Senior Director, Cloud Product and Platform Strategy

The Senior Director of Cloud Product and Platform Strategy is a visionary leader responsible for shaping and advancing a portfolio of AI-enabled, cloud-native products. This role sits at the intersection of product innovation, architectural foresight, and platform scalability. The ideal candidate will lead the strategy and discovery process for new product initiatives—delivering working prototypes, comprehensive documentation, and architectural recommendations that enable seamless transition to engineering teams for build-out.

This leader will serve as the glue between cloud product managers, enterprise architects, AI / ML innovation teams, and platform engineering—ensuring that all cloud-native products are aligned with business goals, technically sound, and production-ready.

Product & Platform Strategy

• Define and evolve the strategy for a portfolio of AI-enabled products built on modern cloud-native architecture (e.g., microservices, containers, serverless, event-driven).
• Identify emerging customer needs, tech trends, and industry opportunities to shape long-term platform product vision.
• Drive multi-year product roadmaps across cloud domains including data, identity, integration, and AI acceleration.
• Define success metrics to measure adoption, improvement in efficiency, and business outcomes / ROI.
• Incorporate cost optimization and sustainability into product design, aligning with enterprise strategy.
• Establish portfolio value realization reporting, tracking operational efficiency and customer engagement pipelines.

Product Readiness & Prototyping

Architecture & Documentation

Cross-Functional Collaboration

Leadership & Portfolio Governance

Qualifications

Qualifications :

Skills & Competencies :

Education : Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Product Management, or related field is Required

Additional Requirements : Full-time, hybrid position.

Benefits & Perks :

401K with Company Match, Profit Sharing, Health Insurance, Employee Assistance Program, Life Insurance, Paid Time Off, Tuition Reimbursement, 30% Employee Discount, Employee Referral Bonuses.

UniFirst is an international leader in garment & Uniform services industry. We currently employ over 14,000 team partners who serve 300,000 business customer locations throughout the U.S., Canada, and Europe.

We were included in the top 10 of Selling Power magazine's "Best Companies to Sell For" list and recognized on Forbes magazine's "Platinum 400 – Best Big Companies" list. As an 80-year old company focused on annual growth, there's never been a better time to join our team.

UniFirst is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate in hiring or employment against any individual on the basis of race, color, gender, national origin, ancestry, religion, physical or mental disability, age, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, pregnancy, citizenship, or any other factor protected by anti-discrimination laws