Global Director, Cloud Infrastructure

Reckitt Benckiser LLC; Warszawa; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global company is seeking a Cloud Director to oversee and implement their cloud strategy. You will lead a team of engineers and manage cloud operations, ensuring the environments are secure and cost-effective. This role offers a chance to drive cloud transformation across functions while contributing to significant business outcomes.

Benefits

Parental benefits

Employee Assistance Program for mental health

Life insurance for all employees

Global share plans

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in Azure and/or GCP.
• Proven track record in cloud infrastructure management.
• Excellent interpersonal skills in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team of cloud engineers and architects.
• Define cloud strategy aligned with business objectives.
• Manage cloud operations for high availability and security.

Skills

Leadership

Problem-solving

Cloud technologies

Analytical abilities

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field

Job description

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We are Reckitt

Home to the world's best loved and trusted hygiene, health, and nutrition brands. Our purpose defines why we exist: to protect, heal and nurture in the relentless pursuit of a cleaner, healthier world. We are a global team united by this purpose.
Join us in our fight to make access to the highest quality hygiene, wellness, and nourishment a right and not a privilege.

In IT&D, you'll be a force for good, whether you're championing cyber security, defining how we harness the power of technology to improve our business, or working with data to guide the innovation of consumer loved products.

Working globally across functions, you'll own your projects and process from start to finish, with the influence and visibility to achieve what needs to be done. And if you're willing to bring your ideas to the table, you'll get the support and investment to make them happen.

Your potential will never be wasted. You'll get the space and support to take your development to the next level. Every day, there will be opportunities to learn from peers and leaders through working on exciting, varied projects with real impact. And because our work spans so many different businesses, from Research and Product Development to Sales, you'll keep learning exciting new approaches.

About the role

We are seeking an experienced and visionary Cloud Director to lead our cloud strategy and operations. The ideal candidate will have a deep understanding of cloud technologies, strong leadership skills, and a proven track record in managing cloud infrastructure and services. This role will be responsible for overseeing the design, implementation, and maintenance of our cloud environments, ensuring they are secure, scalable, and costeffective.

Your responsibilities

Leadership and Collaboration:

• Lead and mentor a team of cloud engineers, architects, and operations staff.
• Foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Collaborate with IT&D and Business teams to drive cloud adoption and transformation.
• Establish and maintain relationships with cloud service providers and vendors.

Strategy and Architecture:

• Define and execute cloud strategy aligned with business objectives.
• Develop and maintain cloud architecture blueprints and roadmaps.
• Evaluate and recommend new cloud technologies and services.
• Lead the Azure & GCP Platform Engineering teams to design, development, and deployment of cloud platforms.
• Ensure the integration of cloud services with existing infrastructure.
• Oversee the implementation of CI/CD pipelines and automation frameworks.

Cloud Operations & Security:

• Manage cloud operations to ensure high availability, performance, and security.
• Develop and maintain operational best practices and procedures.
• Monitor cloud environments and respond to incidents and outages.
• Ensure compliance with industry standards and regulations

FinOps:

• Implement and manage cloud financial operations (FinOps) to optimize cloud spending.
• Develop cost management strategies and provide regular financial reporting.
• Collaborate with finance teams to align cloud spending with business goals.

The experience we're looking for

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• Extensive experience in cloud technologies, including Azure and/or GCP.
• Proven track record of leading large cloud & infrastructure programmes. Including leading CloudOps and FinOps solutions.
• Experience with cloud security, compliance, vendor mangement and cost management
• Experience working in Senior Leadership roles in a large global enterprise
• Strong leadership skills with a track record of building and managing high-performing teams.
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical abilities with strong communication and interpersonal skills and ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
• Relevant certifications is a plus (e.g., Azure Solutions Architect, Google Cloud Professional Architect) Experience with DevOps practices and tools and Agile Methodologies (SCRUM, Kanban, SAFE etc)

What we offer

With inclusion at the heart of everything we do, working alongside our four global Employee Resource Groups, we support our people at every step of their career journey, helping them to succeed in their own individual way.
We invest in the wellbeing of our people through parental benefits, an Employee Assistance Program to promote mental health, and life insurance for all employees globally. We have a range of other benefits in line with the local market. Through our global share plans we offer the opportunity to save and share in Reckitt's potential future successes. For eligible roles, we also offer short-term incentives to recognise, appreciate and reward your work for delivering outstanding results. You will be rewarded in line with Reckitt's pay for performance philosophy.

Equality

We recognise that in real life, great people don't always 'tick all the boxes'. That's why we hire for potential as well as experience. Even if you don't meet every point on the job description, if this role and our company feels like a good fit for you, we still want to hear from you.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, disability or medical condition; colour, ethnicity, race, citizenship, and national origin; religion, faith; pregnancy, family status and caring responsibilities; sexual orientation; sex, gender identity, gender expression, and transgender identity; protected veteran status; size or any other basis protected by appropriate law.