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Kaiser Permanente · 2 hours ago

Executive Director, Cloud Platform Services and Operations

California-Pleasanton-Pleasanton Tech Cntr Building A

Full-time

Hybrid

Director/Executive

7+ years exp

Kaiser Permanente is seeking an Executive Director for Cloud Platform Services and Operations to lead their hybrid cloud strategy. This role involves overseeing multiple departments, enhancing the cloud platform vision and strategy, and ensuring operational excellence in private and public cloud services.

Health CareHospitalMental HealthNon ProfitPersonal Health

Comp. & Benefits

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Overall leadership of three Cloud Platform related departments

Private Cloud Platform Services – Enablement and operations of KP’s on-premises private cloud platform and overall IaaS product and service strategy

Cloud Platform Engineering – Enablement and operations of KP’s public cloud platform on Azure and related PaaS product and services strategy

Containers Platform & Adoption Services – Enablement and operations of KP’s containers/Kubernetes product and service strategy. Support of KP application team adoption and onboarding into containers services

Defining and continually enhancing the KP enterprise hybrid cloud platform vision, strategy and service offerings. Producing, maintaining, and executing a formalized strategy roadmap for the cloud platforms and related IaaS, PaaS, and containers services

Establishing and maintaining the design and engineering methodology across departments that ensures high quality, secure, reliable, maintainable, solutions are consistently deployed

Designing, deploying, and operating scalable and secure private and public cloud platforms in support of KP internal customer workloads

Enhancing and transforming the overall hybrid cloud platform operating model and management systems to optimize efficiencies across private cloud, public cloud, and containers services

Partnering with the KP Enterprise Architecture Team and internal KP application team stakeholders to continuously evolve and enable new cloud services aligned to KP enterprise strategy and application team workload needs

Bring new cloud services to market in support of KP Enterprise Architecture strategy and KP peer organization needs (Data and Analytics, AI, Enterprise Technology Services, etc)

Process reengineering to bring new cloud services to market faster while maintaining security controls and steady state operational excellence

Maintaining awareness of cloud service market trends as input into the continuously maturing KP hybrid cloud strategy

Executive Level Communication and Collaboration

Executive-level communication, collaboration, and presentation skills

Communication of vision, strategy, and roadmaps

Stakeholder Management

Executive-level stakeholder management and collaboration with KP Enterprise Architecture, Technology Risk Office, KP Regions / Application Teams, and KP Digital

Collaborating with KP application team stakeholders to continuously refine and improve the services this organization delivers in support of the KP application and developer community

Operational Excellence

Platform and service operations management that consistently maintains secure, performant, scalable, and highly available private cloud, public cloud, and containers services

Leading large-scale investment programs with responsibility for strategy, scope, financial management, schedule, project delivery, and business outcomes

Leading execution of strategic technology selection, transformation, adoption, migration, integration, and retirements

Financial, Contract, and Vendor Management

Partnering with KP Sourcing to achieve optimal contracts and pricing (hardware, software, and services)

Management of 3rd party vendors in support of service delivery to KP, including related contracting, negotiations, and ongoing service delivery governance

Management and governance of offshore support organizations in the delivery of services

Leadership of technology assessments, down selection recommendations, and related proof of concepts

Exceptional Teams and Culture

Function as a hybrid cloud evangelist and enabler, driving broader adoption of the KP standard cloud platforms, services, and products

Champion a positive culture, attracting and retaining the best talent, while delivering solutions with high technical quality and reliability

Consistently demonstrate integrity in words and actions which cultivate positive partnerships across the KP organization

Mentor and coach managers to create healthy execution-focused teams that balance innovation, speed, and operational performance

Support squad team members on deliverables by removing roadblocks and addressing challenges as needed

Qualification

Cloud Platform ServicesEnterprise Technology StrategyHybrid Cloud ManagementAzureKubernetesExecutive CommunicationStakeholder ManagementTeam LeadershipCross-functional Collaboration

Required

Minimum five (5) years of experience leading engineering and operations teams with a strong track record of building and delivering cutting edge technology platforms and related capabilities

Minimum seven (7) years of experience leading enterprise technology strategy development in support of business needs

Minimum four (4) years of senior level experience, with significant experience and success managing complex technology initiatives involving multiple functions and/or multiple business units/regions in a corporate setting

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Administration, or related field, or four (4) years of experience in a directly related field

High School Diploma or General Education Development (GED) required

Experience with technical innovation in a cross-functional engineering environment

Ability to drive cross-functional collaboration and consensus without clear authority

An ambitious and pioneering leader who has strong business acumen, experience with technology including strategy development and leading people

Preferred

Master's degree preferred

Company

Kaiser Permanente

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Kaiser Permanente is a health organization that offers disease prevention, mental healthcare, and chronic disease management services.

Founded in 1945

Oakland, California, USA

10001+ employees

https://healthy.kaiserpermanente.org

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