Vice President, Infrastructure

Job Summary

Leads the strategy, governance, and operational execution of the global infrastructure organization, ensuring the delivery of reliable, secure, and resilient technology services through effective management of infrastructure operations, data centers, networks, workplace, cloud, and IT service providers.

Enterprise Infrastructure and Cloud Strategy

Develops and executes the enterprise infrastructure and cloud strategy by establishing a clear vision, priorities, and objectives aligned with organizational goals and the business and transformation initiatives. Leads a multi-functional technology organization delivering infrastructure and shared services across business units, ensuring strategic alignment, operational excellence, service reliability, and business enabling technology outcomes.

Global Infrastructure Operations

Provides executive leadership for global infrastructure operations, including 24x7 service delivery, infrastructure and data center operations, and technical support functions. Establishes and maintains operational excellence through ITIL-based governance, proactive monitoring, and effective leadership, ensuring high service availability, business continuity, support effectiveness, and vendor performance.

Risk Management and Security

Directs the identification, assessment, and mitigation of technology risks, and oversees the implementation of enterprise security initiatives aligned with the organization's security strategy and standards. Ensures critical business systems are supported by robust and tested disaster recovery capabilities that enable operational resilience and service continuity.

Workforce Planning and Engagement

Fosters a culture of continuous improvement, operational discipline, and innovation across infrastructure, data center, network, workplace, and cloud services. Leads workforce planning, talent development, succession management, and employee engagement initiatives to build and sustain a high-performing, collaborative organization.

Skills and Abilities

• Bachelor's Degree in Information Systems, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Business Administration, or a related field
• Ten or more years of experience with progressive advancement into senior technology leadership positions
• Demonstrated success in progressive enterprise-level IT leadership roles within large, complex, matrixed organizations
• Proven ability to develop and manage large-scale operating and capital budgets, technology investments, forecasting, vendor governance, and cost optimization initiatives
• Experience leading multi-disciplinary, geographically distributed technology organizations and developing high-performing leadership teams
• Relevant experience leading cloud transformation initiatives and the migration to and management of cloud solutions
• Demonstrated ability to establish strong business partnerships and align technology strategies with organizational goals and transformation initiatives
• Proven experience managing strategic vendor relationships, contracts, licensing agreements, maintenance agreements, and service provider performance
• Strong understanding of cybersecurity, technology risk management, business continuity, and resilience practices
• Proven experience in infrastructure, cloud, network, workplace, and data center operations with mastery of industry best practices, governance frameworks, and operational methodologies
• Strong leader who can motivate teams, solve complex technical and business challenges, build stakeholder relationships, and drive organizational performance
• Capacity to lead organizational change and ensure adoption of new strategies, technologies, and operating models

Qualifications

Must demonstrate a high level of engagement in virtual environments, including maintaining camera presence during meetings to support effective communication and team alignment.

VSP Vision is an equal opportunity employer and gives consideration for employment to qualified applicants without regard to age, gender, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability or protected veteran status. We maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing.

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