Elsevier
Head of Platforms - Technology, Infrastructure and Operations
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Remote - NY
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Full-Time
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$118K - $264K
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Other
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April 29th, 2026
Edtech.com's Summary
Elsevier Limited Company is hiring a Head of Platforms - Technology, Infrastructure and Operations. The role leads the delivery and evolution of Elsevier's internal developer platform to drive engineering transformation by unifying infrastructure services, accelerating modernization, reuse, and integrating AI-enabled engineering. The position involves defining platform strategy, leading a global engineering team, improving developer experience, integrating AI and automation, ensuring operational excellence, and collaborating with stakeholders to align platform capabilities with business outcomes.
Highlights
- Lead the development and evolution of an internal developer platform as a core driver of engineering transformation.
- Define and execute platform strategy aligned with company standards and priorities.
- Build and manage a global team of 95 to 125 engineers focused on platform delivery.
- Deliver internal developer portal capabilities and promote reuse and inner sourcing.
- Integrate AI across software development lifecycle including code generation, testing, and automation.
- Ensure platform reliability, observability, cost efficiency, and implement incident management models.
- Partner with CTOs, product leaders, and engineering teams to align platform with business goals.
- Required skills include strong leadership in large-scale cultural and operational transformations, platform-as-a-product experience, stakeholder influence, SRE, observability, secure-by-design, and familiarity with AI-enabled engineering.
- Compensation ranges from $118,300 to $263,800 depending on location, with additional country-specific benefits.
- Success measured by increased developer productivity, adoption of platform capabilities, reduction in toil, enhanced reuse, operational improvements, and cultural shifts towards ownership and automation.
Head of Platforms - Technology, Infrastructure and Operations Full Description
Head of Platform
Location: Global (Hybrid)
Reports to: SVP, Technology Infrastructure & Operations (TIO)
Function: Technology
Purpose of the Role
The Head of Platform leads the delivery and evolution of Elsevier's internal developer platform as a core driver of engineering transformation.
This role is accountable for shifting Elsevier from fragmented infrastructure services to a unified internal developer platform (IDP) that accelerates modernization, reuse, and AI-enabled engineering.
This leader combines strong technical depth with enterprise influence, driving large-scale cultural and operational change across engineering.
They will shape the platform as a product while embedding new ways of working focused on self-service, automation, and developer experience.
Key Responsibilities
Platform Strategy & Vision
• Define and drive the platform strategy aligned with Elsevier standards and enterprise priorities.
• Translate strategic objectives (DevEx, reuse, AI-enabled SDLC) into clear platform roadmaps.
• Establish and evolve a platform-as-a-product operating model.
Leadership & Organization Design
• Build and lead a global platform organization (95-125 engineers) across key domains.
• Partner with TIO leadership, architecture, and change teams to align operating models.
• Drive an engineering-led, automation-first culture across the organization.
Developer Experience & Enablement
• Deliver internal developer portal capabilities (e.g., Backstage) and golden paths.
• Embed DORA and SPACE metrics to improve developer productivity.
• Champion reuse and inner sourcing across engineering teams.
AI & Automation Integration
• Integrate AI across the SDLC including code generation, testing, and automation.
• Drive adoption of AI-enabled engineering practices.
• Ensure secure and efficient-by-default platform services through automation.
Operational Excellence
• Ensure reliability, observability, and cost efficiency of platform services.
• Define resilience, incident management, and operational models.
• Track and report on platform maturity and performance.
Collaboration & Influence
• Partner with Business Unit CTOs, product leaders, and engineering teams.
• Drive alignment between platform capabilities and business outcomes.
• Communicate effectively across executive and technical audiences.
Experience & Skills
• 15+ years in platform, software, or infrastructure engineering.
• Proven experience leading large-scale cultural and operational transformations.
• Strong background in platform-as-a-product and developer experience.
• Demonstrated stakeholder influence across complex organizations.
• Experience leading distributed engineering teams.
• Familiarity with AI-enabled engineering practices.
• Strong grounding in SRE, observability, and secure-by-design.
• Excellent communication and leadership skills.
Success Measures
• Increased developer productivity and satisfaction.
• Adoption of platform capabilities across engineering teams.
• Reduction in toil and time-to-market.
• Increased reuse through standardized patterns and golden paths.
• Improved operational reliability and cost efficiency.
• Demonstrated shift in engineering culture toward ownership and automation.If performed in New York, the base pay range is $130,200 - $241,800.If performed in New York City, the base pay range is $142,000 - $263,800.If performed in Rochester, NY, the base pay range is $118,300 - $219,800.U.S. National Base Pay Range: $118,300 - $219,800. Geographic differentials may apply in some locations to better reflect local market rates.
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