relationships.
• Growth mindset for business development and influencing senior stakeholders.
• Collaborative working style with clients and teams.
• Self-motivated, inspiring, and motivating others.
• Team player, thriving in diverse cultures.