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Cloud Director - Financial Services Sector, Leeds
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Client:
KPMG
Location:
Leeds, United Kingdom
Job Category:
Finance
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EU work permit required:
Yes
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Job Reference:
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Job Views:
3
Posted:
26.04.2025
Expiry Date:
10.06.2025
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Job Description:
Cloud Director – Sales Leadership
At KPMG, you will bring your industry knowledge and technology experience to map customer business challenges to on-premise and cloud technology solutions, shape end-to-end transformational journeys, and deliver real business value to our key corporate clients. You will be part of exciting client engagements, lead pre-sales activities and proposals, and be responsible for delivering our portfolio of technology solutions while maintaining deep executive-level client relationships.
As a leader, you will also coach and mentor junior team members and contribute to our go-to-market strategies by building the KPMG brand and establishing yourself as a leading advisor within our clients, market, and alliance partners.
The Cloud Director will have the following responsibilities:
* Be recognized as an expert in cloud transformation (including Hybrid & Multi-cloud) by the market and alliance partners.
* Contribute to developing our financial services market growth in cloud transformation with market-facing propositions and assets, enhancing both the KPMG and your personal brand.
* Build close relationships and serve as a trusted advisor to C-suite leaders at financial services clients, focusing on business challenges, cloud transformation, and their overall technology journey.
* Lead business development initiatives, shaping and selling complex advisory and implementation services around cloud transformation.
* Oversee programme delivery, outcomes, and resources in large transformation projects.
* Design and develop roadmaps, strategies, transformation plans, and high-quality assets for cloud solutions, collaborating with delivery managers, sales teams, and stakeholders.
* Contribute to the development of new services and the growth of our team.
The Person:
* Excellent consulting skills with the ability to present complex solutions to executives; experience in large consulting firms is a plus.
* Proven business development experience, including leading client proposals and RFPs for cloud projects.
* Ability to build trusted advisor relationships with C-level stakeholders to guide their cloud journey.
* Experience with application migrations, including target selection, infrastructure sizing, and familiarity with migration tools.
* Knowledge of at least one cloud platform (AWS, Azure, Google), microservices, APIs, containers, cloud data models, and migration patterns.
* Experience working in regulated environments and understanding operational resilience best practices.
* Track record in leading large-scale cloud advisory engagements.
* Broad understanding of infrastructure, network, database, cloud operating models, risks, controls, security, DevOps, Agile, and testing for cloud platforms.
* Ability to shape comprehensive, long-term cloud strategies.
* History of exceeding sales and profitability targets in consulting.
* Outstanding interpersonal skills to inspire teams and develop client relationships.
* Growth mindset with the ability to influence senior stakeholders.
* Collaborative working style and self-motivation.
* Team-oriented and adaptable to diverse cultures.
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