Head of Infrastructure

Lead a 37-person infrastructure function through a major period of modernisation, including data centre consolidation, telephony transformation and the development of the university's cloud capabilities. You will provide confident, autonomous leadership across platforms, networks and infrastructure, shaping the strategy while improving team empowerment and operational delivery.

Client Details

Our client is a leading university with an internationally recognised reputation for teaching and research. Its technology function supports a large and complex community, delivering the critical infrastructure needed to enable education, research and the wider operation of the university.

The organisation is entering an important period of infrastructure transformation, with significant investment planned across cloud, data centres, platforms and telecommunications.

Description

As Head of Infrastructure, you will lead the strategy, performance and development of the university's infrastructure services. Reporting into the senior technology leadership team, you will have three direct reports and overall responsibility for approximately 37 people across the infrastructure function.

The environment includes three data centres, which will be consolidated into two newly built facilities, alongside a significant on-premise estate. The university is also developing its cloud capabili...