Director, Enterprise Cloud & Integration Architecture

nVent

Saint Louis Park (MN)

Hybrid

USD 173,000 - 257,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

401(k) plan

Employee stock purchase plan

Tuition reimbursement

Paid time off

Job summary

nVent seeks an experienced technology leader to drive its enterprise cloud, integration, and automation strategies. You will shape roadmaps across AWS, Azure, and SaaS, build resilient platforms, and guide modernization and ERP integration initiatives.

The role requires strong leadership, cross‑functional collaboration, and a focus on security, compliance, and operational excellence. Hybrid work model with international collaboration opportunities is available.

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in IT or related field.
12+ years of progressive technology leadership experience across cloud infrastructure, enterprise platforms, integration, automation, infrastructure operations, or application delivery.
7+ years leading technical teams, including managers, architects, engineers, analysts, or third‑party delivery partners in a complex enterprise environment.
Experience leading enterprise cloud strategy and operations across AWS, Microsoft Azure, SaaS, and hybrid environments.
Solid experience with disaster recovery, business continuity, technical recovery planning, backup and restore, failover testing, incident response, and platform resiliency.
Experience managing enterprise integration platforms, APIs, EDI, middleware, workflow automation, or related technologies that connect core business systems.
Experience supporting ERP landscapes, manufacturing environments, business‑critical applications, and complex global operating models.
Demonstrable ability to lead technical modernization programs, including legacy system remediation, platform consolidation, cloud migration, automation, and operational process improvement.
Experience partnering with cybersecurity, risk, compliance, privacy, infrastructure, applications, and business collaborators to ensure solutions meet enterprise standards.
Experience supporting mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, or large‑scale integration programs is strongly preferred.
Experience working in a heavy growth company with a demonstrated growth mindset preferred.
Desire and ability to work multi‑functionally and influence partners.
Curiosity and innovation outlook with a focus on people development.
Ability to travel 10% of the time, as needed, domestically and internationally.

Responsibilities

Provide strategic leadership for enterprise cloud and integration platforms.
Define and execute the roadmap for public cloud services, integration platforms, automation capabilities, and supporting technologies that enable nVent’s Digital strategy.
Lead technical resiliency and recovery capabilities across the enterprise.
Strengthen disaster recovery, technical recovery, backup, restore, failover, and incident response capabilities for business‑critical systems, with clear ownership, repeatable playbooks, and measurable recovery outcomes.
Modernize cloud infrastructure and operational capabilities.
Drive cloud architecture, governance, cost optimization, automation, monitoring, and platform reliability practices across AWS, Microsoft Azure, SaaS platforms, and hybrid environments.
Own integration and automation strategy.
Lead the evolution of enterprise integration patterns, API management, EDI, workflow automation, and platform connectivity to simplify business processes and accelerate delivery across Digital initiatives.
Partner across Digital, Cybersecurity, and business teams to reduce risk and improve resilience.
Ensure cloud, infrastructure, and integration solutions are designed with security, compliance, availability, scalability, and operational supportability built in from the start.
Support ERP modernization, M&A integration, and business transformation programs.
Provide technical leadership for acquisition onboarding, carveout activities, platform migrations, legacy system modernization, and integration of business‑critical applications.
Lead operational excellence for critical technology platforms.
Establish clear runbooks, service levels, monitoring, escalation processes, vendor accountability, lifecycle management, and continuous improvement practices for platforms under the role’s ownership.
Drive AI-ready infrastructure and automation enablement.
Partner with Data, AI, Cybersecurity, and business teams to ensure cloud, integration, and automation platforms can securely support AI-enabled workflows, analytics, and emerging digital capabilities.
Build and lead high‑performing technical teams.
Develop leaders and technical talent across cloud engineering, integration, automation, and resiliency disciplines; set clear expectations; coach performance; and build a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous learning.
Communicate strategy, risk, and progress to senior leaders.
Translate complex technical topics into clear business language, including roadmap priorities, investment needs, risk posture, recovery readiness, operational stability, and measurable business outcomes.