Head of Infrastructure Platforms

On behalf our client, GlobalConnect we are currently looking for a professional and dedicated Manager to take the lead of the Nordic platform team.
We are looking for a Manager with a proven track record of leading and developing a technical specialist team towards excellence within complex platform design- and implementation projects.

Job Responsibilities and Success Criteria
We are seeking a managerial profile with a solid technical understanding within infrastructure and virtual platforms. In this role, you will be managing and supporting a team of 11 specialists and via modern leadership principle make them shine as individuals as well as a team.

The team is both supporting rest of the infrastructure organization, handling environments across the nordics as well as executing complex large scale projects.
The role as head of this team is not so much about being the technical decision-maker but more to be the commited leader who cleares the roadblocks and creates a strong framework for your team of technical specialists.

You will…

• Design and implement transparent operational processes (ITIL)
• Ensure collection of performance data and deliver improvement actions
• Ensure full transparency of roles and responsibilities within the team
• Engage in service development efforts and operational refinement via strong self-starting abilities
• Lead business case work and presentations towards management
• Take ownership of key projects
• Ensure a high level of team spirit
• Claim control of vendor services and optimize the services and costs
• Ensure alignment with business needs and projects and enable your team to become a valuable sparring partner

We are looking for individuals who:

• Are driven by the opportunity to build fantastic technical teams
• Believe in teamwork and individual coaching
• Are excited to work in a fast paced and solution-oriented environment
• Are Holistic thinkers and doers
• Fans of transformation journeys
• Has project management capabilities

We are prioritizing…

• Experience in leading, growing and mentoring an IT infrastructure team – preferably across borders
• Experienced people manager, that has dealt with HR responsibilities in the past
• Relevant IT Infrastructure experience – especially within VM-ware and networks
• A keen interest in automation and repeatable deployments
• Experience with transformation journeys
• Minimum ITIL v3 certification
• Experience with business case work
• The ability to present to upper management
• Experience with budget management
• Experience with building and maintaining relationships with suppliers, vendors, and other third parties to ensure consistent and effective delivery of services
• Experience of creating a customer centric working culture
• Fluent in English and preferably also a Nordic language (DK / NO / SE)

As a leader, you inspire confidence by sharing from your knowledge and experience and empowering those around you to make the most of their talent. You balance experience with enthusiasm, eagerly experimenting with new approaches without losing sight of the long-term perspective. You communicate brilliantly and persuasively in English and one or more of the Nordic languages.

We offer
We are a bunch of competent and helpful colleagues, all anxious to meet you and help you fit in the team and in the organization.
You will be joining an exciting company in a transformation phase, with fun colleagues, varied and challenging work in an active environment with good development opportunities both professionally and personally.

Your workplace is to be located in either Oslo, Copenhagen or Stockholm depending on the candidate.

Interested?
For additional information about the position please contact European Search Company; Søren Rosenkrantz Larsen on +45 2893 7977 or Brian Ranvits on +45 2048 0548.

If you see yourself in the position and would like to be part of an exciting growth journey, please send your application by using the apply button below.

What do we do?
We are GlobalConnect.We connect people and organizations across society. It starts with the foundation of our digital infrastructure and ends with all the things we enable. We strive to simplify the complicated. We live by our customer promise - being easy to work with. We turn visions into reality.

We are the leading supplier of fiber-based data communications and data centers in Northern Europe. Our mission is simple: we turn visions into reality by empowering society with connectivity.

Our 100.000+ kilometer fiber network and more than 33.000 m2 of secure data centers form the platform of the next step on your digital journey. On top of this, you will have access to market-leading solutions within network solutions, IT security, IT outsourcing and unified communications. All to help you focus on your core business and growth.