Manager - Infrastructure

Overview:

The Infrastructure Manager oversees the planning, execution, and optimization of hybrid Azure/on-premises environments, ensuring project governance, compliance, and stakeholder alignment. They lead cross-functional teams, manage budgets, and drive technology modernization to deliver high-quality, secure, and resilient infrastructure solutions.

Inception, a G42 company, is the region’s leading innovator of AI-powered domain-specific as well as industry-agnostic products, built on a rich heritage of research and development. Within the G42 ecosystem, Inception functions as the core intelligence layer – transforming data and compute infrastructure into real-world, applied AI solutions. Beyond its commercial endeavors, Inception is committed to creating positive societal impact. For more information, please visit www.inceptionai.ai

Responsibilities:

· Oversee and optimize both on-premises and Azure cloud environments, leveraging Azure services

· Define and maintain project governance throughout project lifecycles, ensuring alignment with business objectives and IT standards.

· Present technical strategies and updates to senior business and IT management; independently prepare and deliver presentations for executive committees.

· Analyze and enhance technology standards, maintaining organizational competitiveness and market edge.

· FinOps Budgeting and responsibilities of handling capacity and utilization management

· Driving long-term technology strategy and innovation initiatives.

· Justify technology initiatives via business case development and cost/benefit analysis.

· Define requirements for new technology implementations and communicate them to key stakeholders.

· Select, lead, and mentor project teams; independently manage project

planning, tracking, reporting, change management, risk assessment, and control using industry-standard PM methodologies and tools (such as Jira, ServiceNow, or Azure DevOps).

· Manage and optimize cloud and on-premises expenditures by developing financial models, forecasts, and budgets, while ensuring projects are delivered on time, within budget, and to the required quality for customer satisfaction.

· Ensure project governance is defined and maintained throughout project duration

· Act as primary liaison for the company’s technology vision via regular written and in-person communications with the organization’s leadership and end users

· Responsible for budgeting the IT and Infrastructure expenses , validate and ensure FINOPS is established

· Manage weekly , monthly , quarterly reports and presentations to c level executive

Qualifications:

· Exceptional ability to influence and align multiple teams toward a common vision and roadmap.

· Strong analytical skills with a data-driven approach to decision-making.

· Excellent written and verbal communication and presentation skills.

· BS or MS in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent work experience; advanced degree or relevant technical management experience preferred.

· Industry Experience: 10+ years in the Information Technology industry, with significant project management experience.

· Demonstrated strong business acumen, with proven ability to align technology initiatives with business goals.

· Proficiency in using and managing ticketing systems such as ServiceNow, Jira, or Azure DevOps.

· Hands-on experience with Azure services including compute, networking, security, monitoring, and automation.

What we look for

· A builder who can execute end-to-end: design → implement → test → operate.

· Strong problem-solving, ownership mindset, and comfort working across teams.