Model N · 5 days ago
Associate Director, Cloud Engineering
United States
Full-time
Remote
Lead/Staff, Director/Executive
$160K/yr - $182K/yr
8+ years expModel N is the leader in revenue optimization and compliance for pharmaceutical, medtech, and high-tech innovators. They are seeking an Associate Director of Cloud Engineering to lead multiple cloud engineering teams, focusing on building and scaling resilient, secure, and cost-optimized cloud-native platforms while driving alignment across engineering, product, and security.
Medical DevicePharmaceuticalSoftware
Responsibilities
Lead and mentor multiple teams (including direct managers and senior ICs) across SRE, cloud infrastructure, and platform engineering functions
Develop organizational structures and hiring strategies to scale engineering talent in alignment with company growth
Promote a high-performance, inclusive engineering culture grounded in ownership, trust, and continuous learning
Ensure the career development of team leads and senior engineers through coaching, feedback, and structured development plans
Drive multi-team initiatives to deliver scalable, secure, and cost-efficient infrastructure leveraging AWS-native and serverless technologies (Lambda, ECS, EKS, Step Functions, etc.)
Lead the definition and execution of infrastructure platform roadmaps aligned with application needs, compliance requirements, and growth objectives
Balance the delivery of short-term outcomes with long-term architectural evolution
Oversee high-severity incident response and guide postmortem analysis with a focus on systemic prevention
Institutionalize best practices in observability, SLOs/SLIs, and operational maturity across all teams
Champion resilience engineering, capacity planning, and infrastructure fault tolerance
Drive adoption of FinOps practices, enforce cost tagging, and partner with finance and product teams on budgeting and forecasting
Collaborate with Security, Compliance, and Engineering leadership to ensure cloud governance, policy enforcement, and audit readiness
Lead cross-functional technical working groups and represent cloud engineering in broader architecture and infrastructure forums
Qualification
Required
8+ years of experience in cloud infrastructure, platform engineering, or SRE, with at least 3 years in people leadership roles
Experience with Agile Software Development methodology, with expertise in Scrum Management
Proven track record of leading multiple engineering teams in a production AWS environment
Expertise in cloud-native architectures, infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, CDK, CloudFormation), and CI/CD automation
Experience scaling systems and leading incident management processes for production services
Strong understanding of FinOps principles, cloud billing, and cost control strategies
Excellent communication and influencing skills; capable of working with executive stakeholders and deeply technical teams
Preferred
AWS certifications (e.g., Solutions Architect Professional, DevOps Engineer)
Experience managing managers or senior technical leaders in a fast-paced environment
Familiarity with SRE principles, SLAs/SLIs/SLOs, and large-scale observability practices
Product Ownership/Project Management experience
Background in regulatory environments (SOC2, PCI, HIPAA) and security controls in the cloud
Experience with modernization efforts (e.g., lift-and-shift to serverless or containerized workloads)
Benefits
Medical
Dental
Vision
Health savings
Flexible savings
Commuter benefits
Matching 401K
PTO
VTO
Life insurance
Pet insurance
Employee assistance programs
Mental health programs
Charitable giving
Coaching
Career growth
Company
Model N
Model N is a software company focused on developing revenue management software for pharmaceutical and medical device companies.
501-1000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$307MKey Investors
Meritech Capital Partners
2024-04-08Acquired
2023-03-09Post Ipo Debt· $220M
2017-01-31Post Ipo Debt· $50M
Leadership Team
Laura Selig
Chief People Officer
Rehmann Rayani
Chief Services Officer
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