Global Infrastructure Platforms Strategy Leader

Infovista; Guildford; On-site; GBP 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Infovista is seeking a senior platform leader to set the strategic direction for network, infrastructure and cloud platform capabilities. You will manage an international team including internal staff and an offshore partner, ensuring platform availability, security, cost efficiency and value delivery.

You will report to technology leadership and collaborate with product, engineering and security leaders to drive roadmap milestones and uphold SLAs, while shaping the sourcing model and

Qualifications

• 12+ years in network, infrastructure or platform engineering or related field.
• Experience leading geographically distributed, multi-disciplinary teams in enterprise SaaS or tech environments.
• Proven track record managing offshore or outsourced delivery partners, including contract negotiation and SLA governance.
• Broad knowledge of cloud platforms, Kubernetes, CI/CD, networking and security to challenge approaches.

Responsibilities

• Define and own the multi-year platform and infrastructure strategy and roadmap, aligned to business/product objectives.
• Lead, develop and retain an international team across network, infrastructure, cloud and DevOps disciplines.
• Govern offshore third-party partner relationships, including contracts, SLAs, performance reviews and value delivery.
• Shape sourcing model to balance internal capability with outsourced delivery for cost/quality/risk optimization.
• 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 teams.
• Own platform budget, cost optimisation and investment cases.
• Represent platform and infrastructure at senior leadership level with product/engineering/security stakeholders and vendors.
• Position the platform to enable AI, analytics and automation initiatives at scale.

Skills

Leadership

Partner management

Strategy development

Budgeting

Executive stakeholder management

Tools

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Cloud platforms

Job description

Infovista is seeking a senior platform leader to set the strategic direction for network, infrastructure and cloud platform capabilities. You will manage an international team including internal staff and an offshore partner, ensuring platform availability, security, cost efficiency and value delivery.

You will report to technology leadership and collaborate with product, engineering and security leaders to drive roadmap milestones and uphold SLAs, while shaping the sourcing model and