Head of Enterprise & Integrated Networks

Global Payment Holding Company; Greater London; Vor Ort; GBP 150.000 - 190.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Globalpayer is seeking a Senior Director, Head of Enterprise & Integrated Networks to lead the Enterprise & Integrated Engineering team and shape global connectivity strategy.

You will own the global network strategy, lead distributed teams, drive modernization with automation, and partner with executives to balance budgets and strategic investments.

Qualifikationen

• Significant experience leading global Network Engineering, Infrastructure, or Technology Operations 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.

Aufgaben

• Define and deliver the global network strategy 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.

Kenntnisse

Global Network Leadership

WAN/LAN Networking

Cloud Connectivity

Stakeholder Management

Tools

IaC

SRE

Jobbeschreibung

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.