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# Head of Platforms - Technology, Infrastructure and Operations

- **Company:** Elsevier Inc.
- **Location:** London, UK
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Code Generation, Systems Development Life Cycle
- **Published:** June 2, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.apply4u.co.uk/jobs/x/38142554/

## About the Role

Partner with Business Unit CTOs, product leaders, and engineering teams.Drive alignment between platform capabilities and business outcomes.Communicate effectively across executive and technical audiences.
Experience & Skills
15+ years in platform, software, or infrastructure engineering.Proven experience leading large-scale cultural and operational transformations.Strong background in platform-as-a-product and developer experience.Demonstrated stakeholder influence across complex organizations.Experience leading distributed engineering teams.Familiarity with AI-enabled engineering practices.Strong grounding in SRE, observability, and secure-by-design.Excellent communication and leadership skills.
Success Measures
Increased developer productivity and satisfaction.Adoption of platform capabilities across engineering teams.Reduction in toil and time-to-market.Increased reuse through standardized patterns and golden paths.Improved operational reliability and cost efficiency.Demonstrated shift in engineering culture toward ownership and automation.

## Description

The Head of Platform leads the delivery and evolution of Elsevier's internal developer platform as a core driver of engineering transformation. This role is accountable for shifting Elsevier from fragmented infrastructure services to a unified internal developer platform (IDP) that accelerates modernization, reuse, and AI-enabled engineering. This leader combines strong technical depth with enterprise influence, driving large-scale cultural and operational change across engineering. They will shape the platform as a product while embedding new ways of working focused on self-service, automation, and developer experience., Platform Strategy & Vision
Define and drive the platform strategy aligned with Elsevier standards and enterprise priorities.Translate strategic objectives (DevEx, reuse, AI-enabled SDLC) into clear platform roadmaps.Establish and evolve a platform-as-a-product operating model.
Leadership & Organization Design
Build and lead a global platform organization (95-125 engineers) across key domains.Partner with TIO leadership, architecture, and change teams to align operating models.Drive an engineering-led, automation-first culture across the organization.
Developer Experience & Enablement
Deliver internal developer portal capabilities (e.g., Backstage) and golden paths.Embed DORA and SPACE metrics to improve developer productivity.Champion reuse and inner sourcing across engineering teams.
AI & Automation Integration
Integrate AI across the SDLC including code generation, testing, and automation.Drive adoption of AI-enabled engineering practices.Ensure secure and efficient-by-default platform services through automation.
Operational Excellence
Ensure reliability, observability, and cost efficiency of platform services.Define resilience, incident management, and operational models.Track and report on platform maturity and performance.
Collaboration & Influence


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