Overview
Global Head of SRE, Platform, Cloud, Recovery Lead, Strategy, Technical Leadership, Roadmap
A leading provider of Financial Services is seeking a global head of SRE who can help shape, navigate and implement the strategy for this key business area.
Responsibilities
* Lead a global team of technical experts who act as technical escalation partners during major incidents—helping reduce time to recover (TTR) through deep technical engagement, coordination, and engineering-driven solutions.
* Take on the dual role of Senior Recovery Lead and Global Head of SRE.
Skills and Qualifications
* Proven background in Technology, with proven experience in Site Reliability Engineering, Infrastructure, DevOps, or Technical Operations.
* Demonstrated experience leading global technical teams in complex, high-scale environments.
* Deep expertise in incident recovery, automation, systems design, and platform reliability.
* Strong working knowledge of problem management, root cause analysis frameworks, and resilience engineering principles.
* Experience designing and running resilience exercises, chaos engineering, or incident scenario testing at scale.
* Comfortable operating in regulated environments and partnering with Risk and Compliance functions.
* Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to lead through influence at senior levels.
Core Competencies
* Technical Depth - Ability to dive deep across infrastructure, applications, and cloud-native architectures.
* Recovery Leadership - Skilled in coordinating technical resources under pressure to resolve incidents rapidly.
* Reliability Thinking - Strategic mindset focused on system robustness, automation, and prevention.
* Change Agent - Drives cultural and engineering change to improve stability and accountability.
* Cross-Functional Collaboration - Adept at aligning goals and actions across engineering, operations, and risk domains
McGregor Boyall is an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on any grounds.
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