[Hiring] Vice President, Platform Engineering @Experian

Role Description

The Vice President, Platform Engineering is responsible for leading technology for Identity, Access & SSO, Portal & Design System, Observability, Metrics & Monitoring, and Billing & Metering. This executive oversees the development and evolution of shared platform architecture and horizontal services that Product Engineering and AI & Agentic Platform build on top of, ensuring platform capabilities are built once and consumed as a service across the business.

Reporting to the CTO, this VP will lead a global team of 100+ employees and will work across Experian's global business units to embed scalable, secure platform capabilities that accelerate product innovation, improve operational efficiency, and reduce duplicated engineering effort. The VP serves as the senior technology voice for shared platform capability, shaping enterprise platform strategy, and delivering measurable outcomes across one of the world's leading data and technology companies.

• Develop and execute the technology strategy for Identity, Access & SSO, Portal & Design System, Observability, Metrics & Monitoring, and Billing & Metering.
• Lead the identity and access strategy underpinning ESS Technology's customer-facing Identity Management capability.
• Partner with product, engineering, and regional leaders to prioritize technology investments and drive innovation.
• Lead enterprise platform modernization initiatives, evolving legacy environments into secure, scalable, cloud-native architectures.
• Establish enterprise platform engineering standards, design system and portal strategy, and developer-facing tooling.
• Build and evolve the observability and billing infrastructure that other teams instrument against and rely on.
• Partner with executive leaders across Technology, Product, Security, and regional organizations to align platform investments with growth priorities.
• Shape enterprise platform strategy and technology governance by actively contributing to key leadership forums.
• Engage regularly with Operating Committee level leaders across the business, including regional Product senior leaders and regional CTOs.

Qualifications

• 10+ years leadership experience in platform engineering, infrastructure engineering, identity and access management, or technology product management.
• Proven track record building and scaling cloud platforms and shared technology capabilities at enterprise scale (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
• Strong ability to influence senior executives and secure stakeholder commitment.
• Demonstrated success mobilizing multiple business units, engineering teams, and P&L owners.
• Deep understanding of identity, access, observability, and platform technologies.
• Experience operating in regulated industries, with governance accountability for platform engineering standards.

Benefits

• Comprehensive executive level total rewards package.
• Flexible time off including unlimited vacation, volunteer time off, and 12 paid holidays.
• Core benefits including medical, dental, vision, and matching 401K.