Regional Director of SRE, EMEA

What makes us Qlik?

A Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ Leader for 14 years in a row, Qlik transforms complex data landscapes into actionable insights, driving strategic business outcomes. Serving over 40,000 global customers, our portfolio leverages pervasive data quality and advanced AI/ML capabilities that lead to better decisions, faster.

We excel in integration and governance solutions that work with diverse data sources, and our real-time analytics uncover hidden patterns, empowering teams to address complex challenges and seize new opportunities.

The Regional Director of Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) Role

As the Regional Director of Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), you'll play a pivotal role in leading and growing a high-performing SRE team within your region. Your focus will be on building a strong SRE organization that aligns seamlessly with global strategies, while also ensuring the availability, scalability, and reliability of our services.

Working closely with local development teams, you'll lead efforts to enhance service performance and ensure that global SRE objectives like Service Level Objectives (SLOs) are met.

You'll act as a manager of managers, guiding SRE teams toward operational excellence. With a focus on strategic collaboration, you'll ensure teams across regions work harmoniously, and you will have a significant influence on shaping the SRE culture and processes at a regional level.

What makes this role interesting?

• Leadership on a large scale: Lead and develop a regional SRE organization, where you’ll have the opportunity to build and shape a high-performing team that supports growth and operational excellence across regions.
• Strategic impact: Collaborate with global SRE leaders and development teams to align on practices and goals, ensuring services run reliably and efficiently worldwide.
• Innovative projects: Lead cross-functional projects that improve system reliability and performance, driving both short-term fixes and long-term improvements.
• Championing live site reliability: Be the advocate for resilient, high-performing services, while promoting a culture of shared ownership and continual learning across the organization.

Here’s how you’ll be making an impact:

• Scaling the regional SRE organization: Build and lead a strong, growth-oriented team, driving operational effectiveness and mentoring managers to develop the next generation of SRE leaders.
• Driving global consistency: Collaborate with other regional directors to ensure reliability practices are consistent, sharing resources and knowledge to foster a seamless, global SRE operation.
• Improving service performance: Work closely with service owners to align on goals for reliability and scalability, ensuring services meet performance benchmarks and global SRE objectives.
• Leading cross-functional initiatives: Oversee high-impact projects aimed at improving system health and reliability, managing resources and timelines to ensure alignment with business objectives.
• Promoting automation and scalability: Champion efforts to reduce manual work, minimize human error, and ensure services are resilient through automation and scalable processes.
• Advocating for sustainable on-call practices: Ensure that your teams are equipped for 24x7 support without sacrificing their work-life balance, fostering a culture that values both quality of life and operational excellence.

We’re looking for a teammate with:

Experience:

• 10+ years of experience in Site Reliability Engineering, Software Development, or a similar role.
• 5+ years of experience in a leadership role, managing managers or leading large, multi-team organizations.
• Demonstrated success in building and scaling SRE or engineering teams in a complex, distributed environment.

Skills:

• Strong leadership and team-building abilities, with experience fostering a collaborative, inclusive, and high-performance cul