Manager / Senior Manager – Cloud, Data & AI (CD&AI) - FinOps

PwC; Zürich; On-site; CHF 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

PwC Switzerland is seeking a Senior Manager to lead FinOps engagements across cloud cost management, budgeting, and governance for enterprise clients. You will engage with senior stakeholders, translate complex cloud financial data into actionable recommendations, and drive end-to-end delivery.

In this role you will mentor teams, shape proposals, and contribute to expanding the FinOps practice within PwC Switzerland and the global PwC network.

Qualifications

• University degree in fields such as business informatics, computer science, physics, mathematics, or any engineering discipline is preferred.
• Hands-on experience with at least one major public cloud, preferably Azure; understanding of cloud architectures, services and DevOps concepts.
• At least 5 years of relevant professional experience in FinOps, including cost optimisation, budgeting, reporting, and leading FinOps transformations.
• Advanced cloud certification (e.g. Architect or Engineer) and a FinOps certification (FinOps Certified Practitioner required).
• Fluency in English with willingness to travel in Switzerland; German language skills are a plus.

Responsibilities

• Engage with clients, analyzing cloud technical and financial implementations and translating insights into robust recommendations.
• Lead planning and execution of FinOps domains and capabilities tailored to client needs.
• Identify and realise cost-saving opportunities and design cost governance models.
• Advise on automation, tooling, and DevOps practices to accelerate FinOps adoption.
• Deliver trainings and workshops for IT, finance and business stakeholders.
• Lead FinOps engagements end-to-end with delivery quality, commercial outcomes, and client relationships.

Skills

Cloud Computing

FinOps

Communication

Workshop Facilitation

Education

University degree in business informatics / computer science / physics / mathematics / engineering

Tools

Azure

AWS

Google Cloud

Job description

Line of Service

Advisory

Industry/Sector

Business Services

Specialism

Advisory - Other

Management Level

Senior Manager

Job Description & Summary

Your impact

• You engage proactively with clients, performing in-depth analyses of their cloud technical and financial implementations and translating insights into robust, actionable recommendations for improvement.

• You lead the planning and execution of all relevant FinOps domains and capabilities, tailoring them to each client’s business needs – from organisations just starting with FinOps to those running mature practices that require advanced enhancements.

• You identify and realise cost-saving opportunities at scale and design sound cost governance models that help clients control and continuously optimise their cloud spend and avoid unnecessary expenditures.

• You empower customers by recommending and implementing effective automation, tooling, and DevOps best practices that facilitate and accelerate their FinOps adoption at scale.

• You design and deliver comprehensive trainings and workshops to enable and educate stakeholders across IT, finance and the business on FinOps principles and ways of working.

• You lead FinOps engagements end-to-end with ownership of delivery quality, commercial outcomes, and client relationships, advocate FinOps internally and externally in the FinOps community, and continuously update your knowledge of cloud, engineering and consulting best practices to ensure high-quality delivery and a culture of continuous improvement.

• You build, coach, and mentor high-performing FinOps and cloud teams, and actively contribute to business development activities, including proposals, thought leadership, and growing the FinOps practice within PwC Switzerland and across the global network.
  

Your skill** set**

• A university degree in fields such as business informatics, computer science, physics, mathematics, or any engineering discipline is preferred.

• You have hands-on experience with at least one major public cloud, preferably Azure, and a deep understand of cloud architectures, services and DevOps concepts. Additional experience with AWS and/or Google Cloud is considered a plus.

• You bring at least 5 years of relevant professional experience, with a proven track record in FinOps, including cost optimisation, budgeting, reporting, and leading FinOps transformations.

• You hold an advanced cloud certification (e.g. Architect or Engineer) and a FinOps certification (FinOps Certified Practitioner required; FinOps Certified Professional or FOCUS certification a strong plus), with concrete FinOps success stories.

• You have good communication skills to engage confidently with clients, understanding their challenges well, and providing the right recommendations needed. That may include designing and facilitating educational workshops and training in the domain of FinOps.

• Fluency in English and a willingness to travel within Switzerland and occasionally internationally; German language skills are considered a plus.

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Required Skills

Optional Skills

Accepting Feedback, Accepting Feedback, Active Listening, Analytical Thinking, Analytics Strategy, Architecture Development, Business Architecture, Business Model Innovation, Business Transformation, Cloud Computing, Coaching and Feedback, Commercial Strategies, Communication, Creativity, Digital Customer Experience, Digital Strategies, E-Commerce, Embracing Change, Emotional Regulation, Empathy, Implementing Technology, Inclusion, Influence, Information Technology Applications, Intellectual Curiosity {+ 19 more}

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Travel Requirements

Available for Work Visa Sponsorship?

Government Clearance Required?

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