Anson McCade
Cloud Capability Lead
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Cloud Platforms Capability Lead
Salary: Up to £140,000 + bonus
Location: UK Wide
We are working with a leading technology consultancy on a senior leadership opportunity within their growing Cloud Platforms capability.
This is a strategic leadership position for an experienced Cloud Platforms / Cloud Architecture leader who has progressed into Head of, Director, Practice or Capability leadership and has experience shaping, developing and scaling a significant technology capability.
You will play a key role in defining the future direction of Cloud Platforms, combining strong technical credibility with strategic leadership, commercial awareness and a genuine focus on developing people.
The Role
You will be responsible for helping shape and grow the Cloud Platforms capability, including:
- Developing and executing the Cloud Platforms capability strategy.
- Providing technical leadership and thought leadership across cloud and platform engineering.
- Identifying future technology trends, skills and capabilities required to support continued growth.
- Leading workforce planning, talent development and capability building.
- Developing and supporting propositions, offerings and new areas of capability.
- Working closely with senior clients and stakeholders to understand challenges and shape appropriate technology solutions.
- Supporting pre-sales, business development and commercial growth.
- Building strong relationships across technology, delivery and commercial teams.
- Developing and mentoring senior technical leaders and helping create a strong culture of continuous development.
- Driving significant capability initiatives and ensuring the organisation remains at the forefront of modern cloud engineering.
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About You
We are particularly interested in individuals who have:
- Significant experience within a technology consultancy or professional services organisation — consultancy experience is essential.
- A strong background in Cloud Platforms, Cloud Architecture, Cloud Engineering or Platform Engineering.
- Progressed from a senior technical/cloud architecture background into Head of, Director, Practice Lead or Capability Lead responsibilities.
- Experience leading and developing large technical teams or engineering capabilities.
- A track record of shaping capability or practice strategy and supporting organisational growth.
- Experience with workforce planning, talent development and building future technical skills.
- Strong client-facing and senior stakeholder management experience.
- Exposure to pre-sales, propositions, commercial development or business growth.
- The ability to combine technical credibility with strategic and commercial thinking.
- A genuine passion for developing people and building high-performing technology teams.
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You should have strong experience across modern cloud and platform engineering environments, with exposure to technologies such as AWS, Azure and/or GCP, alongside areas such as cloud-native engineering, DevOps, platform engineering, Kubernetes, automation and modern cloud operating models.
Salary: Up to £140,000 + bonus
Location: UK Wide
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