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