Senior Director, Technology Operations & Platform Reliability

Regeneron; Hyderabad; Hybrid; INR 4,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Regeneron is seeking an accomplished leader to own and evolve enterprise cloud operations across AWS, Azure, and GCP, with focus on reliability, performance, and security. You will build a high-performing SRE organization, drive automation and IaC, and govern vendor relations in a global, hybrid environment.

The role emphasizes ITIL practices, observability, FinOps, and collaboration with security and compliance teams to mitigate risk and improve service delivery.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in IT/CS/Engineering or related field.
• 15+ years in enterprise technology operations, infrastructure, and service delivery leadership.
• Deep experience in multi-cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP) with governance and FinOps.
• Proven success building and leading SRE organizations, with observability and incident management.
• Strong ITSM practices, ITIL v4, and ServiceNow expertise.
• Significant vendor management, MSP governance, and contractual oversight experience.
• Understanding of cloud security, compliance, and risk management.
• Ability to lead globally distributed teams and communicate with senior leadership.

Responsibilities

• Own the operational health, availability, performance, and security of enterprise cloud platforms across AWS, Azure, and GCP, including AI/ML workloads.
• Establish and mature MLOps and AIOps practices including monitoring, drift detection, automated retraining, and AI workload incident response.
• Lead enterprise cloud operations modernization with observability, automation, and proactive management.
• Build and lead a mature SRE organization with SLOs, SLIs, and reliability engineering standards.
• Partner with engineering to implement automation, IaC, and efficiency improvements at scale.
• Govern on-call processes, incident management, post-incident reviews, and continuous improvement programs.
• Oversee MSP governance, vendor reviews, SLAs, and contract oversight in collaboration with Procurement and Legal.
• Drive ITIL-aligned service management adoption (Incident, Problem, Change, Release, Configuration).

Skills

Cloud operations

MLOps

AIOps

SRE leadership

ITIL v4

Security governance

Observability

Vendor management

Automation

FinOps

Education

Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering

Tools

ServiceNow

Terraform

Kubernetes

CI/CD tools

Observability tools

Job description

Build Our Future Together

Regeneron is founded on the belief that the right idea, combined with the right team, can lead to significant transformations. Our growing global network is dedicated to inventing, developing, and commercializing medicines that change lives for those with serious diseases. In doing so, we are pioneering innovative approaches to science, manufacturing, and commercialization, as well as redefining our understanding of health.

Build Our Future Together

Regeneron is founded on the belief that the right idea, combined with the right team, can lead to significant transformations. Our growing global network is dedicated to inventing, developing, and commercializing medicines that change lives for those with serious diseases. In doing so, we are pioneering innovative approaches to science, manufacturing, and commercialization, as well as redefining our understanding of health.

When & Where

Hyderabad (Hybrid)

Discover Your Role

• Own the operational health, availability, performance, and security of enterprise cloud platforms across AWS, Azure, and GCP environments, including AI/ML, data, analytics, and cloud-native application platforms.
• Establish and mature MLOps and AIOps operational practices including model monitoring, drift detection, automated retraining, inference platform management, and AI workload incident response.
• Lead enterprise cloud operations modernization through observability, automation, intelligent monitoring, and proactive operational management.
• Build and lead a mature Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) organization, embedding SLOs, SLIs, error budgets, observability standards, and reliability engineering practices across critical platforms and services.
• Partner with engineering and architecture teams to implement automation, self-healing capabilities, infrastructure-as-code, and operational efficiency improvements at scale.
• Govern enterprise on-call frameworks, incident management processes, post-incident reviews, and continuous improvement programs that strengthen service reliability and resiliency.
• Serve as the executive owner for Managed Service Providers and strategic vendors, overseeing contracts, SLAs, performance metrics, governance frameworks, and executive issues.
• Lead vendor performance reviews, risk assessments, cost optimization initiatives, and strategic sourcing decisions in partnership with Procurement, Legal, and Finance.
• Oversee enterprise IT support operations including service desk, Tier 1/2/3 support, and application support functions to ensure best-in-class end-user experiences.
• Drive adoption and maturity of ITIL-aligned service management practices including Incident, Problem, Change, Release, and Configuration Management.
• Define and report operational performance metrics including MTTR, MTBF, SLA compliance, first-contact resolution, and customer satisfaction measures.
• Deliver executive-level reporting to the CIO and senior leadership, translating operational performance and technical risks into actionable business insights.
• Partner with Security and Compliance teams to maintain cloud security posture, vulnerability management, compliance requirements, and operational risk mitigation initiatives.
• Lead geographically distributed teams, develop operational leaders, and foster a culture of accountability, inclusion, innovation, and continuous learning.
• Develop enterprise operational maturity roadmaps across cloud operations, SRE, MSP governance, and support functions while driving continuous improvement and service optimization.
• Establish and govern disaster recovery and business continuity programs, ensuring resilient and tested recovery capabilities for critical enterprise technologies.

This Role Requires

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related discipline; advanced degree preferred.
• 15+ years of progressive experience in enterprise technology operations, infrastructure, cloud platforms, and service delivery leadership.
• Deep expertise operating large-scale multi-cloud environments across AWS, Azure, and GCP, including cloud governance, architecture patterns, operational tooling, and FinOps optimization.
• Good experience with AI/ML operational platforms including MLOps, model lifecycle management, monitoring, inference services, and AIOps solutions.
• Demonstrated success building and leading Site Reliability Engineering organizations and implementing observability frameworks, SLO programs, and incident management capabilities.
• Strong knowledge of enterprise IT Service Management practices, ITIL v4 frameworks, and ServiceNow or equivalent platforms.
• Significant experience managing strategic vendor relationships, MSP governance, SLA management, contract oversight, and operational outsourcing models.
• Understanding of cloud security, vulnerability management, compliance requirements, and operational risk management practices.
• Experience building, scaling, and developing high-performing global technology organizations, including leaders, managers, and senior technical experts.
• Experience establishing or significantly expanding capabilities within a Global Capability Center (GCC) environment.
• Strong strategic thinking, organizational design, and business partnership capabilities with the ability to translate ambiguous challenges into executable technology strategies.
• Exceptional executive communication, stakeholder management, and cross-cultural leadership skills, with experience engaging senior global leadership teams and board-level stakeholders.
• Demonstrable ability to operate effectively within a global matrix organization and influence outcomes across diverse stakeholder groups.
• Passion for continuous improvement, operational excellence, innovation, and developing high-performing teams.

Regeneron is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion or belief (or lack thereof), sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, gender reassignment, marital or civil partnership status, civil status, pregnancy or parental status, age, disability, nationality, citizenship status, ethnic or national origin, membership of the Traveler community, familial status, genetic information, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected under applicable law.

Where required, we will provide reasonable accommodation to applicants with known disabilities or chronic illnesses during the recruitment process, unless such accommodation would impose undue hardship.

Where necessary, we disclose salary ranges for roles in all countries in which we operate. The final offer will be determined within the relevant range based on the country of employment, specific role level, and your skills and experience. In some countries, collective bargaining agreements (CBAs) may apply and influence certain elements of pay or benefits. Regeneron offers a competitive and comprehensive total rewards package which may include, depending on country and role: annual bonuses or other incentive plans, equity awards, pension or retirement benefits, 401(k) company match, health and wellness programs, fitness centers, insurance benefits (e.g. medical, dental, vision, life and disability), paid time off, and family support benefits. For additional information about Regeneron benefits in the U.S., please visit https://careers.regeneron.com/en/working-at-regeneron/total-rewards/. For other locations, additional information will be provided during the recruitment process.

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Please be advised that at Regeneron, we believe we do our best work when we are together. For that reason, many roles are required to be performed on‑site. Please speak with your recruiter and hiring manager for more information about on‑site expectations for your role and location.

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