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Director Cloud FinOps Engineering

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)

To request a modification to this listing please email jobs@finops.org

  • Company: Seismic
  • Published: 23rd February 2023
  • Closing Date: 11th April 2023
  • Country: Canada
  • Type: Full-time
  • Seniority: Director
  • FinOps Certifications Required: Certified Practitioner