Senior Manager, Global Infrastructure Deployment (Hybrid UK)

Storcom, Inc.; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

11:11 Systems is seeking an experienced Manager, Infrastructure Deployment to lead planning, coordination, and execution of data center deployment globally. This hybrid UK role reports to the Senior Director of Infrastructure Deployment and Data Center Management.

The role requires 5+ years in infrastructure deployment, strong leadership, and cross-functional collaboration with vendors, operations, and finance to deliver reliable service and scalable growth.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in IT, engineering, data center ops, or related field.
• 5+ years in infrastructure deployment or data center operations.
• 2+ years leading technical teams.
• Strong knowledge of physical infrastructure deployment (compute, storage, network).
• Ability to manage deployment plans, BOMs, rack elevations, and readiness checks.
• Certifications: PMP/PRINCE2, ITIL preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the Infrastructure Deployment team, setting priorities and coaching.
• Oversee private cloud infrastructure delivery from validation to production handoff.
• Validate BOMs for compute, storage, and network before deployment.
• Coordinate deployment across US, EMEA, APAC with overlapping hours.
• Own projects from planning through procurement and closeout.
• Manage risks, issues, and dependencies to keep on schedule.
• Review deployment plans, BOMs, rack elevations, and handoff materials.
• Ensure readiness of DC resources before deployment windows.
• Establish deployment standards and seek automation opportunities.
• Communicate status with stakeholders and resolve escalations.
• Travel to data centers or client locations as required.
• Lead on-call rotation for after-hours issues.

Skills

People leadership

Data center knowledge

Vendor management

Project management

Cross-functional leadership

Communication

Risk management

Decision making

Documentation

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT/engineering/data center ops

PMP/PRINCE2 (preferred)

ITIL Foundation (preferred)

Tools

PowerShell

Python

Ansible

NetBox

Nlyte

VMware vSphere

Cisco UCS

VCF

Job description

11:11 Systems is seeking an experienced Manager, Infrastructure Deployment to lead planning, coordination, and execution of data center deployment globally. This hybrid UK role reports to the Senior Director of Infrastructure Deployment and Data Center Management.

The role requires 5+ years in infrastructure deployment, strong leadership, and cross-functional collaboration with vendors, operations, and finance to deliver reliable service and scalable growth.