Sr. Manager; Public Cloud

Sr. Manager - Public Cloud - Direct Hire / FTE - Remote (US/EST)

Title:

Sr. Manager - Public Cloud

Location:

Remote (US/EST)

Terms:

Direct-Hire/FTE

Compensation: $,000 Annual Base Salary

Work Requirements: US Citizen, GC Holders or Authorized to Work in the U.S.

The Public Cloud team manages global AWS and GCP infrastructure, delivering reliable, secure, and cost-effective cloud services through automation and platform engineering.

• Platform & Governance:
  Landing zones, multi-account management, IAM standards, and compliance (PCI‑DSS, SOC
  2)
• Developer
  
  Experience:
  
  IaC tooling (Terraform), Git Ops workflows, reusable modules, and service catalogs
• Operations & Reliability:
  Cloud-native observability, incident response, and AWS Well-Architected Framework implementation
• Fin Ops & Optimization:
  Cost allocation, optimization, forecasting, and partnership with enterprise teams

Lead a team of 5-8 Cloud Engineers to shape cloud platform capabilities. You’ll develop multi-quarter roadmaps aligned with organizational strategy, drive technical excellence, and partner with enterprise architecture, security, and development teams. Reports to Sr. Director, Managed Infrastructure.

• Lead, develop, and grow a team of 5-8 cloud engineers and architects across multiple time zones
• Mentor engineers through regular 1:1s, performance reviews, and career development
• Identify and remove organizational barriers to collaboration; foster a culture of trust, psychological safety, and mutual support
• Participate in recruiting and hiring top talent into the organization
• Conduct regular 1:1s, performance reviews, and development conversations aligned with competency framework

• Develop multi-quarter roadmaps translating business objectives into technical programs with clear milestones, dependencies, and success criteria
• Lead team participation in quarterly planning cycles
• Lead capacity planning and resource allocation across concurrent initiatives
• Define and track key performance indicators (KPIs) and service level objectives (SLOs) for cloud services
• Present roadmaps, status updates, and strategic recommendations to executive leadership

• Lead daily operations of planning, engineering, and supporting the public cloud platform
• Provide technical guidance on public cloud architecture, services, and best practices
• Champion operational excellence through automation, observability, and incident management
• Establish, communicate, and advocate for operational and architectural best practices
• Serve as an escalation point for complex technical challenges and incidents
• Drive adoption of AI/ML capabilities and modern cloud services across the organization

• Cultivate and leverage relationships within and across departments to achieve desired outcomes
• Partner on shared infrastructure initiatives
• Work effectively with enterprise architecture, security, networking, and development teams
• Partner with Fin Ops teams on cloud cost optimization and financial forecasting
• Manage vendor relationships with AWS, GCP, and other cloud service providers
• Communicate complex technical concepts effectively to both technical and executive audiences

• Lead development and enhancement of agile practices including backlog management, epic creation, sprint planning, and retrospectives
• Materially improve team performance, quality of output, and service delivery metrics
• Recommend and implement changes to policies and procedures affecting immediate and adjacent organizations
• Gather critical feedback from stakeholders and use it to drive improvements in vision, roadmap, and service delivery
• Support PCI‑DSS, SOC 2, and other security compliance requirements
• Serve as a 2nd level escalation point for critical incidents

• 3+ years of hands‑on AWS technical experience with deep knowledge of core services including EC2, ECS/EKS, Lambda, S3, RDS, VPC, IAM, Cloud Formation, Systems Manager, and modern AWS architectures
• AWS Certification required: AWS Cloud Practitioner or higher
• 3+ years…