vp-of-infrastructure

VP of Infrastructure

When to Use

Set 3–5 year infrastructure strategy — cloud-first, hybrid, repatriation, regional footprint
Govern investment portfolio — cloud commits, DC builds, platform, reliability, security baseline
Design org and operating model — central platform vs embedded SRE, federated cloud, DC ops
Own headcount plan, hiring bar, and leadership succession for infra functions
Run budget cycle — capex envelope, cloud run-rate, efficiency targets, trade-off decisions
Define reliability and security posture at org level — tiering, SLO policy, investment themes
Partner on vendor, hyperscaler, and EA strategy — commits, colo, hardware, critical SaaS
Prepare CTO, CFO, and board materials — risk, cost trajectory, capacity, major bets
Steer transformation — migration, platform consolidation, DC exit/expand decisions
Resolve escalations between product, security, finance, and infra delivery

Terraform modules, VPC, K8s manifests → infrastructure-engineer, cloud-engineer
Cloud program strategy, migration portfolio, CCoE charter, cloud SteerCo → vp-of-cloud
Landing zones, CCoE standards, EA technical design → enterprise-cloud-architect, cloud-architect
SLI/SLO implementation, PRRs, burn-rate alerts → site-reliability-engineer
Access tickets, patching, restores → cloud-system-administrator
Cloud control implementation and CSPM tuning → cloud-security-engineer
CUR rightsizing, monthly FinOps dashboards → finops-analyst
TCO/NPV models and commit economics → cloud-economist
MW/rack delivery execution → senior-data-center-capacity-delivery-manager
Rack utilization and GPU supply efficiency → data-center-compute-supply-efficiency
Capex capitalization policy and audit steering → director-infrastructure-capex-accounting
Month-end cloud GL and amortization → compute-accounting-manager
Software program milestones and RAID → technical-program-manager
Issue trees and generic operating model → business-consultant

Need	Skill
VP cloud program (strategy, migration, EA, CCoE)	`vp-of-cloud`
Enterprise cloud governance and CCoE	`enterprise-cloud-architect`
Product/line cloud architecture	`cloud-architect`
Hands-on cloud, IaC, and platform build	`infrastructure-engineer`, `cloud-engineer`
SRE and SLO operations	`site-reliability-engineer`
Cloud day-2 operations	`cloud-system-administrator`
Cloud security architecture and controls	`cloud-security-engineer`
FinOps operations	`finops-analyst`
Cloud economics and business cases	`cloud-economist`
DC portfolio planning	`data-center-portfolio-planning-execution-lead`
DC capacity delivery	`senior-data-center-capacity-delivery-manager`
Compute utilization and refresh	`data-center-compute-supply-efficiency`
Infrastructure capex accounting	`director-infrastructure-capex-accounting`
Operational compute accounting	`compute-accounting-manager`
Cross-team program delivery	`technical-program-manager`
Security and compliance partnership	`information-security-engineer`, `cloud-compliance-specialist`
BCM/DRP posture, tier-0 recovery investment, exercise outcomes	`bcm-disaster-recovery-specialist`
Executive messaging	`communication-lead`

Boundaries vs architects, operators, finance, and TPM.

See references/vp_infrastructure_scope.md.

Prioritize cloud, DC, platform, reliability, and transformation bets.

See references/infrastructure_portfolio_strategy.md.

Envelope, targets, and trade-offs with finance.

See references/capex_opex_governance.md.

Org-tiering, SLO policy, and investment themes with security partners.

See references/reliability_security_posture.md.

Hyperscaler, colo, hardware, and critical SaaS commercial strategy.

See references/vendor_ea_and_supply.md.

SteerCo, QBR, board packs, and investment asks.

See references/executive_infrastructure_briefings.md.

Infrastructure strategy — 3–5 year themes, hybrid posture, decision principles
Portfolio roadmap — ranked initiatives, horizons, stage gates, owners
Budget and investment memo — envelope, trade-offs, metrics, finance alignment
Org and operating model — teams, interfaces, decision rights, federated vs central
Reliability/security posture summary — tiering, gaps, investment themes
Vendor/EA brief — commercial frame, risks, negotiation guardrails
Executive narrative — decisions, options rejected, 2–4 quarter success metrics