Director, FinOps Operational Cost Control

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Take charge of hosting and cloud cost transparency by creating reports and dashboards that detail unit economics and cost drivers by product, team, and workload.

• Collaborate with engineering to uncover and implement cost-saving measures, including rightsizing, reserved capacity, architectural modifications, and improving non-production environment efficiency.

• Develop cost governance for AI/GPU computing and security telemetry pipelines, incorporating decisions related to data retention and lifecycle management in partnership with Security and Compliance.

• Oversee cost and pricing trade-offs across a multi-cloud, multi-region infrastructure, taking into account 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 regular basis to promote cost initiatives and report on achieved savings.

• Integrate with engineering teams to instill cost-conscious architectural patterns, ensure automated tagging practices, and maintain consistent cost review processes.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of 8 years in FinOps, cloud cost optimization, or operational cost management.

• Proven track record of spearheading enterprise-wide cost initiatives and influencing leaders across various functions.

• Demonstrated success in significantly reducing cloud/hosting expenses at scale using AWS, GCP, or Azure.

• Strong understanding of unit economics and the capability to convert technical infrastructure costs into practical metrics.

• Experience in establishing governance processes and fostering cross-functional accountability.

• Proven skill in creating cross-functional governance frameworks among Finance, Product, and Engineering leadership.

• Knowledge in GPU/AI compute cost optimization and/or managing costs related to high-volume data pipelines.

• Extensive familiarity with multi-cloud environments (AWS, GCP, Azure) and large-scale data ingestion/telemetry systems.

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

• Understanding of the FOCUS (FinOps Open Cost and Usage Specification) framework.

🏝️ 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 for you and your family through the Modern Health app.

• Comprehensive health benefits package for you and your family.