Head of Enterprise & Integrated Networks

Worldpay; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 160,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage for you and family

Bonus/equity programs

Wellness Week with extra paid day off

Paid time off and public holidays

Job summary

Global Payments in London is seeking a Senior Director, Head of Enterprise & Integrated Networks to lead the Enterprise & Integrated Engineering team and shape the future of global commerce.

You will own the global network strategy, drive resilience and automation, and partner with security, cloud, and business leaders to deliver technology outcomes while managing budgets and key vendors.

Qualifications

• Significant leadership experience in global network engineering.
• Proven ability to manage budgets and cross‑functional stakeholders.
• Experience with enterprise WAN/LAN, data centres, and cloud links.
• Track record of transforming networking with automation.

Responsibilities

• Define and deliver the global network strategy for enterprise, cloud, and data centre environments.
• Lead global network engineering and operations teams across regions.
• Build roadmaps for modernization including automation and standardisation.
• Own performance, availability, risk, and incident leadership.
• Collaborate with engineering, cloud, security, and business leaders while managing budgets and suppliers.

Skills

Global network leadership

Enterprise networking

Budget ownership

Stakeholder management

Tools

WAN/LAN infrastructure

Data centre networking

Cloud connectivity

Security basics

Job description

Head of Enterprise & Integrated Networks

Ready to take your career global?

Make your mark at one of the biggest names in payments. We’re looking for a Senior Director, Head of Enterprise & Integrated Networks to join our ever-evolving Enterprise & Integrated Engineering team and help shape the future of global commerce.

What you’ll own

• Define and deliver the global network strategy, ensuring resilient, secure, and scalable connectivity across enterprise, cloud, data centre, and partner environments.
• Lead global network engineering and operations teams, driving service excellence across mission‑critical infrastructure supporting colleagues, clients, and business operations.
• Build and execute network modernization roadmaps, including automation, simplification, standardisation, lifecycle management, and transformation initiatives.
• Own operational performance, availability, risk management, and service resilience, providing leadership during major incidents and high‑priority technology events.
• Partner with engineering, cloud, security, architecture, and business leaders to deliver technology outcomes while managing budgets, suppliers, and strategic investments.

What you’ll bring

• Significant experience leading global Network Engineering, Infrastructure, or Technology Operations functions within large, complex enterprise environments.
• Strong expertise across enterprise networking, including WAN, LAN, data centre networking, routing, switching, firewalls, load balancing, and cloud connectivity.
• Proven ability to lead geographically distributed teams and develop high‑performing leaders across multiple regions and time zones.
• Experience delivering technology transformation programmes while maintaining operational stability within business‑critical environments.
• Strong commercial and stakeholder management skills, including budget ownership, supplier management, strategic planning, and executive‑level communication.

It’s a bonus if you have

• Experience in financial services, payments, banking, or another highly regulated industry.
• Experience leading network integration, merger and acquisition activities, large‑scale migrations, or major infrastructure transformation programmes.
• Knowledge of SD‑WAN, network automation, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), SRE, ITIL, DevOps, or modern infrastructure operating models.

About the team

Our inclusive and global teams win together every day. We’re proud to have the best minds in the industry, who you can learn from as you grow your career. The people, the energy, the connections – it’s unmatched. Come and be part of an ever‑evolving company and get dynamic opportunities that go beyond borders.

What makes a Globalpayer?

Globalpayers think like a client, act like an owner and win as one team. We’re curious and innovative – always finding better ways to deliver impact. We empower each other to make decisions, and it’s our passion that drives excellence in everything we set out to do.

My Health

We offer access to medical coverage that supports the health and wellbeing for you and your family

My Money

In addition to base salary, you may be eligible for bonuses and/or equity awards, determined by role, level, impact, and our policies.

My Lifestyle

We have a dedicated Wellness Week each year – which includes an extra paid day off - so you can take time to relax, recharge and invest in your wellbeing

My Family

FLEX, our family inclusion community, offers support for all Globalpayers at every stage, from raising families to caring for loved ones

My Time Off

We offer paid time off and public holidays so you can rest, recharge and spend time on what matters most.