This function is laying the groundwork for a global public cloud network that will support business critical third parties for the firm. The candidate will need to be comfortable working with telecommunication carriers, colocation providers, finance and vendor sourcing. The position will oversee ongoing enhancements to the infrastructure, work with network engineers and public cloud vendors for capacity and product growth around the various global regions. 

This role requires a wide range of strengths and capabilities, including:

• BS/BA degree or equivalent experience.
• Expert knowledge in all business processes across an entire line of business, as well expertise in other lines of business and technology disciplines.
• Understanding of global and line of business project and program management standards and methods.
• Experience working with high-performing teams in complex program execution.
• Strong understanding of Waterfall and Agile methods; stakeholder management; budget management, risk management and operations.
• Ability to create and maintain relationships with a wide range of stakeholders throughout the firm.
• Manage installation of carrier WAN circuits.
• Oversee fiber connectivity to AWS, Azure, GCP, EQUINIX.
• Interface with vendor sourcing teams for colocation contracts.
• Program manage the procurement and installation of network hardware.
• Coordinate and document UAT (User Acceptance Testing).