Cloud Cost Optimization Program Manager

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States, +1 more country.

📋 Description

• Collaborate closely with AWS and GCP account and technical teams to uncover savings opportunities, resolve billing or data challenges, and ensure the fulfillment of optimization commitments.

• Create and oversee a pipeline of initiatives aimed at reducing cloud costs across compute, storage, networking, and platform services.

• Work alongside engineering teams to define, prioritize, and monitor rightsizing, commitment optimization, architectural changes, and workload migration projects.

• Track cloud expenditures, identify anomalies, forecast spending, and pinpoint optimization opportunities, proactively recognizing risks and improvement areas.

• Utilize cloud billing, usage, tagging, and allocation data to facilitate cost analysis and validate savings.

• Generate financial analyses, business cases, forecasts, and savings reports for senior and executive stakeholders.

• Simplify complex cloud infrastructure and financial data into straightforward recommendations and narratives for decision-making.

• Take ownership of ongoing cloud cost governance and reporting processes across engineering and leadership teams.

• Enhance processes related to tagging, forecasting, cost allocation, savings validation, and optimization tracking.

• Oversee timelines, dependencies, risks, and deliverables across various engineering and business teams.

• Propel execution through influence and robust stakeholder relationships rather than through direct authority.

• Contribute to a large-scale cloud optimization initiative for a Fortune 50 technology company.

⛳️ Requirements

• 14+ years of professional experience, including substantial experience leading intricate technical programs in large enterprise settings.

• Strong background in FinOps, cloud cost optimization, cloud economics, or cloud financial management.

• In-depth knowledge of AWS and/or GCP, encompassing cloud infrastructure, pricing, billing, usage, and cost optimization principles.

• Proven track record of driving quantifiable cloud cost optimization initiatives alongside engineering or infrastructure teams.

• Significant Technical Program Management experience across complex, cross-functional engineering projects.

• Experience collaborating directly with Cloud Service Providers and/or managing technical and cost initiatives related to CSPs.

• Proficiency with cloud cost and usage data, and familiarity with SQL, scripting, data pipelines, and/or data modeling.

• Experience in developing financial analyses, forecasts, business cases, savings reports, and communications for executive-level audiences.

• Demonstrated ability to influence engineering teams and drive outcomes without direct management authority.

• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with experience presenting to senior and executive stakeholders.

• Located in the United States or Canada with availability for significant overlap with Pacific Time.

• For candidates in the US, current authorization to work in the United States without the need for current or future employment visa sponsorship.

• Familiarity with Apptio Cloudability, VMware CloudHealth, or similar FinOps platforms.

• Experience with AWS Cost Explorer, AWS Cost and Usage Reports (CUR), GCP Cloud Billing, or equivalent native CSP tools.

• FinOps Foundation certification or other formal training in FinOps.

• Experience supporting cloud environments operating at a significant enterprise scale.

• Background in designing or enhancing tagging, cost allocation, forecasting, anomaly management, or cloud governance processes.

• Exposure to multi-cloud cost optimization involving both AWS and GCP.

🏝️ Benefits

• Paid time off after the initial 3 months of engagement, including applicable local holidays.

• Long-term opportunity to support a large-scale global technology organization.

• Collaboration opportunities with senior engineering leaders, cloud specialists, CSP partners, and executive stakeholders.

• High-impact work that has a direct and measurable effect on cloud optimization and operational efficiency.

• Remote work opportunity for candidates located in the United States and Canada.