Infrastructure Leader - Global Hosting Services

PURPOSE OF THE JOB

 

Owens Corning’s Global Information Services (GIS) provides a technology platform that supports the company’s growing global business needs. In this organization, this role is responsible for the strategic direction, engineering oversight, operations, and lifecycle management of distributed and enterprise hosting platforms across the organization. This includes Wintel server environments, compute, and storage hardware, enterprise operating systems (AIX, Linux, UX), and database hosting technologies.

 

The GIO Leader – Global Hosting Services ensures these platforms are reliable, secure, and aligned with business needs. As a team leader, this position manages a group of technical professionals and collaborates closely with adjacent teams, including cloud hosting, to ensure seamless integration and service delivery. Maintaining a close relationship and management of our existing or future pool of suppliers and key partners is key to enable speed and scalability. With a lean and agile mindset, the leader has access to expertise and execution capabilities through a set of Platform Lead(s) and Program Lead(s), either in a matrix environment or as direct report.

 

Reports to:                  Director, GIO – Technical Product Development & Business Growth

Span of Control:               Direct reports will include engineers from the Global Hosting Team

 

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

 

Knowing Our Businesses and their Strategies

• Develop and maintain a strong understanding of Owens Corning specific business processes and operations locally and globally
• Build relationships within the organization, cross-functionally, and with key business stakeholders; continuously enhance connection to remain aligned with core objectives
• Understand how IT infrastructure and services are directly aligned with the company's strategic objectives by regularly engaging with vendors and key business stakeholders focused on distributed and cloud technologies and solutions
• Translate business strategy into hosting infrastructure priorities that drive measurable value across global operations
• Act as a strategic advisor to business units and the Digital Manufacturing organization, identifying opportunities where hosting capabilities can enable innovation, agility, and competitive advantage
• Monitor industry trends and competitive benchmarks to inform hosting strategy and maintain a forward-looking infrastructure posture
• Facilitate alignment between global and regional infrastructure strategies to ensure consistency and adaptability across geographies

 

Developing and Executing Strategy

Strategy & Platform Ownership

• Continuously learn new capabilities and adjacent solutions in the global market, understand trends, and customer adoption criteria while building broad hybrid hosting services expertise within the organization
• Define and maintain the enterprise hosting strategy, encompassing platform selection, lifecycle planning, and technology evolution in partnership with the Technical Transformation Team
• Oversee the definition, delivery, support, and retirement of hosting platforms including Wintel, AIX, Linux, UX, and enterprise database environments
• Ensure hosting platforms meet performance, availability, and security standards while aligning with enterprise architecture and business objectives
• Drive global hosting infrastructure growth by identifying opportunities to scale services efficiently and securely, and translating those opportunities into actionable initiatives
• Align hosting investments with enterprise financial goals, ensuring cost-effective delivery and long-term sustainability
• Develop and communicate multi-year roadmaps that align hosting capabilities with enterprise growth, sustainability, and modernization goals
• Consult while bringing guidance and direction across the enterprise to align programs and efforts that create standardization, simplification, and value for the company

 

Engineering Leadership

• Lead a team of technical resources responsible for the health, scalability, and modernization of hosting platforms
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives across infrastructure, middleware, and database hosting environments
• Collaborate with enterprise technical architects and cloud teams to