Vice President, Infrastructure & Cloud Engineering

About the Role

Thomson Reuters is investing in a modern Infrastructure & Cloud Engineering technology stack as a core capability across its Legal, Tax, Risk, News, and Corporates businesses. We are seeking a senior Technology Leader to define and drive the technical direction for how Infrastructure and Multi-Cloud platforms are built, governed, and scaled across the organization.

This role leads a global organization of Infrastructure & Cloud Engineering professionals responsible for delivering a broad portfolio of services across our cloud and co-location estate. You will build and grow a diverse global team of 150+ engineers, with end-to-end accountability for hiring, performance management, and talent development, while driving engineering excellence across service design, delivery, and operations.

You will also play a critical role in elevating technical standards across Thomson Reuters by coaching and mentoring Principal and Staff Engineers, strengthening architectural rigor, and ensuring the consistent delivery of production-grade systems at scale.

As Vice President, Infrastructure & Cloud Engineering
, you will report to the Head of Platform Engineering and join a high-performing, fast-paced Platform Engineering organization at the heart of Thomson Reuters' technology strategy. You will own:

• Define and drive the technical direction for platform capabilities engineering across Thomson Reuters, including cloud infrastructure and evaluation platforms ensuring seamless integration with the broader platform estate
• Be an Infrastructure and Cloud platform evangelist - advocate to push the envelope on what is possible and translate vision into executable roadmaps
• Provide technical leadership and guidance for all Platform Engineering Infrastructure teams, setting standards and driving engineering quality across the organisation
• Own Cloud architecture, governance and partner on cloud transformation initiatives and hybrid identity strategy; ensure secure, scalable, and compliant cloud environments across multi-cloud estates
• Oversee compute server environments and lifecycle management; manage virtualization platforms (Hyper‑V) including performance and capacity planning
• Provide technical leadership across enterprise networking (LAN/WAN, firewalls, VPNs, SD‑WAN)
• Own storage, backup, and disaster recovery strategy and execution; define and manage RTO/RPO targets across platforms; lead DR planning, testing, and continuous improvement
• Maintain financial accountability for managing budget forecasts and actuals

• Own the quality bar for security, scalability, and reliability of Platform Systems; define and enforce observability and performance standards for core product workloads operating at enterprise scale
• Define, publish, and evolve TR's cloud-native engineering standards, including reference implementations; support adoption through office hours and direct engagement with product engineering teams
• Lead architecture reviews for core infrastructure systems entering the production estate, driving standards compliance and shaping the Platform Engineering portfolio ahead of demand
• Lead platform development and delivery across multiple cloud vendors (AWS, Azure, GCP, OCI), ensuring consistent operational excellence across the estate
• Provide proactive technical guidance on engineering platforms and oversight to delivery teams – fostering Dev Sec Ops , scalable microservices, and design patterns optimised for scale, stability, security, and operational efficiency
• Lead technical evaluations and build‑vs‑buy decisions for core infrastructure, evaluation platforms, and developer tooling

• Collaborate with senior leadership to collectively define and own the vision for the set of capabilities and services, aligning to company strategy and evangelising throughout Thomson Reuters
• Collaborate with engineering leaders across Thomson Reuters to drive cohesion, standards, and best practices – fostering a strong culture of engineering excellence
• Partner with Product Engineering, Service Management, Security, Info Sec, Legal, Privacy, and Standards &…