Director of Cloud FinOps

Lumen is looking for a Director of Cloud FinOps to spearhead the enterprise-wide strategy and execution of cloud financial management and engineering standards. The ideal candidate brings a blend of financial acumen, cloud platform technical expertise, and cross-functional leadership to deliver measurable value from cloud investments.

Requirements

• Build and lead a high-performing FinOps team, including analysts, engineers, and architects
• Define and implement the FinOps strategy aligned with enterprise cloud transformation goals
• Partner with Finance, Engineering, and Product teams to drive cost transparency, forecasting accuracy, and financial accountability
• Establish and champion cloud financial management policies, standards, and best practices across the enterprise
• Oversee cloud spend across AWS, Azure, and GCP, identifying opportunities for savings through rightsizing, reserved instances, and architectural improvements
• Lead the development, maintenance, and enhancement of executive dashboards and KPIs to monitor cloud usage, cost trends, and optimization progress
• Lead quarterly business reviews with stakeholders to align cloud spend with business value
• Establish robust reporting and unit economics capabilities to support data-driven decision-making across business, engineering, finance, and product personas
• Guide the integration of FinOps tooling (e.g., Flexera, native CSP tools) into cloud operations
• Support vendor negotiations and contract renewals to ensure cost-effective cloud services
• Foster a culture of transparency, accountability, and continuous improvement in cloud financial management
• Expertise in designing and implementing scalable, secure, and cost-effective cloud architectures using platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud
• Knowledge of cloud security best practices, including identity and access management, encryption, and compliance with industry standards
• Experience in managing cloud costs, optimizing resource usage, and implementing cost-saving strategies
• Proficiency in automating cloud operations and FinOps workflows using tools like Terraform, Python, or similar
• Knowledge of cloud networking concepts, including VPCs, subnets, load balancing, and VPNs
• Familiarity with DevOps practices and tools for continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) in a cloud environment
• Expertise in managing and analyzing data in the cloud, including data storage, databases, and big data technologies

Benefits

• Comprehensive package featuring a broad range of Health, Life, Voluntary Lifestyle benefits and other perks
• Bonus Structure
• Requisition # 339333

Originally posted on Himalayas