As the Senior Director, IT, Microsoft Cloud Operations you will be a member of the Senior IT leadership team responsible for managing a highly skilled team of IT professionals, in addition to project leadership, planning, finance, strategy development and business operations of the Microsoft Cloud Operations department. You will be responsible for driving strategic and operational initiatives in the Microsoft Administration Teams globally developing both short and long-term objectives and plans. As a leader you will also provide guidance for the career growth and development of the team., which includes the creation of both development and succession plans, as well in identifying growth potential of internal employees for further advancement. Your team will be expected to grow as a strong, talented organization that is able to provide information technology services to the business. You will also drive the Microsoft administration Team's operational strategy to build a scalable global enterprise ecosystem for day to day on-prem and Cloud operations which includes a 24x7 operations. You will manage key business and IT infrastructure projects providing leadership and guidance to ensure projects are completed successfully, on-time and on budget. Interaction with different business groups is vital within this role and requires an understanding of multiple business disciplines and IT’s impact on their functions. As the Senior Director, you will also have responsibility for overseeing the financial aspects of the enterprise department and will need to regularly monitor and report the financial impact occurring within the department having responsibility for an annual capital budget of $2-$5M and an operating budget of $7-$10M.

Duties

• You will direct a Global team of I.T. managers and technical experts in Microsoft-based Cloud Operations.

• Manage individuals in both a direct and indirect matrix-based organization throughout the world.

• You will manage large, corporate wide Information and Operations technology projects, developing project milestones, deliverables, budgets, and timelines.

• In collaboration with IT Senior Managers, you will develop global Information and Operations Cloud strategy, policy and procedure, SLAs and ensure adherence.

• Responsibilities include a capital budget of $2-5M and an operating budget of over $7-10M.

• Responsible for maintaining LEAN IT initiatives to improve team efficiency.

• Works with I&O senior management to develop I/O strategy and ensure they align with the overall STERIS business plan.

• Researches, evaluates and recommends Cloud technologies in alignment with the overall business and I/O strategy.

• Responsible for the continued growth of the global team of I.T. professionals supporting MS Cloud Operations.

• Manages the development of the team and creation of training plans in order to better support I.T. systems.

• Vendor and licensing management.

• Other duties as assigned.

• Bachelors Degree in Information Technology or related field is required.
• A minimum of 15 years managing a technical IT team responsible for Microsoft infrastructure and operations.
• 5 years of technical hands on experience in IT Technologies including MS Cloud, servers, operating systems, storage networks, and virtualization required.
• Cloud DevOps and Cloud Adoption highly preferred.
• Experience managing large and complex projects on a global scale is required.
• Microsoft operational experience in either Azure or AWS.
• Proven experience managing budgets in excess of $5M
• Experience leading, mentoring and growing IT teams

MUST HAVES:

• Someone who grew up in infrastructure - not DevOps/Software
• Corporate Infrastructure
• Majority of cloud is Azure -> small amount of AWS
• Needs to have linux experience, VMWare experience
• Experience with AI a plus
• They've been in Azure for 5 years
• This person will be the expert in Azure operations, managing production support. Facilities are 24/7 so must have that experience
• Two direct reports -> 12 total on the team with some in India
• Need experience with multi-billion dollar companies -> want someone with high level operations experience
• Candidates should have experience with large budgets -> 7-10M operating budget