Cloud Strategy Director

Job Description

The Director of Oracle Cloud will play a critical role in shaping the organization's cloud strategy and positioning it as a leader in the industry. This involves aligning cloud strategy with business objectives, managing key partner relationships, and delivering scalable and secure cloud solutions to clients.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Lead the strategic vision for the Oracle practice within the company and across client organizations.
2. Strengthen and expand the partnership with Oracle, ensuring collaboration on joint initiatives and emerging technologies.
3. Drive development of organizational strategy in collaboration with leadership team.
4. Drive innovation to maximize the success of the private Sovereign Alloy cloud in Bahrain.
5. Lead strategic change initiatives end-to-end from initiation through to completion, ensuring adherence to timelines, budgets, and quality standards as per the business strategy.
6. Develop business cases for strategic programs and acquire the necessary funding to deliver the roadmap.
7. Develop with key stakeholders LoB budgets for the business ensuring alignment to overall organizational budget.
8. Develop strategic initiatives for the business and track and report performance against strategic initiatives.
9. Collaborate with leadership in development and implementation of organizational strategy in alignment with vision and mission.
10. Establish governance frameworks, best practices, and industry benchmarks for Oracle Cloud practice within the company.
11. Communicate the strategic roadmap and priorities to key stakeholders and senior management.

Operational Requirements:

1. Identify potential roadblocks/emerging risks then manage and escalate issues as needed.
2. Develop and maintain deep relationships with stakeholders across lines of businesses and functional areas, as well as across the wider organization.
3. Build and maintain strong relationships with stakeholders to develop a clear understanding of near and long-term business needs, identifying opportunities for initiatives to drive value and efficiency to meet those needs, and responding with agility to changing business priorities.
4. Review and educate stakeholders on industry trends and perform gap and opportunity analysis.
5. Keep abreast of regional competitors and share the knowledge with the business.
6. Implement best practice processes for centre of excellence teams that align to Oracle in collaboration with the CTO.
7. Ensure high availability, scalability, and security of the Sovereign Alloy Cloud, whilst maintaining compliance with industry regulations.
8. Develop and maintain policies and procedures related to cloud operations, security, and performance optimization.

Financial Objectives:

1. Develop and control operational budgets to promote profitability and ensure the company has all the resources required to meet its objectives within agreed financial parameters.
2. Ensure rebates and incentives are maximized across partnerships and reported accurately to finance.
3. Monitor and report headcount aligned to budgets and provide accurate reporting and forecasting of performance.
4. Align strategic direction and partnership models to create group synergies across all companies in partnership with business leads.
5. Leverage the Oracle partnership to secure competitive pricing and co-investment opportunities.

People Management:

1. Lead, mentor, and develop a team of cloud engineers, architects, and administrators specializing in OCI and Sovereign Alloy.
2. Support a culture of agility, innovation, and dynamicism with the organization, through providing an atmosphere of empowerment, trust, and honesty. A no-blame culture is fundamental to this.
3. Support the standards for competency and behavior as well as our vision and values and ensure adherence.
4. Ensure high levels of employee engagement such that employees are highly motivated to provide high performance.
5. Ensure PMR process is completed in a timely fashion for the team and self, as well as ensuring KPI alignment to organizational objectives.