Group Vice President, Infrastructure, Cloud Operations & Developer Experience

Define and execute UKG’s cloud infrastructure, platform engineering, operations, SRE, developer experience, and FinOps strategy. Lead the modernization of cloud platforms, infrastructure services, automation frameworks, and engineering enablement capabilities. Establish scalable, secure, resilient platforms that support enterprise applications, AI-enabled services, and future innovation initiatives. Drive platform standardization, infrastructure-as-code adoption, automation, observability, and self-service capabilities. Manage strategic cloud and infrastructure partnerships to optimize performance, service quality, and cost efficiency. Lead the Developer Experience organization responsible for CI/CD platforms, engineering tooling, test infrastructure, development environments, and engineering workflows. Create scalable platform capabilities that enable engineering teams to build, deploy, secure, observe, and operate software efficiently. Partner with Product Engineering leaders to simplify, Position Summary The Vice President of Finance and Administration is responsible for leading the financial and administrative teams and ensuring the organization’s successful fin…

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software delivery, improve onboarding, reduce friction, and accelerate development velocity. Define and measure engineering effectiveness and developer productivity metrics to continuously improve outcomes. Lead and develop a global leadership team spanning Cloud Engineering, Infrastructure Operations, SRE, Platform Engineering, Developer Experience, TPM, Network Engineering, and FinOps. Drive organizational transformation, operating model improvements, and enterprise-wide alignment around reliability, operational excellence, and engineering effectiveness. Build a culture of accountability, collaboration, innovation, operational discipline, and continuous improvement. Develop leadership talent, succession plans, and organizational capabilities that support long-term growth and scale. Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field required; Master’s degree preferred. 15+ years leading large-scale infrastructure, cloud engineering, operations, SRE, platform engineering, or developer experience organizations. 10+ years of executive leadership experience managing global teams and senior leaders. Proven success leading organizations of 400+ professionals across multiple geographies and disciplines. Deep expertise in cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, and/or GCP), enterprise infrastructure, networking, observability, security, and operational excellence. Demonstrated experience building and scaling SRE, infrastructure operations, platform engineering, DevOps, automation, and engineering enablement organizations. Proven track record improving operational maturity, service reliability, scalability, cloud efficiency, and engineering productivity in complex enterprise environments. Strong business and financial acumen with the ability to balance innovation, reliability, security, customer impact, and cost optimization. Exceptional executive presence, communication skills, and ability to lead large-scale transformation through influence and execution. Passion for developing leaders, building high-performing teams, and fostering a culture of operational excellence and accountability. Establish and enforce operational standards, service ownership models, SLOs, SLIs, and reliability metrics across the enterprise. Establish cloud financial management practices that improve cost transparency, accountability, forecasting, and optimization.