Lead, mentor, and develop our global IT Infrastructure Networking engineers and specialists Design, build, operate, and continuously evolve our enterprise network infrastructure while driving standardization across the environment. Manage and optimize day‑to‑day operations, establish and track relevant KPIs and SLAs, and ensure transparent, consistent reporting to drive performance and accountability. Drive governance, process improvements, and standardization by contributing to network architecture decisions and the overall IT infrastructure roadmap. Take ownership of connectivity services, represent the networking area as an internal service provider, and act as an escalation point for internal customers within and beyond IT. Serve as the interface for local IT networking experts, internal stakeholders, and external service partners ensuring knowledge exchange, documentation quality, and effective collaboration. Grow and leverage shared knowledge across IT departments (e.g., Security, Cloud, Datacenter) to strengthen governance, processes, and network standardization. Manage, guide, and collaborate with external partners and vendors to ensure maximum value, performance, and operational efficiency from managed services and technologies. Actively participate in international projects and lead the implementation of connectivity work packages (e.g., new site rollouts, M A activities).