Director, FinOps Operational Cost Control

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in California, +2 more states.

📋 Description

• Take ownership of hosting and cloud cost transparency by developing reports and dashboards that reflect unit economics and cost drivers across products, teams, and workloads.

• Collaborate with engineering to pinpoint and implement cost-saving initiatives, including rightsizing, reserved capacity, architectural adjustments, and enhancing efficiency in non-production environments.

• Establish cost governance for AI and GPU computing as well as security telemetry pipelines, making informed decisions on data retention and lifecycle in partnership with Security and Compliance.

• Oversee cost and pricing trade-offs across a multi-cloud, multi-region infrastructure, considering factors such as data transfer, residency, and compliance expenses.

• Convert infrastructure costs into cost-to-serve and gross-margin metrics that guide pricing strategies and competitive positioning.

• Work closely with engineering leadership on a consistent basis to advance cost initiatives to completion and report on achieved savings.

• Integrate directly with engineering teams to foster cost-aware architectural patterns, maintain automated tagging standards, and establish routine cost review meetings.

⛳️ Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in FinOps, cloud cost optimization, or operational cost management, with a proven history of spearheading enterprise-wide cost initiatives and influencing leaders across functions.

• Demonstrated success in reducing cloud or hosting expenditures at scale (AWS, GCP, or Azure).

• Strong understanding of unit economics, capable of translating technical infrastructure costs into actionable metrics for finance and business leaders.

• Experience in developing governance processes and fostering cross-functional accountability, with a comfort in operating autonomously in a highly visible position.

• Proven track record of creating cross-functional governance structures involving Finance, Product, and Engineering leadership to drive accountability.

• Background in optimizing GPU/AI compute costs and/or managing costs associated with high-volume data pipelines.

• In-depth knowledge of multi-cloud architectures (AWS, GCP, Azure) and extensive experience with large-scale data ingestion and telemetry pipelines.

• FinOps Certified Practitioner (FOCP) or equivalent hands-on experience.

• Familiarity with the FOCUS (FinOps Open Cost and Usage Specification) framework.

• Practical experience with multi-cloud architectures (AWS, GCP, Azure) and large-scale telemetry or data ingestion pipelines.

🏝️ Benefits

• Additional days off to focus on your well-being.

• 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan with a 3% company match.

• Maternity and Parental Leave.

• Mental health support available for you and your family through the Modern Health app.

• Comprehensive health benefits package for you and your family.