Dive in and do the best work of your career at DigitalOcean. Journey alongside a strong community of top talent who are relentless in their drive to build the simplest scalable cloud. If you have a growth mindset, naturally like to think big and bold, and are energized by the fast-paced environment of a true industry disruptor, you’ll find your place here. We value winning together—while learning, having fun, and making a profound difference for the dreamers and builders in the world.
As a Senior Business Operations Analyst, Infrastructure Planning and Operational Excellence at DigitalOcean, you will join a newly formed Business Operations & Strategy function within Physical Infrastructure, reporting to the VP, Capacity & Business Operations. You'll drive strategic planning, capital allocation, and investment decisions that enable scalable infrastructure growth while maximizing financial return and operational efficiency, partnering closely with Finance, Data Center Operations, and Product.
What You'll Do- Partner with Finance to build and maintain forward-looking financial models for infrastructure investments to support capital allocation decisions across the global data center footprint
- Develop and own infrastructure unit economics - DC site effectiveness and profitability analytics, including power utilization, internal vs. external usage mix, and revenue-generating vs. non-revenue consumption
- Define and track infrastructure efficiency KPIs (e.g., cost per MW, revenue per rack, utilization rates) and report trends to senior leadership
- Conduct competitive benchmarking against peer cloud and colocation providers to inform benchmarks
- Partner with Finance, Data Center Operations, and Product teams to align business models with company-wide financial planning cycles
- Translate complex financial and operational data into clear, actionable recommendations for the VP and executive stakeholders
- Identify opportunities to improve capital efficiency and operational return across the infrastructure portfolio
- Support scenario planning and sensitivity analysis for major infrastructure investment decisions
- Establish repeatable frameworks and tooling for ongoing business modeling as the function matures
- 5+ years of experience in financial modeling, business operations, FP&A, or strategy, ideally within infrastructure, data centers, or cloud/hosting industries
- Strong understanding of unit economics and capital-intensive infrastructure investment decisions
- Advanced financial modeling skills
- Experience partnering with Finance teams on capital planning, budgeting, or investment analysis
- Demonstrated ability to translate ambiguous business questions into structured analyses and clear recommendations
- Comfort operating without an established playbook, building processes and frameworks from scratch
- Excellent communication skills, with experience presenting to senior and executive stakeholders
- Experience with competitive benchmarking or market analysis
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Business, Engineering, or a related field; MBA a plus
- Familiarity with data center or cloud infrastructure economics (power, space, hardware refresh cycles) preferred
- $108,000 - $134,000
*This is a hybrid role
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- We innovate with purpose. You’ll be a part of a cutting-edge technology company with an upward trajectory, who are proud to simplify cloud and AI so builders can spend more time creating software that changes the world. As a member of the team, you will be a Shark who thinks big, bold, and scrappy, like an owner with a bias for action and a powerful sense of responsibility for customers, products, employees, and decisions.
- We prioritize career development. At DO, you’ll do the best work of your career. You will work with some of the smartest and most interesting people in the industry. We are a high-performance organization that will always challenge you to think big. Our organizational development team will provide you with resources to ensure you keep growing. We provide employees with reimbursement for relevant conferences, training, and education. All employees have access to LinkedIn Learning's 10,000+ courses to support their continued growth and development.
- We care about your well-being. Regardless of your location, we will provide you with a competitive array of benefits to support you from our Employee Assistance Program to Local Employee Meetups to flexible time off policy, to name a few. While the philosophy around our benefits is the same worldwide, specific benefits may vary based on local regulations and preferences.
- We reward our employees. The salary range for this position is based on market data, relevant years of experience, and skills. You may qualify for a bonus in addition to base salary; bonus amounts are determined based on company and individual performance. We also provide equity compensation to eligible employees, including equity grants upon hire and the option to participate in our Employee Stock Purchase Program.
- DigitalOcean is an equal-opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, ancestry, national origin, caste, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, age, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic makeup, marital status, or military service.
Application Limit: You may apply to a maximum of 3 positions within any 180-day period. This policy promotes better role-candidate matching and encourages thoughtful applications where your qualifications align most strongly.
Skills Required
- 5+ years of experience in financial modeling, business operations, FP&A, or strategy
- Strong understanding of unit economics and capital-intensive infrastructure investment decisions
- Advanced financial modeling skills
- Experience partnering with Finance teams on capital planning, budgeting, or investment analysis
- Ability to translate ambiguous business questions into structured analyses and clear recommendations
- Ability to build processes and frameworks from scratch in an environment without an established playbook
- Excellent communication skills and experience presenting to senior and executive stakeholders
- Experience with competitive benchmarking or market analysis
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Business, Engineering, or a related field
- MBA
- Familiarity with data center or cloud infrastructure economics, including power, space, and hardware refresh cycles
DigitalOcean Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is described as market‑leading across medical, dental, vision, and mental health, with above‑average employer contributions and 100% employer‑paid life, AD&D, and disability insurance. Some materials note fully paid health benefits for employees in certain locations, though details vary by region.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — Employees are offered company equity alongside an Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) that enables discounted share purchases, with references to performance equity grants as part of total rewards. This ownership component complements competitive cash pay and bonuses highlighted in company materials.
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Parental & Family Support — Parental benefits are positioned as above‑average, with references to fully paid parental leave (e.g., 10 weeks in newer listings) and a part‑time transition‑back program. Fertility and parenthood support such as Carrot is also called out.
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What We Do
DigitalOcean is the Inference Cloud — a full-stack, production-ready cloud platform built to run AI applications with predictable performance, sustainable economics, and radically simpler operations at scale. We are built for teams turning AI into real products — not just training models. Our advantage is not fewer features, but fewer failure modes when operating AI at scale — combining minimal operational overhead, predictable cost efficiency, and a full-stack cloud that works as a system. Hyperscalers are broad by design. Neoclouds are infrastructure-first. DigitalOcean is inference-first — with a real cloud underneath. It combines inference-optimized compute, managed inference software, and integrated cloud capabilities that reduce operational burden for teams running real workloads. Inference is the foundation—not the boundary. Everything else builds on top of it.
Why Work With Us
At DO, we do career-defining work. We innovate with AI and build cutting-edge tech. Our rewards to match that intensity - to motivate you, recognize your impact, and give you what you need to thrive. If you have a growth mindset, like to think big and bold, and are energized by the fast-paced environment, you'll find your place here.
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