Head of Platform Engineering: Role Blueprint, Responsibilities, Skills, KPIs, and Career Path
The Head of Platform Engineering is accountable for building and operating an internal developer platform that enables product engineering teams to ship software faster, safer, and more reliably. This leader owns the strategy, roadmap, and execution for shared platform capabilities (cloud foundations, CI/CD, infrastructure automation, observability, reliability practices, and developer experience), and ensures these capabilities are adopted and measurably improve delivery outcomes.
