Engineering Management
Trimble · Chennai
Lead Global Cloud Innovation as Manager of Cloud Operations (COPS)
Are you an experienced engineering leader passionate about scaling mission-critical cloud infrastructure and pioneering AI and agentic automation? Trimble is seeking an exceptional Manager of Cloud Operations (COPS) to lead our Chennai Cloud Operations team. In this pivotal leadership role, you will oversee the daily management of Trimble Viewpoint's Global Cloud Services—supporting 22,000+ servers and 6,000+ customers in North America—while driving our strategic operational roadmap toward an AI-first future.
About Us:
Dedicated to the world’s tomorrow, Trimble is a technology company delivering solutions that enable our customers to work in new ways to measure, build, grow and move goods for a better quality of life. Core technologies in positioning, modeling, connectivity and data analytics connect the digital and physical worlds to improve productivity, quality, safety, transparency and sustainability. From purpose-built products and enterprise lifecycle solutions to industry cloud services, Trimble is transforming critical industries such as construction, geospatial, agriculture and transportation to power an interconnected world of work. For more information about Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB), visit: www.trimble.com
About Trimble Viewpoint: Trimble Viewpoint provides market-leading construction management software solutions that connect the office, team, and field. Our cloud services deliver enterprise-grade performance, high reliability, and integrated data visibility to thousands of construction organizations worldwide.
What Makes This Role Great:
In this high-impact position, you will direct the global heartbeat of Trimble Viewpoint’s cloud estate. Operating from our Chennai office in an IST-driven collaborative model with our North American teams, you will champion agentic AI workflows, autonomous patch and incident pipelines, and FinOps cost-governance disciplines. You will have full executive support to cultivate an exceptional engineering culture, mentor top cloud talent, define technical standards with Information Security and Product Leadership, and lead the operational transition toward intelligent, self-healing cloud ecosystems.
Key Exciting Responsibilities
- Strategic Leadership & AI Vision: Develop and implement the technical roadmap for AI-enabled cloud operations, championing agentic automation with human-in-the-loop (HITL) checkpoints across deployments, server lifecycle management, and daily workflows.
- Global Estate & 24/7 Service Oversight: Oversee 24/7 cloud operations across 22,000+ servers and 6,000+ enterprise customers, managing disaster recovery, capacity modeling, event management, incident resolution, and change governance.
- SLA & MTTR Optimization: Own customer-facing uptime and system reliability metrics, deploying AI-assisted root-cause analysis (RCA), predictive alerting, and automated remediation to systematically drive down Mean Time to Resolution (MTTR).
- AI-SecOps & Audit Readiness: Champion AI-SecOps practices to integrate machine learning into threat detection, vulnerability remediation, and security incident response, ensuring full compliance with ISO 27001, SOC 2, NIST, and ITIL standards.
- FinOps & Capacity Planning: Direct cloud financial operations (FinOps) through AI-driven cost analytics to forecast capacity, optimize global cloud spend, and enforce team-wide budget accountability.
- Team Leadership & Global Governance: Directly manage and mentor the Chennai Cloud Operations team, cultivating high AI fluency, structured career paths, and seamless cross-regional governance with North American counterparts.
Essential Skills & Experience
- Professional Leadership: 10+ years of overall IT and cloud infrastructure experience, with a proven track record in a direct people management and engineering leadership role.
- Service Management Frameworks: In-depth working knowledge and operational execution of ITIL disciplines (Incident, Problem, Change, Configuration, and Release Management).
- Escalation & Crisis Management: Proven ability to manage complex, high-priority operational escalations, maintain composed customer communications, and drive rapid incident containment.
- Customer Onboarding & Process Transition: Demonstrated experience facilitating customer onboarding and smooth enterprise transitions into cloud operations support.
- Global Cross-Functional Alignment: Track record of driving standard processes, operational rigor, and unified metrics across distributed, multi-region teams.
Bonus Points For:
- Cloud & AI Certifications: Professional certifications in Microsoft Azure and/or recognized AI/ML platforms.
- Agentic Automation & Scripting: Practical exposure to building or supervising automated agentic workflows, autonomous remediation runbooks, or modern telemetry stacks.
- Compliance Expertise: Direct experience managing audits and operational security controls under SOC 2 Type II or ISO 27001 frameworks.
Logistics:
- Location: Chennai, India
- Department: Global Cloud Services / Cloud Operations (COPS)
- Level: M3
- Job Type: Full-Time
Why You'll Love Working With Us
At Trimble, we're not just a company that "does good"—we are a team dedicated to making a tangible, positive Real-World Impact. We build innovative solutions designed to solve the world's most critical challenges. From construction sites to transportation hubs, our work tangibly improves how people live, build, move, and grow.
- You'll work on projects that truly matter: Our purpose-driven culture means you'll be helping to build and deliver solutions that make work faster, safer, and more sustainable for millions of people worldwide.
- Collaborate with like-minded people: Our strong internal culture is a "hidden gem." You will work with a collaborative, supportive team that shares your purpose and fosters a genuine sense of belonging.
- Be an owner: Trimble thrives on individuals who take initiative and embrace ownership. You'll find an entrepreneurial spirit where success is often "self-authored," empowering proactive "doers."
- Enjoy true flexibility: We offer flexible work arrangements, which are a significant driver for employees joining and staying with us.