What you will be doing:
- Partner with VP Cloud Engineering to define vision, strategy, roadmap, and deliverables
- Lead and level up all aspects of a centralized Cloud FinOps group (including staffing requirements & hiring, professional growth/development, and individual mentorship)
- Establish an inclusive, data-driven, and results-oriented culture
- Communicate and drive organizational-wide FinOps strategy and adoption
- Operate and orchestrate effectively in a large, dynamic multi-cloud and SaaS ecosystem
- Drive Gross Margin performance company-wide and improve unit costs and efficiency
- Coordinate and collaborate with different business units & organizations including Architecture, Product, Finance, Development, Platform, Infrastructure and SRE
- Define and implement cost observability platforms and tools for real-time monitoring
- Define metrics and KPI strategy to track both goals and monitor/alert on cost changes
- Provide timely, insightful, and actionable reports to Business and Engineering leaders
- Identify opportunities and improve core capabilities to effectively operate at a global scale
- Champion empowering Engineering teams to manage against a budget & optimize margin impact
- Manage and develop all annual and monthly forecasting and reconciliation activities
- Support financial and product usage modeling activities (e.g. cost per unit)
- Enable accurate cost-impact analysis and assessments at scale
What you bring to the team:
- 7+ years of experience in Hosting and SaaS management and cost control (including Procurement and commercial negotiations, License and commit management, RIs and Saving Plan strategies, Resource rightsizing & utilization)
- 5+ years of experience managing and leading programs, teams, and individuals across time zones
- Deep understanding of the FinOps framework and its principles
- Experience effectively maturing FinOps in rapidly growing enterprise SaaS organizations
- Multi-cloud experience (AWS, GCP, and Azure preferred)
- Excellent communication and presentation skills
- Ability to guide and influence senior leadership across the organization
- Relationship building with executive leadership
Nice to have
- BS in Computing, Software Engineering, Math, Finance or equivalent experience
- CNCF FinOps Certification (FOCP), or similar
- Public Cloud Certification (AWS, or Azure)
- This position can be located within US, Canada or UK, benefits + perks for each locations are listed below***
What we have for you: (US & CANADA)
- Take time to rest and recharge w/ paid time off, paid company holidays, and end of year company shutdown
- Medical, dental, vision and 2x life insurance
- Paid parental leave
- Access to free paid telemedicine
- Mental health + Employee Assistance programs w/ free counseling sessions
- Bring Your Own Device technology stipend
- Seismic Cares Program w/ charitable donation matching
- $1,000 annual professional development reimbursement
- Equity program and performance-based bonuses
- Nine Communities of Belonging (aka employee resource/affinity groups)
- Retirement savings plan with employer match (Canada)
- 401k w/ employer match (US)
- Health Savings Accounts with $1,000 Single/$2,000 Family employer contribution and employer-paid disability plans (US)
- Pre-tax commuter benefits (US)
What we have for you: (UK)
- Take time to rest and recharge w/ Paid time off, paid company holidays, end of year company shutdown
- 100% employer-paid medical, dental, vision and 4x life insurance
- Paid parental leave
- Mental health + Employee Assistance Programs w/ free counseling sessions
- Reimbursements for certain healthcare + wellbeing services through cash plan
- Access to free telemedicine
- Equity program and performance-based bonuses
- Employer pension contributions
- Cycle to work program
- Bring Your Own Device technology stipend
- $1,000 annual professional development reimbursement
- Seismic Cares Program w/ charitable donation matching
- Nine Communities of Belonging (aka employee resource/affinity groups)