Director Cloud FinOps Engineering

Published: 23rd February 2023 Closing Date: 23rd April 2023

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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)