Director of Enterprise Cloud, Integration & Technical Resiliency

nVent; Saint Louis Park (MN); Hybrid; USD 173,000 - 257,000; Full time

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.

Skills

Cloud leadership

Enterprise cloud strategy

Leadership/people management

APIs & integration

Disaster recovery planning

Security & compliance

Cross-functional collaboration

Vendor & stakeholder management

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT or related field

Tools

AWS

Azure

SaaS platforms

EDI

Job description

We’re looking for people who put their innovation to work to advance our success – and their own. Join an organization that ensures a more secure world through connecting and protecting our customers with inventive electrical solutions.

WHAT YOU WILL EXPERIENCE IN THIS POSITION:

• 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.

YOU HAVE:

• 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.
• Demonstrated 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.

WE HAVE:

A dynamic global reach with diverse operations around the world that will stretch your abilities, provide plentiful career opportunities, and allow you to make an impact every day. nVent is a leading global provider of electrical connection and protection solutions. We believe our inventive electrical solutions enable safer systems and ensure a more secure world. We design, manufacture, market, install and service high performance products and solutions that connect and protect some of the world’s most sensitive equipment, buildings and critical processes. We offer a comprehensive range of systems protection and electrical connections solutions across industry‑leading brands that are recognized globally for quality, reliability and innovation. Our principal office is in London and our management office in the United States is in Minneapolis. Our robust portfolio of leading electrical product brands dates back more than 100 years and includes nVent CADDY, ERICO, HOFFMAN, ILSCO, SCHROFF and TRACHTE. Learn more at www.nvent.com.

Commitment to strengthen communities where our employees live and work. We encourage and support the philanthropic activities of our employees worldwide. Through our nVent in Action matching program, we provide funds to nonprofit and educational organizations where our employees volunteer or donate money.

Core values that shape our culture and drive us to deliver the best for our employees and our customers. We’re known for being: Innovative & adaptable Dedicated to absolute integrity Focused on the customer first Respectful and team oriented Optimistic and energizing Accountable for performance.

Benefits to support the lives of our employees Pay Transparency nVent’s pay scale is based on the expected range of base pay for this job and the employee’s work location. Employee pay within this range will be based on a combination of factors including knowledge, skills, abilities, experience, education, and performance. Where federal, state, or local minimum wage requirements exist, employee pay will comply. Compensation Range: $172,900.00 - $257,000.00 Depending on the position offered, employee may be eligible for other forms of compensation, such as annual incentives.

Benefit Overview At nVent, we value our people and their health and well‑being. We provide a broad benefits package with meaningful programs for eligible full‑time employees that includes: Medical, dental, and vision plans along with flexible spending accounts, short‑term and long‑term disability benefits, critical illness, accident insurance and life insurance. A 401(k) retirement plan and an employee stock purchase plan — both include a company match. Other supplemental benefits may include tuition reimbursement, caregiver, personal and parental leave, back‑up care services, paid time off including volunteer time, a well‑being program, and/or legal & identity theft protection.

At nVent, we connect and protect our customers with inventive electrical solutions. People are our most valuable asset. Inclusion and diversity means that we celebrate and encourage each other’s authenticity because we understand that uniqueness sparks growth. #LI-AM1 #LI-Hybrid

At nVent, we are committed to equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by national, federal, state or local law.