Director, Cloud & Infrastructure Operations - Americas

Biopharma Careers; New Jersey; Hybrid; USD 167,000 - 219,000; Full time

Job summary

Eisai is seeking an Associate Director for Americas Infrastructure and Cloud Operations to lead strategy, engineering, and operations of hosting infrastructure across on-prem, AWS, and Azure. You will align with the Global Cloud & Data Center Lead to deliver secure, compliant cloud services while supporting modernization and FinOps initiatives.

The role is hybrid in Nutley, NJ, requiring onsite presence 3 days per week; leadership of SaaS, IaaS, and GCC-enabled delivery teams is essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field.
• 8+ years of IT experience, with 3+ years in cloud architecture and technical leadership.
• Hands-on with AWS and Azure infrastructure, architecture, and operations.
• Solid knowledge of virtualization, storage, backup, networking, and security.
• Experience with Terraform, ARM, containers, and DevOps/CI/CD practices.
• AWS/Azure certification preferred; ITIL Foundation or equivalent service management.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills; proven leadership.

Responsibilities

• Lead cloud and data center operations across AWS, Azure, and on-premises.
• Oversee architecture and engineering of cloud solutions aligned with standards.
• Drive FinOps, budgeting, forecasting, and cost optimization.
• Partner with GCC leadership for cloud engineering and service delivery.
• Manage vendors, vendors, and internal teams to meet SLAs and KPIs.

Skills

AWS

Azure

Cloud architecture

Terraform

ARM

Docker

Kubernetes

DevOps/CI/CD

ITIL Foundation

Communication

Leadership

FinOps

Python

Perl

Shell

Solutions Architect certification

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field

Tools

Terraform

Docker

Kubernetes

ARM

Job description

Eisai is seeking an Associate Director for Americas Infrastructure and Cloud Operations to lead strategy, engineering, and operations of hosting infrastructure across on-prem, AWS, and Azure. You will align with the Global Cloud & Data Center Lead to deliver secure, compliant cloud services while supporting modernization and FinOps initiatives.

The role is hybrid in Nutley, NJ, requiring onsite presence 3 days per week; leadership of SaaS, IaaS, and GCC-enabled delivery teams is essential.