Strategy Execution & Delivery Effectiveness Lead - Remote
Reporting to the EVP Global Technology Operations, the Execution Strategy & Operational Delivery Leader, you will lead a team and you will implement strategic plans with discipline, transparency, and speed, ensuring end-to-end portfolio delivery across enterprise infrastructure platforms. This role partners with technology, engineering, architecture, and business leaders to translate strategy into executable roadmaps while leading complex environments.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Portfolio Execution & Delivery Leadership
- Lead portfolio planning, execution, and delivery across multiple infrastructure and platform plans (cloud, network, compute, storage, middleware, DevOps, observability, and security).
- Establish and bring execution strategy, delivery frameworks, and operating rhythms to ensure predictability, quality, and value realization.
- Manage portfolio‑level delivery commitments, milestones, dependencies, risks, and outcomes.
- Strategic Understanding & Operating Model
- Translate enterprise and technology strategy into applicable execution plans and roadmaps.
- Define and improve delivery governance, metrics, and decision frameworks.
- Improve understanding between infrastructure delivery, application teams, and partners.
- Technical & Infrastructure Leadership
- Provide understanding of back‑end systems and infrastructure platforms, and manage complex, technical delivery efforts across infrastructure and platform domains.
- Partner with architecture and engineering leaders to validate delivery feasibility, technical dependencies, and risk mitigation strategies.
- Ensure infrastructure solutions meet standards for resilience, scalability, security, performance, and cost optimization.
- Executive Communication & Material Development
- Create high‑quality, executive‑ready slide decks, narratives, dashboards, and briefing materials for senior leadership, executive committees, and board‑level audiences.
- Distill complex technical and delivery information into compelling stories that support decision‑making.
- Present portfolio health, strategic tradeoffs, risks, and outcomes with confidence and clarity.
- Establish templates and standards for portfolio reporting, reviews, and executive updates.
- Operational Excellence & Risk Management
- Find and address delivery, operational, and technical risks across the portfolio.
- Lead incident insights, execution retrospectives, and continuous improvement projects.
- Guide disciplined change management and release planning for infrastructure platforms.
- Ensure compliance with enterprise controls, security, and regulatory requirements.
- Leadership & Partner Management
- Lead senior delivery leaders, program managers, and execution teams.
- Be a trusted advisor to executive partners, providing clear insights into delivery health, tradeoffs, and outcomes.
- Foster a culture of accountability, transparency, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
- Influence across federated technology and business teams.
- Technical Expertise
- Experience with back‑end systems and infrastructure platforms, including: Cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP)
- Compute, storage, and network infrastructure
- Middleware, databases, and integration platforms
- DevOps, CI/CD, automation, and observability
- Security, resiliency, and disaster recovery concepts
- Manage complex, technical plans, partnering with engineering and architecture teams.
- Craft, executive‑level presentations and written materials.
- Translate complex technical concepts and jargon into clear, business‑friendly language.
- Connect technical deliverables to value and clear value propositions.
- Expertise in simplifying complex messages, building compelling narratives, and delivering impactful storytelling.
- Experience leading in high‑scale, high‑ambiguity environments.
- Familiarity with Agile, SAFe, or hybrid delivery models at scale.
- Background in platform transformation, cloud modernization, or