Director of Infrastructure and Operations

Experis - ManpowerGroup; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment firm in the UK is seeking a Director of Cloud, Infrastructure and Operations. This role involves leadership in technical strategy, managing IT resources, and ensuring compliance with Information Governance. The ideal candidate will have strong technical knowledge, experience in the Healthcare sector, and proven skills in stakeholder management and team leadership. Responsibilities include development of infrastructure budgets and operational efficiencies.

Qualifications

• Experience in the Healthcare or Life Sciences sector is highly desirable.
• Proven ability to critically analyse business situations and plan ahead.
• Must be able to manage relationships with IT services providers.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for delivery and development of infrastructure and applications support.
• Manage service budgets and technology service management.
• Lead and ensure Information Governance compliance is reviewed and maintained.

Skills

Leadership in technical strategy development

Strong technical knowledge of Virtualisation (VMWare)

Experience in Microsoft Technology roadmaps

Stakeholder management

Problem-solving skills

Operational efficiency

Ability to motivate and lead a team

Job description

Director Of Infrastructure and Operations

I am looking for a Director of Cloud, Infrastructure and Operations. You will work closely with the Senior Leadership team to align business requirements and manage on‑going relationships with key business stakeholders and suppliers. This role will provide leadership in technical strategy development, planning and the on‑going management of technology services; manages IT resource requirements to ensure appropriate balance between operational and strategic demands. It will involve managing relationships with IT services providers and ensures that the most efficient and appropriate sourcing strategies are in place to maximise service to the business; and leads, promotes and ensures Information Governance compliance is continually reviewed, developed and maintained.

Key Deliverables

• Responsible for the delivery and development of infrastructure, applications support and service budgets
• Must have strong technical knowledge & experience of: Virtualisation (VMWare), Enterprise storage, Microsoft Technology roadmaps; AD, SQL server, Voice, Data , Mobility
• Digital Innovation and Drive Technology roadmaps
• Cloud 1st mentality
• Ability to motivate, develop, manage and lead a team.
• A problem solver - someone that can think outside the box and work with stakeholders to come up with solutions
• Excellent stakeholder management
• Operational efficiently and improvement
• Proven background in the capacity to critically analyse business situations, plan ahead, resolve problems and seeks to continually improve performance.

Experience in the Healthcare or Life Sciences sector is highly desirable