Head of Infrastructure - Remote

Head of Infrastructure required by a global services organisation, to be based remotely, who is currently undertaking a significant standardisation and modernisation IT programme across the globe.
Role - Head of Infrastructure
Location - Remote with some international travel
Skills - Head of Infrastructure, Infrastructure, Global/International, Vendor Management, Metrics, Cloud, Line Management
Salary - £110,000 to £120,000 + 10% bonus + benefits
The Head of Infrastructure will have a proven track record and experience in a senior infrastructure leadership role, have a strong technical background in networking, data centres, virtualisation and end user computing, have a history of working in a similar organisational structure to my client (ie corporate, global, ideally with multiple business units reporting into a group function), can demonstrate excellent Tier 1 vendor management experience to include examples of continuous improvement, have experience developing and reporting KPIs and performance metrics, have a good understanding of cloud infrastructure concepts and architecture, be a proven self-starter with strong leadership, collaboration, delivery focused, relationship building, integrity and senior stakeholder management competencies and have excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Your role will be to join the senior IT leadership team to ensure my clients 24/7 infrastructure environment is resilient, secure and scalable and where you will provide the strategic oversight, guidance and integration across the wider infrastructure landscape (600 servers, 10k PCs, 20k identities). As this is a newly formed role within the company there will be significant scope to shape infrastructure strategy.
In return you'll be rewarded with a competitive salary, excellent benefits and the opportunity to join a global services business at an exciting stage of change. Working alongside the IT leadership team, you'll play a key role in delivering strategic initiatives across a major IT transformation programme.
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