Cloud Unit Lead

📋 Job Overview

Join Mendix as a Cloud Unit Lead to lead the product vision and strategy for Mendix Multi-Cloud offerings. This role involves building and managing a Cloud Unit team, driving collaboration across the Siemens cloud software ecosystem, and representing Mendix Cloud solutions to other Siemens product units.

🏢 About Mendix

Mendix is a leading low-code platform that enables businesses to rapidly develop and deploy applications. As part of the Siemens family, Mendix leverages cutting-edge technology to deliver innovative solutions to clients worldwide.

🎯 The Role

As the Cloud Unit Lead, you will be responsible for defining the direction and roadmap for Mendix Multi-Cloud offerings. You will build and develop the Cloud Unit team, manage people across engineering, design, product management, and program management functions, and drive collaboration and integration across the broader Siemens cloud software ecosystem.

✅ Key Responsibilities

• Lead the product vision and strategy for Mendix Multi-Cloud offerings, defining direction and roadmap
• Build and develop the Cloud Unit team, managing people across engineering, design, product management, and program management functions
• Drive collaboration and integration across the broader Siemens cloud software ecosystem, including strategic partnerships with AWS and Azure
• Represent Mendix Cloud and Private Cloud solutions to other Siemens product units, ensuring alignment and synergy
• Partner with Mendix and Siemens software marketing and sales teams for effective positioning and field enablement of cloud offerings
• Manage on-call rotations and take responsibility for outages, escalations, and service level performance

📌 Required Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in software engineering product development with demonstrated leadership impact
• 5+ years leading cloud operations, DevOps, or SRE organizations with proven track record meeting service level agreements and non-functional requirements (availability, reliability, performance, resilience)
• Strong understanding of cloud-native software development principles and Infrastructure-as-Code practices
• Fluent in English with German or Dutch as a secondary language
• Familiarity with hyperscaler offerings (AWS, Azure, GCP) and knowledge of the IaaS/PaaS competitive landscape

⭐ Desirable Experience

• Foundational knowledge of AI, machine learning, and Generative AI applications in software engineering and cloud operations

🎁 Benefits

Salary range: €190,000 - €225,000 a year