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FinOps Lead, Technology & Product
HybridFull-timeFinancial Analytics
Lead cloud cost management and connect infrastructure spending to product economics, financial performance, and business growth. Partner with Finance, Engineering, Product, Data, and HR to support cost optimization, forecasting, resource allocation, and investment decisions. The role is based in and
Responsibilities
- Develop cloud cost allocation strategies, tagging frameworks, and dashboards.
- Identify and drive cloud cost optimization through rightsizing, commitment management, waste reduction, and anomaly detection.
- Establish cost alerts, regular reviews, and continuous improvement processes.
- Connect infrastructure spending to revenue and cost of revenue, and report on gross margin, profitability, and unit economics.
- Own rolling infrastructure cost forecasts informed by customer growth, product usage, adoption, and architecture changes.
- Model the costs and scalability of products, features, and architectures with Product and Engineering.
- Build pre-launch cost models, compare forecasts with production results, and contribute to pricing and profitability assessments.
- Report on resource allocation, team capacity, and fully loaded costs to support prioritization and R&D investment decisions.
- Maintain time-tracking processes and audit trails for eligible R&D projects supported by tax credits or grants.
- Work with HR and Finance to forecast hiring, payroll, and recruitment costs and support budgeting and scenario planning.
Requirements
- Hands-on experience monitoring and optimizing cloud or hosted infrastructure spending.
- Knowledge of FinOps practices, including cost allocation, tagging, resource optimization, commitment management, unit economics, and gross margin analysis.
- Ability to discuss infrastructure architecture, resource consumption, and cost-performance trade-offs with Engineering teams.
- Experience analyzing cloud billing data and using cost-management platforms or analytical tools to identify spending patterns and anomalies.
- Strong data analysis and financial modeling skills, with proficiency in SQL and/or relevant cloud cost-management tools.
- Ability to turn technical information into clear financial insights, forecasts, and recommendations.
- Professional fluency in written and spoken English.
- Structured, analytical, proactive approach and ability to work autonomously.
Nice to have
- FinOps certification or equivalent professional training.
- Knowledge of financial planning, management control, budgeting, or financial reporting, or willingness to develop these skills.
- Experience in a B2B SaaS, software, or high-growth technology company.
- Understanding of gross margin, infrastructure efficiency, and unit economics in a growth or fundraising context.
- Experience with R&D tax credits, innovation grants, or reporting for subsidized R&D projects.
- Familiarity with workforce planning, fully loaded personnel costs, and resource allocation models.
Benefits
- Flexible work arrangements, with remote work available and possible work from designated offices.
- Strategic collaboration with Finance and Technology leadership.
- Ownership of cloud cost optimization, infrastructure forecasting, and product profitability initiatives.
- Development opportunities in FinOps, unit economics, gross margin management, and financial strategy.