We are seeking a strategic and hands on Director to lead our Cloud Economics and FinOps practice.
This role is ideal for a seasoned cloud strategist who blends financial acumen with technical depth and thrives in client facing environments. You will shape and deliver value driven cloud cost optimization, governance, and financial operations engagements across diverse industries and lead a high impact practice at the intersection of cloud strategy and financial governance.
You will directly manage a team of consultants and analysts, set clear expectations and performance standards, and spend up to 50 percent of your time on site with clients, at RapidScale or Cox locations, and at key industry events.
Key Responsibilities
Practice Leadership
- Define and evolve the Cloud Economics and FinOps service offering portfolio
- Develop methodologies, frameworks, and accelerators for client delivery
- Recruit, lead, and mentor a high performing team of consultants and analysts with direct people management responsibility
- Set goals, provide regular coaching and feedback, and manage performance for direct reports
- Allocate team capacity across client engagements and internal initiatives to meet practice revenue and margin targets
Client Engagements
- Lead strategic assessments, FinOps maturity evaluations, and optimization roadmaps
- Advise clients on cloud cost modeling, chargeback and showback, forecasting and unit economics
- Deliver executive level insights on cloud spend trends, ROI, and business case alignment
- Craft creative commercial models with clients to help them achieve savings faster
- Lead teams in enacting recommendations to achieve cost savings and improved financial governance
- Travel regularly to client sites to facilitate workshops, executive presentations, and delivery oversight
Thought Leadership and Enablement
- Collaborate with Sales, Product, and Engineering to align offerings with market needs
- Partner with Sales on pursuits, proposals, and joint client presentations as the Cloud Economics subject matter expert
- Stay ahead of FinOps trends, tooling, and cloud provider capabilities and translate them into actionable guidance for clients and internal teams
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in a related discipline and 10 years of experience in a related field such as cloud consulting, IT finance, or enterprise architecture The right candidate could also have a different combination, such as a master's degree and 8 years of experience; a PhD and 5 years of experience in a related field; or 14 years of experience in a related field
- At least 5 years of experience leading teams in a management or leadership role, including direct people management, coaching, and performance management
- Deep expertise in FinOps principles and cloud cost management tools such as CloudHealth, Apptio, or AWS Cost Explorer, Cloudability and CSP Billing Portals
- Proven success in leading client engagements and managing cross functional teams in complex environments
- Strong communication skills with executive presence and storytelling ability, including comfort presenting to C level stakeholders
- Ability and willingness to travel up to 50 percent to client locations, RapidScale offices, and industry events
- FinOps Certified Practitioner or equivalent preferred
USD 175,300.00 - 292,100.00
Compensation:
Compensation includes a base salary of $175,300.00 - $292,100.00. The base salary may vary within the anticipated base pay range based on factors such as the ultimate location of the position and the selected candidate's knowledge, skills, and abilities. Position may be eligible for additional compensation that may include an incentive program.
Benefits:
The Company offers eligible employees the flexibility to take as much vacation with pay as they deem consistent with their duties, the company's needs, and its obligations; seven paid holidays throughout the calendar year; and up to 160 hours of paid wellness annually for their own wellness or that of family members. Employees are also eligible for additional paid time off in the form of bereavement leave, time off to vote, jury duty leave, volunteer time off, military leave, and parental leave.
Applicants must currently be authorized to work in the United States for any employer without current or future sponsorship.
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What We Do
For well over a century, Cox Enterprises has been shaping the future with daring ideas and values-driven thinking.
Since our founding in 1898, our relentless spirit of innovation has driven us to disrupt industries and enhance the quality of life in the communities we serve. Through our major divisions — Cox Communications, Cox Automotive and Cox Farms — our people have countless opportunities to grow and make an impact in the communications and automotive industries, as well as in new ventures in agriculture, cleantech, digital media and more.
As a privately-held, family-owned business, we know that people are our most valuable asset. We offer a supportive and inclusive environment with flexible career growth, amazing benefits and work-life balance at the forefront.
Our mission, our ways of working and our commitment to people are what make our workplace culture remarkably flexible and resilient. Join us to build a better future and make your mark.
Why Work With Us
At our core, Cox is a technology company that values human relationships. We know people feel most empowered when their work has meaning, when they feel respected and have opportunities to grow. “Career satisfaction” is not enough at Cox — we’re here to help you find balance, live well and achieve your career goals even as they change over time.
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