Role: Senior Technology & Infrastructure Leader
Location: New York City, NY (On-Site)
Note: Need consultants local to New York only!!!!
Job Description:
We are seeking a Senior Technology & Infrastructure Leader with deep expertise in enterprise infrastructure, AI/ML platforms, and large-scale transformation programs. This role will drive strategic modernization of datacenters, cloud adoption, and AI/GenAI enablement while ensuring resilience, cost optimization, and regulatory compliance.
The ideal candidate will bring strong leadership experience across capital markets / banking environments, with a proven ability to manage global teams, optimize technology investments, and align infrastructure strategy with business objectives.
Key Responsibilities
- Infrastructure Strategy & Transformation
- Lead enterprise-wide datacenter consolidation and modernization programs
- Define and execute target-state architecture for hybrid and cloud-ready platforms
- Establish transformation roadmaps across compute, storage, network, and security domains
- Drive infrastructure standardization to enable scalable and synchronized execution
- AI/ML, GenAI & HPC Platforms
- Design and deploy AI/ML and GenAI infrastructure platforms (GPU clusters, HPC environments)
- Optimize hardware and on-prem/cloud investments for AI workloads
- Partner with enterprise AI governance teams to accelerate AI adoption
- Cost Optimization & Vendor Strategy
- Drive large-scale cost optimization initiatives through vendor renegotiation and rationalization
- Lead multi-vendor engagements, RFPs, and contract optimization
- Optimize capacity planning and infrastructure utilization to reduce future spend
- Cloud & Hybrid Enablement
- Lead adoption of hybrid cloud architectures with automation and governance
- Enable seamless integration across on-prem and cloud environments
- Improve operational efficiency through process standardization and automation
- Cybersecurity, Risk & Compliance
- Partner with InfoSec teams to ensure secure transformation aligned with regulatory requirements
- Enhance security controls, governance frameworks, and audit readiness
- Align infrastructure capabilities with enterprise security policies
- Stakeholder & Executive Management
- Engage with CIO/CTO leadership, business units, and regulators
- Drive alignment across line of business, infrastructure, and engineering teams
- Present strategy, progress, and risks to executive committees
Required Experience & Skills
- 20 25+ years in enterprise infrastructure and technology leadership
- Strong experience in banking / capital markets environments
- Expertise across:
o Enterprise infrastructure (compute, storage, networking, datacenters)
o AI/ML, HPC, and GenAI platforms
o Hybrid cloud and large-scale modernization programs
- Proven track record in multi-billion-dollar transformation programs
- Strong experience in:
o Vendor management & commercial optimization
o Budget ownership and cost transformation
o Regulatory and audit engagements
- Hands-on understanding of low-latency trading infrastructure (preferred)
Leadership Competencies
- Executive stakeholder engagement and influencing skills
- Ability to lead large global teams and cross-functional programs
- Strong balance of technical depth and business acumen
- Strategic thinking with delivery-focused execution mindset
Preferred Background
- Experience with top-tier institutions (e.g., global banks, HPC/AI firms, telecom providers)
- Exposure to GPU platforms (A100/H100 class), AI infrastructure, and secure compute environments
- Prior consulting or transformation leadership roles
Education
- Bachelor s degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field
- Advanced certifications in cloud, AI, or infrastructure technologies (preferred)
Value Proposition
- Opportunity to lead enterprise-scale modernization and AI transformation programs
- Direct exposure to executive leadership and strategy decisions
- High-impact role influencing technology, cost, and innovation agendas
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