Cloud Cost Optimization Program Manager

About This Opportunity

We are representing a confidential technology services organization in their search for a Cloud Cost Optimization Program Manager. Our client works with enterprise-scale cloud environments and is seeking an experienced professional to lead a large-scale FinOps optimization program for a Fortune 50 technology client.

This role combines FinOps expertise, technical program management, and stakeholder influence to drive measurable cloud cost reduction initiatives. You'll work directly with cloud service provider partners, engineering teams, and senior leadership to identify opportunities, execute optimization programs, and establish scalable cost governance processes.

This is a remote opportunity for candidates based in the United States or Canada, requiring significant overlap with Pacific Time. For US-based candidates, this is a W-2 contract role. The client cannot provide current or future employment visa sponsorship.

Responsibilities

• Partner directly with AWS and GCP account and technical teams to identify savings opportunities, resolve billing issues, and drive optimization commitments to completion
• Build and manage a pipeline of cloud cost reduction initiatives across compute, storage, networking, and platform services
• Collaborate with engineering teams to scope, prioritize, and track initiatives including rightsizing, commitment optimization, architecture changes, and workload migrations
• Monitor cloud spend, anomalies, forecasts, and optimization opportunities while proactively identifying risks and improvement areas
• Analyze cloud billing, usage, tagging, and allocation data to support cost analysis and savings validation
• Prepare financial analyses, business cases, forecasts, and savings reports for senior and executive stakeholders
• Translate complex cloud infrastructure and financial data into clear recommendations and decision-making narratives
• Own recurring cloud cost governance and reporting cadences across engineering and leadership teams
• Improve processes around tagging, forecasting, cost allocation, savings validation, and optimization tracking
• Manage timelines, dependencies, risks, and deliverables across multiple engineering and business teams
• Drive execution through influence and strong stakeholder relationships rather than direct authority

What We're Looking For

Required Qualifications:

• 14+ years of professional experience, including significant experience leading complex technical programs in large enterprise environments
• Strong experience with FinOps, cloud cost optimization, cloud economics, or cloud financial management
• Deep knowledge of AWS and/or GCP, including cloud infrastructure, pricing, billing, usage, and cost optimization concepts
• Demonstrated track record driving measurable cloud cost optimization initiatives with engineering or infrastructure teams
• Extensive Technical Program Management experience across complex, cross-functional engineering initiatives
• Experience partnering directly with cloud service providers and managing provider-related technical and cost initiatives
• Ability to work with cloud cost and usage data, with working knowledge of SQL, scripting, data pipelines, and/or data modeling
• Experience developing financial analyses, forecasts, business cases, savings reporting, and executive-level communications
• Proven ability to influence engineering teams and drive delivery without direct management authority
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including experience presenting to senior and executive stakeholders
• Based in the United States or Canada with availability for significant Pacific Time overlap
• For US candidates: existing work authorization without need for current or future employment visa sponsorship

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with FinOps platforms such as Apptio Cloudability or VMware CloudHealth
• Experience with AWS Cost Explorer, AWS Cost and Usage Reports (CUR), GCP Cloud Billing, or equivalent native tooling
• FinOps Foundation certification or other formal FinOps training
• Experience supporting cloud environments operating at significant enterprise scale
• Experience designing or improving tagging, cost allocation, forecasting, anomaly management, or cloud governance processes
• Exposure to multi-cloud cost optimization across both AWS and GCP

How We Work With You

When you apply through Get A Job.ai, our recruiting team will review your qualifications and conduct an initial screening conversation. If there's a strong match, we'll submit your profile to our client for consideration. Please do not contact the client directly—all communication and coordination will flow through our talent team to ensure a smooth process.

This is a W-2 contract engagement for US-based candidates, offering paid time off after the first three months, including applicable local holidays. This is a long-term opportunity with high visibility and direct impact on cloud optimization at enterprise scale.

Pay

Compensation details will be discussed during the screening process based on experience and qualifications.

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