Cloud CoE Director - Erlanger, KY

Cloud CoE Director - Erlanger, KY
Cloud Center of Excellence Lead

The Center of Excellence Lead is responsible for ADM’s Cloud Center of Excellence (CCoE).   ADM’s Cloud CoE is accountable for defining and Governing ADM’s Cloud Strategy, governance,  and decision-making processes.  It is also the organization dedicated to fostering development of new cloud services and capabilities for ADM to consume.   All major decisions and project activities related to cloud roll up to the Cloud CoE at ADM. 

The Cloud CoE is accountable for pursuing the imperatives of Cloud Financials Management and Optimization, Cloud Security, Cloud Automation, and Innovation.  It drives major decision topics in areas such as multi-cloud. 

The lead needs to understand financials management deeply, and demonstrate an understanding of how to drive increased value and lower costs from ADM’s cloud investments.   He or she will need to understand and drive the Cloud Strategy for ADM overall.

The Cloud Center of Excellence Lead must be proficient in skills of technology consultation, communication, and relationship building.  He or she will combine these soft skills with in-depth knowledge and insight and be able to establish him or herself as a trusted advisor to the business and IT Leadership.
This is a director-level position.

Job Responsibilities

• Lead Cloud CoE, comprising core Governance and Strategy functions, as well as tactical functions for cloud capability development and operations
• Be accountable for the overall strategy and performance of Cloud CoE
• Represent the Cloud CoE to Global Technology
• Collaborate with Procurement to manage vendor relationships
• Accountable for cloud talent strategy and management
• Accountable for ensuring cloud financials are managed per SteerCo direction
• Lead executive discussions on SaaS vendor governance and strategy
• Drive FinOps Strategy and function
• Drive Cloud Security Strategy
• Drive Cloud Automation and DevOps Strategy
• Drive Multi-Cloud Strategy
• Work with the Cloud Service Portfolio Lead to ensure new cloud services are developed and operated in an efficient manner
• Reports to Enterprise Architecture Tech Arch lead
• Responsible for defining the cross-functional priorities and imperatives of the Cloud CoE to be enforced in new cloud services (e.g., security, financial performance, reporting, monitoring, etc…)
• Understand customer demand and expectations from stakeholders, and appropriately plan for service development and delivery
• Understand business strategy and priorities (i.e., strategic capabilities), and work with Global Technology groups to align the cloud strategy 
• Maintain knowledge of industry trends and utilize this knowledge to educate both IT and the business on opportunities to build better target architectures that support the business strategy
• Oversee development of cross-functional technical services, including DevOps pipelines, test automation, infrastructure as code, digital-self-service
• Support vendor reviews, including vetting Application and Integration and SaaS vendors
• Maintain knowledge of industry trends and utilize this knowledge to educate both IT and the business on opportunities to build better target architectures that support and drive business decisions
• Support IT Enterprise governance functions (RFI’s, vendor risk assessments, etc…)

 Job Requirements

• 15 years of IT experience
• Involvement multiple end-to-end enterprise solution programs
• 5 years’ experience in cloud technologies and/or governance, preferably Microsoft Azure
• 3 years involved in enterprise cloud strategy
• 3 years’ experience involved in enterprise cloud leadership and governance
• 2 years’ experience in Cloud FinOps
• Experience in writing and defending business cases
• Experience in governing vendors, especially cloud service vendors
• Strong knowledge of cloud security technologies and strategies
• Ability to articulate the value propositions of cloud implementations
• Ability to articulate the risks and challenges of cloud implementations
• Ability to conceptualize complex ideas into technology strategies
• Ability to translate and map organization needs to existing enterprise capabilities.  Define and drive technology roadmaps to address capability gaps
• Track emerging and innovative technologies and drive architectural Principles and Standards to the next level of innovation and maturity.
• Deep understanding of cloud foundations including security capabilities, network capabilities, and application capabilities
• Solid grasp of IT governance and controls
• Solid grasp of IT solution development practices
• Solid grasp of modern cloud-related cloud technologies and trends including DevOps, Observability, Chart Automation, and Infrastructure as Code
• Strong interpersonal collaboration skills and ability to work across technology domains
• Excellent verbal skills and ability to communicate both upward and down.  Ability to communicate with c-suite level executives