Cloud Director - Financial Services Sector

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Cloud Director – Financial Services Sector, Leeds

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Client:

KPMG

Location:

Leeds, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Finance

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EU work permit required:

Yes

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Job Reference:

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Job Views:

3

Posted:

26.04.2025

Expiry Date:

10.06.2025

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Job Description:

Cloud Director – Sales Leadership

At KPMG, you will bring your industry knowledge and technology experience to map customer business challenges to on-premise and cloud technology solutions, shape end-to-end transformational journeys, and deliver real business value to our key corporate clients. You will be part of exciting client engagements, lead pre-sales activities and proposals, and be responsible for delivering our portfolio of technology solutions while maintaining deep executive-level client relationships.

As a leader, you will also coach and mentor junior team members and contribute to our go-to-market strategies by building the KPMG brand and establishing yourself as a leading advisor within our clients, market, and alliance partners.

The Cloud Director will have the following responsibilities:

• Be recognized as an expert in cloud transformation (including Hybrid & Multi-cloud) by the market and alliance partners.
• Contribute to developing our financial services market growth in cloud transformation with market-facing propositions and assets, enhancing both the KPMG and your personal brand.
• Build close relationships and serve as a trusted advisor to C-suite leaders at financial services clients, focusing on business challenges, cloud transformation, and their overall technology journey.
• Lead business development initiatives, shaping and selling complex advisory and implementation services around cloud transformation.
• Oversee programme delivery, outcomes, and resources in large transformation projects.
• Design and develop roadmaps, strategies, transformation plans, and high-quality assets for cloud solutions, collaborating with delivery managers, sales teams, and stakeholders.
• Contribute to the development of new services and the growth of our team.

The Person:

• Excellent consulting skills with the ability to present complex solutions to executives; experience in large consulting firms is a plus.
• Proven business development experience, including leading client proposals and RFPs for cloud projects.
• Ability to build trusted advisor relationships with C-level stakeholders to guide their cloud journey.
• Experience with application migrations, including target selection, infrastructure sizing, and familiarity with migration tools.
• Knowledge of at least one cloud platform (AWS, Azure, Google), microservices, APIs, containers, cloud data models, and migration patterns.
• Experience working in regulated environments and understanding operational resilience best practices.
• Track record in leading large-scale cloud advisory engagements.
• Broad understanding of infrastructure, network, database, cloud operating models, risks, controls, security, DevOps, Agile, and testing for cloud platforms.
• Ability to shape comprehensive, long-term cloud strategies.
• History of exceeding sales and profitability targets in consulting.
• Outstanding interpersonal skills to inspire teams and develop client relationships.
• Growth mindset with the ability to influence senior stakeholders.
• Collaborative working style and self-motivation.
• Team-oriented and adaptable to diverse cultures.

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