Associate Director, Cloud & Edge Platforms

About the role

Reporting to the Sr Director, Digital Infrastructure, the Associate Director, Cloud & Edge Platforms is responsible for leading the strategy, governance, and execution alignment for cloud, hybrid, and edge infrastructure platforms that support enterprise and manufacturing workloads. This role ensures cloud and edge capabilities are architected, engineered, and operated in a secure, scalable, and supportable manner, aligned with enterprise standards and business requirements. The Associate Director serves as the primary accountability point between architecture, engineering execution, and operational readiness for cloud and edge platform services and leads a multi-disciplinary organization spanning cloud architecture, engineering, DevOps, hybrid cloud platforms, and edge operations.

Responsibilities

• Own the cloud and edge platform strategy and roadmap, aligning it to enterprise modernization initiatives and manufacturing requirements.
• Provide leadership and governance across Cloud Architecture & Engineering, Hybrid Cloud platforms and operations, and cloud engineering execution teams.
• Ensure cloud and edge platforms are architected, built, and deployed in alignment with enterprise architecture, security, and operational standards.
• Translate architectural intent into executable, standardized, and supportable solutions in close collaboration with engineering and operations teams.
• Oversee execution of cloud deployments, migrations, and hybrid integrations across enterprise and manufacturing environments.
• Ensure platforms meet requirements for availability, performance, resiliency, recoverability, and scalability.
• Govern standard build patterns, reference architectures, and deployment models for Azure and hybrid workloads.
• Lead the Associate Director, Hybrid Cloud, providing direction and holding accountability for operational readiness, service health, and lifecycle alignment across hybrid cloud platforms.
• Lead the Sr Manager, Cloud Architecture & Engineering, providing directional support and holding accountability for cloud architecture, engineering execution, DevOps delivery, and platform standards.
• Partner with Cybersecurity to embed identity, access, segmentation, and cloud security controls by design.
• Collaborate with Global Network Services to ensure cloud connectivity, routing, and edge networking are reliable and scalable.
• Support manufacturing, warehouse, and site-based workloads by ensuring edge and cloud solutions align to operational realities.
• Oversee lifecycle management for cloud and edge platforms, including upgrades, feature adoption, and technology refresh.
• Provide regular communication to leadership on platform health, risks, delivery progress, and modernization outcomes.
• Lead and develop managers and senior technical leaders across cloud and edge domains, setting clear accountability and performance expectations.
• Serve as a key member of the Digital Infrastructure leadership team, advancing the organization's transformation and strengthening leadership and technical capabilities to meet emerging business needs.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 12+ years of experience in cloud, hybrid, or infrastructure platform roles.
• 7+ years of leadership experience managing cloud architecture, cloud engineering, or infrastructure teams, including experience leading other people-leaders (managers and/or senior managers) in multi-disciplinary teams.
• Strong hands-on understanding of Microsoft Azure, including IaaS, PaaS, networking, identity, and shared services.
• Experience delivering cloud platforms aligned with enterprise architecture, security, and operational governance.
• Demonstrated ability to lead across architecture, engineering execution, and operations.
• Strong communication, decision-making, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Experience operating in MSP-delivered or hybrid delivery models.
• Proficiency in IT Service Management and experience operating in outsourced MSP environments leveraging ITIL framework.

Nice to have

• Experience supporting manufacturing, warehouse, or edge-enabled environments.
• Familiarity with edge computing, OT-adjacent infrastructure, or site-based workloads.
• Exposure to infrastructure automation, DevOps, or cloud governance frameworks.
• Exposure to DNS, DHCP and IP Address Management practices and systems.

Skills

• Cloud and hybrid platform leadership
• Azure architecture and execution alignment
• Cloud engineering and platform governance
• Edge computing enablement
• Security and resiliency by design
• Cross-tower collaboration

Benefits

• Medical, dental, short- and long-term disability, AD&D, and life insurance (for individual, families, and domestic partners) begin on day one.
• Matching 401(k) plan with immediate vesting; enrollment available on the first day of employment.
• Unlimited sick time, paid time off, and holiday pay.
• Free access to the fitness center for employees at WHQ.
• Access to on-site day care operated by Bright Horizons and company store.
• Campbell’s Cares program matches employee donations and/or volunteer activity up to $1,500 annually.
• Variety of Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) to support employees.

Pay

The target base salary range for this full-time, salaried position is between $146,600–$201,600. Individual base pay depends on work location and additional factors such as experience, job-related skills, and relevant education or training. Total pay may include other forms of compensation.