Director – Cloud Finops
Engineering
Posted on 2/18/2023
INACTIVE
Locations
London, UK • Indianapolis, IN, USA • Toronto, ON, Canada • Austin, TX...
Experience Level
Entry
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Desired Skills
AWS
Google Cloud Platform
Microsoft Azure
Requirements
- 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
Responsibilities
- 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
Desired Qualifications
- BS in Computing, Software Engineering, Math, Finance or equivalent experience
- CNCF FinOps Certification (FOCP), or similar
- Public Cloud Certification (AWS, or Azure)
Global sales enablement solution
Company Overview
Seismic helps marketing and sales teams fulfill their promise to drive revenue together.
Benefits
- Generous paid parental leave - Paid time off for moms and dads to spend time bonding with their new bundle of joy.
- End-of-year paid recharge week - Our global offices shut down, allowing us all to unwind while we gear up for the new year ahead.
- High performance bonus incentives - Employees are rewarded on a semi-annual basis for their awesome contributions to Seismic.
- Global company meet-ups - An annual meet-up in sunny San Diego for a week of bonding, learning, and fun.
Company Core Values
- Entrepreneurship
- Innovation
- Creativity
- Financial growth