VP, Global Infrastructure & Operations

Socket.dev; Creve Coeur (MO); Hybrid; USD 215,000 - 321,000; Full time

Job summary

RGA is seeking a strategic leader to oversee global Infrastructure & Operations, aligning multi-year roadmaps with enterprise priorities. You will lead data center, cloud, network, and identity services across a distributed organization, ensuring reliability, security, and cost efficiency.

The role focuses on modernization, governance, and strong collaboration with security, enterprise architecture, and business leaders to deliver measurable outcomes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Arts/Sciences (BA/BS) in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business, or related field.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute the global Infrastructure & Operations strategy and multi-year roadmaps.
• Provide end-to-end leadership for data center, private/public cloud, network, and infrastructure operations.
• Ensure resilience, security, scalability, and cost effectiveness of global infrastructure services.
• Lead modernization and transformation across hybrid cloud and globally distributed environments.
• Provide financial stewardship for a significant global technology portfolio.

Skills

Global leadership

Budget management

Strategic planning

Infrastructure modernization

Operational resilience

Executive communication

Vendor negotiations

Cross-functional collaboration

Risk management

Technology lifecycle

Education

BA/BS in CS/IT/Engineering/Business

Job description

You desire impactful work.

You’re RGA ready

RGA is a purpose-driven organization working to solve today’s challenges through innovation and collaboration. A Fortune 200 Company and listed among its World’s Most Admired Companies, we’re the only global reinsurance company to focus primarily on life- and health-related solutions. Join our multinational team of intelligent, motivated, and collaborative people, and help us make financial protection accessible to all.

The Vice President, Global Infrastructure & Operations is accountable for the global strategy, operating model, financial performance, resilience, and modernization of RGA's enterprise infrastructure services across data centers, private cloud, public cloud, network, identity, and infrastructure operations. The role leads a geographically dispersed organization and strategic partners delivering secure, scalable, highly available, and cost effective services supporting RGA's global business operations. Working closely across Global Technology, Global Security, Enterprise Architecture, and business leadership, the Vice President, Global Infrastructure & Operations translates enterprise priorities into multi-year infrastructure roadmaps and is accountable for execution, service performance, risk reduction, and measurable business outcomes.

Principle Duties:

• Define and execute the global Infrastructure & Operations strategy, multi-year roadmaps, and operating model in alignment with enterprise business, technology, security, and risk priorities.

• Provide end-to-end leadership and accountability for RGA’s data center, private cloud, public cloud, network, identity, and infrastructure operations services, including delivery through internal teams and strategic partners.

• Ensure the resilience, availability, security, scalability, and cost effectiveness of global infrastructure services. Establish service-level objectives, operational performance measures, and executive reporting, and drive sustained improvement in service reliability and customer outcomes.

• Lead infrastructure modernization and transformation across hybrid cloud and globally distributed environments. Translate emerging technology and market capabilities into pragmatic investment strategies that improve agility, automation, resilience, and business value.

• Provide financial stewardship for a significant global technology portfolio, including annual planning, forecasting, investment prioritization, vendor strategy, commercial negotiations, consumption management, and delivery of cost optimization commitments.

• Lead, develop, and retain a high-performing, geographically dispersed leadership team and organization. Establish clear accountability, succession plans, workforce strategies, and an operating culture centered on ownership, collaboration, innovation, and operational excellence.

• Partner with Enterprise Architecture, the Global Security and Privacy Office, Global Technology Delivery Centers, application and engineering leaders, and business stakeholders to establish infrastructure standards, manage technology lifecycle and risk, and enable timely delivery of enterprise initiatives

• Provide executive leadership during major technology incidents and recovery events. Ensure crisis management, disaster recovery, operational resilience, and remediation programs are tested, governed, and aligned with business expectations.

• Govern a portfolio of complex, enterprise-scale programs and strategic initiatives, ensuring delivery against approved scope, schedule, financial commitments, risk tolerances, and measurable outcomes.

• Serve as a senior advisor to the Chief Technology Officer and Global Technology leadership on infrastructure strategy, operational risk, investment priorities, sourcing decisions, and technology transformation.

Qualifications

Education:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Arts/Sciences (BA/BS) in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience required

Work Experience:

• 15+ Years of progressive technology leadership experience, including at least 10 years leading large-scale infrastructure and operations functions in a complex, geographically dispersed enterprise environment required

Skills & Abilities

• Demonstrated experience leading leaders and developing high performing global teams, managing significant operating and capital budgets, directing strategic suppliers, and delivering complex multi-year transformation and resilience programs. required

• Exceptional leadership capability with demonstrated success leading leaders, building succession depth, and producing results through a large, geographically dispersed organization. required

• Highly advanced strategic planning, decision-making, and execution skills, with the ability to translate enterprise objectives into multi-year technology roadmaps, investment priorities, and measurable outcomes. required

• Proven accountability for global, business-critical infrastructure and operations services in a complex hybrid technology environment. required

• Demonstrated ability to lead enterprise transformation, operational resilience, and risk-reduction programs involving multiple technology domains, business stakeholders, and strategic partners. required

• Deep knowledge of infrastructure technologies and operating models, including data centers, networking, identity, hybrid cloud, automation, observability, service management, disaster recovery, and technology lifecycle management. required

• Strong business and financial acumen, including experience managing significant budgets, optimizing technology consumption, evaluating investment tradeoffs, and conducting complex vendor and sourcing negotiations. required

• Executive presence and influence, with the ability to communicate complex technology, operational, financial, and risk matters clearly to senior executives and stakeholders across global markets. required

• Ability to establish governance, performance measures, service-level objectives, and accountability mechanisms that improve reliability, cost effectiveness, delivery velocity, and customer outcomes. required

• Outstanding collaboration and relationship-management skills, with demonstrated effectiveness across Enterprise Architecture, cybersecurity, engineering, application delivery, procurement, risk, and business leadership. required

• Continuous learning orientation and demonstrated ability to apply emerging technologies and industry practices to improve resilience, customer service, efficiency, and competitive advantage. required

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What you can expect from RGA:

• Gain valuable knowledge from and experience with diverse, caring colleagues around the world.

• Enjoy a respectful, welcoming environment that fosters individuality and encourages pioneering thought.

• Join the bright and creative minds of RGA, and experience vast, endless career potential.

Compensation Range:

$215,150.00 - $320,730.00 Annual

Base pay varies depending on job-related knowledge, skills, experience and market location. In addition, RGA provides an annual bonus plan that includes all roles and some positions are eligible for participation in our long-term equity incentive plan. RGA also maintains a full range of health, retirement, and other employee benefits.

We’re excited to get to know you and connect your unique skills with our global opportunities. To create a modern and seamless experience, we use artificial intelligence (AI) in parts of our preliminary screening process. This technology helps us personalize job recommendations, automate interview scheduling, evaluate candidates based solely on experience—without considering name, gender, or other personal details—and provide real-time answers through our chatbot. AI is used only during early screening and never makes hiring decisions. Your RGA recruiter will work closely with you every step of the way to ensure the process feels personal, thoughtful, and focused on you.

RGA is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, age, gender identity or expression, sex, disability, veteran status, religion, national origin, or any other characteristic protected by applicable equal employment opportunity laws.