VP, IT Platform Engineering

About the role

The VP, IT Platform Engineering is a senior leadership role within Live Nation's Global IT department, responsible for the enterprise-wide IT infrastructure engineering including our cloud-based compute, storage, network, security, and identity and access management capabilities, along with the strategic management of related technology contracts, licensing, and third-party relationships. Reporting to the SVP, Global IT Operations, this role is a strategic leadership position, accountable for delivering key initiatives critical to improving the quality, reliability and security of our infrastructure engineering function, building new teams and capabilities, and improving the pace of infrastructure delivery. This role is also responsible for the management of a global Identity and Access Management (IAM) team, maturing cloud engineering and cloud application support capabilities, developing network engineering architecture, and driving disciplined, cost-effective management of the enterprise's technology contracts and vendor ecosystem. This role is ideally based in LA with hybrid work at our offices in Beverly Hills, CA, but remote candidates open to frequent travel will be considered.

Responsibilities

• Strategic Leadership: Develop and implement a comprehensive global IT engineering capability improvement roadmap that aligns with Live Nation's business objectives and incorporates disaster recovery & business continuity goals; collaborate with executive leadership to identify and prioritize technology initiatives that drive growth and efficiency; envision and implement AI-native practices and tools to drive effectiveness and delivery throughput; implement frameworks and ways of working to ensure regulatory compliance across all technology domains; establish and monitor key performance indicators (KPIs), service-level agreements (SLAs), and other metrics to track performance; own budget management for the function, including forecasting, cost optimization, vendor spend, and capital expenditure planning across security, cloud, and third-party contracts.
• IT Security Engineering & Identity and Access Management (IAM): Own the enterprise IT Security Engineering function, setting technical direction, standards, and roadmap for IT security tooling and architecture across the organization; lead the global Identity and Access Management (IAM) team, hiring and developing talent, and managing the operating model, processes, and governance for identity, authentication, and access control, in partnership with global Cyber Security team; manage the IAM technology stack (e.g., SSO, MFA, privileged access management, identity governance) across the enterprise, ensuring secure, scalable, and audit-ready access management practices; define and implement security engineering processes covering vulnerability management, secure architecture review, threat detection engineering, and security tooling integration; partner with Compliance, Risk, Data Privacy and Legal teams to ensure IAM and security engineering practices meet regulatory, audit, and data protection requirements; drive continuous improvement of the organization's security posture, working closely with SOC/security operations, engineering, and infrastructure teams to reduce risk and close gaps.
• Cloud Engineering: Lead the Cloud Engineering function, setting architecture standards, governance, and best