Cloud CoE Director - Erlanger, KY

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Job Title: Cloud CoE Director - Erlanger, KY
Location: Erlanger, KY, South United States, USA

Company: Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM)
Industry Sector: Agribusiness
Industry Type: Input Retail, Cooperative and Related Crop Services
Job Type: Full Time

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Cloud CoE Director - Erlanger, KY

Cloud Center of Excellence Lead

The Center of Excellence Lead is responsible for ADM's Cloud Center of Excellence (CCoE). ADM's Cloud CoE is accountable for defining and Governing ADM's Cloud Strategy, governance, and decision-making processes. It is also the organization dedicated to fostering development of new cloud services and capabilities for ADM to consume. All major decisions and project activities related to cloud roll up to the Cloud CoE at ADM.

The Cloud CoE is accountable for pursuing the imperatives of Cloud Financials Management and Optimization, Cloud Security, Cloud Automation, and Innovation. It drives major decision topics in areas such as multi-cloud.

The lead needs to understand financials management deeply, and demonstrate an understanding of how to drive increased value and lower costs from ADM's cloud investments. He or she will need to understand and drive the Cloud Strategy for ADM overall.

The Cloud Center of Excellence Lead must be proficient in skills of technology consultation, communication, and relationship building. He or she will combine these soft skills with in-depth knowledge and insight and be able to establish him or herself as a trusted advisor to the business and IT Leadership.

This is a director-level position.

Job Responsibilities

Lead Cloud CoE, comprising core Governance and Strategy functions, as well as tactical functions for cloud capability development and operations
Be accountable for the overall strategy and performance of Cloud CoE
Represent the Cloud CoE to Global Technology
Collaborate with Procurement to manage vendor relationships
Accountable for cloud talent strategy and management
Accountable for ensuring cloud financials are managed per SteerCo direction
Lead executive discussions on SaaS vendor governance and strategy
Drive FinOps Strategy and function
Drive Cloud Security Strategy
Drive Cloud Automation and DevOps Strategy
Drive Multi-Cloud Strategy
Work with the Cloud Service Portfolio Lead to ensure new cloud services are developed and operated in an efficient manner
Reports to Enterprise Architecture Tech Arch lead
Responsible for defining the cross-functional priorities and imperatives of the Cloud CoE to be enforced in new cloud services (e.g., security, financial performance, reporting, monitoring, etc...)
Understand customer demand and expectations from stakeholders, and appropriately plan for service development and delivery
Understand business strategy and priorities (i.e., strategic capabilities), and work with Global Technology groups to align the cloud strategy
Maintain knowledge of industry trends and utilize this knowledge to educate both IT and the business on opportunities to build better target architectures that support the business strategy
Oversee development of cross-functional technical services, including DevOps pipelines, test automation, infrastructure as code, digital-self-service
Support vendor reviews, including vetting Application and Integration and SaaS vendors
Maintain knowledge of industry trends and utilize this knowledge to educate both IT and the business on opportunities to build better target architectures that support and drive business decisions
Support IT Enterprise governance functions (RFI's, vendor risk assessments, etc...)

Job Requirements

15+ years of IT experience
Involvement multiple end-to-end enterprise solution programs
5+ years' experience in cloud technologies and/or governance, preferably Microsoft Azure
3+ years involved in enterprise cloud strategy
3+ years' experience involved in enterprise cloud leadership and governance
2+ years' experience in Cloud FinOps
Experience in writing and defending business cases
Experience in governing vendors, especially cloud service vendors
Strong knowledge of cloud security technologies and strategies
Ability to articulate the value propositions of cloud implementations
Ability to articulate the risks and challenges of cloud implementations
Ability to conceptualize complex ideas into technology strategies
Ability to translate and map organization needs to existing enterprise capabilities. Define and drive technology roadmaps to address capability gaps
Track emerging and innovative technologies and drive architectural Principles and Standards to the next level of innovation and maturity.
Deep understanding of cloud foundations including security capabilities, network capabilities, and application capabilities
Solid grasp of IT governance and controls
Solid grasp of IT solution development practices
Solid grasp of modern cloud-related cloud technologies and trends including DevOps, Observability, Chart Automation, and Infrastructure as Code
Strong interpersonal collaboration skills and ability to work across technology domains
Excellent verbal skills and ability to communicate both upward and down. Ability to communicate with c-suite level executives

Excited about this role but don't think you meet every requirement listed? We encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this role or another one of our openings.

ADM requires the successful completion of a background check.

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We welcome everyone to apply, especially those individuals who are underrepresented in our industry, as we strive to ensure our workforce represents the world that we help to feed: people of color, women, gender non-conforming, LGBTQIA+, veterans and persons with disabilities. For more information regarding our efforts to advance Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging, please visit our website here: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion | ADM.

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Job Post Date: 04/24/25