Senior Manager DC Services

As a Lead Datacentre Strategist, you will play a key role in crafting the datacentre vision, driving excellence in datacentre decisions, optimization, design and management, and ensuring our datacentre infrastructure remains at the forefront of operations.

Qualifications:

• 15 years demonstrated expertise in enterprise datacentre management, with a track record of delivering successful datacentre strategies and projects.
• Experience or equivalent in computer science, information technology, electrical engineering, data science, or a related field.
• Demonstratable experienced in leading and working with driven teams.
• Strong technical understanding in datacentre technologies, including server infrastructure, storage systems, networking, virtualization, and cloud computing.
• Ability to develop and implement datacentre strategies that align with business goals.
• Excellent communicator and personable, with the ability to collaborate successfully with all colleagues and partners.
• Project management experience with a focus on delivering projects on time and within budget.
• In-depth knowledge of relevant datacenter trends, practices, management and infrastructure.

Responsibilities:

• Developing and leading the implementation of strategic datacentre plans aligned with business objectives, focusing on scalability, performance, and cost-efficiency.
• Collaborating with executive leadership to define long-term datacentre goals and roadmaps.
• Work alongside a team of skilled datacentre specialists, providing guidance, mentoring, and encouraging innovation and togetherness.
• Provide team and cultural change leadership and management as part of 100+ strong global dc group
• Collaborate with different teams, including engineering, architecture, operations, and finance, to drive alignment and ensure seamless execution of datacentre strategies.
• Design and architect modern datacentre solutions, encompassing leading infrastructure, networking technologies, virtualization and cloud services.
• Actively support project lifecycle and champion running technical and operational risks and issues for smaller projects that are not led by the Project Management Organization (PMO)
• Monitor and analyse datacentre performance metrics, finding opportunities for optimization, through continuous improvement.
• Implement practices to improve datacentre efficiency, reliability, and security.
• Develop and implement datacentre security protocols, adhering to industry standards and regulatory requirements to safeguard our critical assets.
• Mitigate potential risks and vulnerabilities through proactive planning and infrastructure improvements.
• Develop, lead datacentre budgets, ensuring efficient utilization of resources and alignment to financial targets.
• Collaborate with finance and procurement teams to improve vendor relationships and achieve better partnerships including cost efficiency & innovation
•  Stay ahead of industry trends, new technologies, and standard processes in datacentre management.

LSEG is a leading global financial markets infrastructure and data provider. Our purpose is driving financial stability, empowering economies and enabling customers to create sustainable growth.

Our purpose is the foundation on which our culture is built. Our values of Integrity, Partnership, Excellence and Change underpin our purpose and set the standard for everything we do, every day. They go to the heart of who we are and guide our decision making and everyday actions.

Working with us means that you will be part of a dynamic organisation of 25,000 people across 65 countries. However, we will value your individuality and enable you to bring your true self to work so you can help enrich our diverse workforce. You will be part of a collaborative and creative culture where we encourage new ideas and are committed to sustainability across our global business. You will experience the critical role we have in helping to re-engineer the financial ecosystem to support and drive sustainable economic growth. Together, we are aiming to achieve this growth by accelerating the just transition to net zero, enabling growth of the green economy and creating inclusive economic opportunity.

LSEG offers a range of tailored benefits and support, including healthcare, retirement planning, paid volunteering days and wellbeing initiatives.

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