Director, Infrastructure

Macmillan Publishing is seeking a Director, Infrastructure to oversee the global group of infrastructure and networking teams, data center, warehouse and local office infrastructure for US, UK, SA, AU, India and Hong Kong companies. Reporting to the VP of Technology, this role will manage and supervise the network and infrastructure teams, work closely with project management, security operations, service operations and other technology teams as well as own, enforce and document policies and processes.

What you'll do:

Management/supervision: Global group of network and infrastructure teams in the US and UK as well as responsible for supporting local offices, warehouse and data center (co-lo, on prem and cloud) networks and infrastructure and 3300+ staff
Project execution: Working closely with project management, security operations, service operations and other technology teams to execute projects and support current workflows
Change Management: Technical approval and peer review responsibility for business-as-usual and project change requests
Policies/processes: Ownership and enforcement of policies and processes following agreed frameworks. ITIL, NIST CSF etc

What you'll bring:

• Network infrastructure & security
• Ability to execute projects across multiple divisions and geographies
• Change management
• Vendor management; contract negotiations
• Budget management; cost control and reduction
• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively to technical and non-technical users
• Mentorship and management of staff
• Cloud Computing
• Active Directory

Salary range for this role is: $160K - $165K

Macmillan Publishers is the U.S. trade division of the Holtzbrinck Publishing Group, a large family-owned media company headquartered in Stuttgart, Germany. Its publishing companies include prominent imprints around the world that publish a broad range of award-winning books for children and adults in all categories and formats.

U.S. publishers include Celadon Books, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Flatiron Books, Henry Holt & Company, Macmillan Audio, Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group, The St. Martin's Publishing Group, and Tor Publishing Group. In the UK, Australia, India, and South Africa, Macmillan publishes under the Pan Macmillan name. The German company, Holtzbrinck Deutsche Buchverlage, includes among its imprints S. Fischer, Kiepenheuer & Witsch, Rowohlt, and Droemer Knaur.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are actively seeking job applicants who reflect a broad representation of differences, including race, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, physical ability, neurodiversity, age, family status, economic background and status, geographical background and status, and perspective. We believe that the best companies reflect the incredible diversity in viewpoints, backgrounds, and identities of the world in their staffs, and are committed to inclusive hiring across departments and levels. The successful candidate for this position will be an employee of Macmillan Publishing Group, LLC.