Head of Platforms – Technology, Infrastructure and Operations

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Head of Platforms at LexisNexis managing technology, infrastructure, and operations with a focus on developer experience and strategic execution. Leading a global platform organization and integrating AI solutions.

Posted 4/2/2026full-timeLondon • 🇬🇧 United KingdomLeadWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

SDLC

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Contribute to the definition and assert the delivery needs related to the platform strategy in line with Elsevier’s policies and standards.
Translate strategic objectives (reuse, DevEx, GenAI/automation) into clear plane roadmaps.
Establish Elsevier’s "platform as a product" operating model—integrating developer experience, governance, and self-service capabilities.
Build and lead a global platform organization across functional planes (Core Platform, Data & AI Services, Observability, Guardrails, etc.).
Partner closely with the TIO Strategy Lead, Chief Infrastructure Architect, and Change Management to align operational and cultural changes with delivery models/organizational needs.
Oversee delivery of the internal developer portal (Backstage) and golden path standards for onboarding, CI/CD, and observability.
Integrate AI assistants, code generation, and AI-augmented testing within the platform to accelerate development and reduce toil.
Ensure platform services and related workloads are reliable, observable, and cost-optimized (FinOps and sustainability focus).

Requirements

What you’ll need

15+ years in software/platform/operational engineering.
Proven success building and operating internal products, platforms or large-scale developer enablement systems.
Strong background in “platform as a product,” developer experience, and service ownership models.
Track record of growing distributed engineering teams with clear boundaries, autonomy, and accountability.
Familiarity with GenAI integration in SDLC and developer workflows.
Strong grounding in SRE, observability, FinOps, and secure-by-design engineering.
Able to partner across architecture, product, and business teams; comfortable operating at both executive and engineering levels.

Benefits

Comp & perks

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We are delighted to offer country specific benefits.

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Hard Skills & Tools

platform strategydeveloper experienceCI/CDobservabilityGenAI integrationSREFinOpssecure-by-design engineeringcode generationAI-augmented testing

Soft Skills

leadershipcollaborationaccountabilityautonomystrategic thinkingcommunicationorganizational change managementcross-functional partnershipdelivery managementteam building