FinOps Tower Lead: Cloud Cost Strategy & Leadership

Kyndryl Inc.; Madrid; Hybrid; EUR 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Kyndryl Inc. in Madrid seeks a senior FinOps leader to drive governance, optimization strategies and cost analytics across Iberia.

You will mentor FinOps engineers, define cost controls, and collaborate with Finance, Purchasing and Engineering to align budgets with business objectives. Qualifications include 8–10 years in IT with cloud experience and FinOps certifications; strong BI skills (Power BI preferred) and experience with AWS/Azure are essential.

Qualifications

• 8–10 years in TI with 5+ years in cloud and FinOps leadership.
• Hands-on with AWS, Azure; familiarity with GCP valued.
• Strong BI and data analytics experience.
• Fluency in English; Spanish desirable.

Responsibilities

• Lead FinOps Tower governance and FinOps engineering teams across Iberia.
• Define and evolve service catalog, budgets, forecasts and cost controls.
• Negotiate with hyperscalers and optimize licensing strategies.
• Design cost data architecture and KPI dashboards for exec, finance and tech audiences.
• Drive adoption of IaC and CI/CD for cost accountability.

Skills

FinOps leadership

Cloud architecture

AWS knowledge

Azure knowledge

GCP knowledge

Power BI

Data analytics

SQL

Python

Terraform

CI/CD

Stakeholder management

Business acumen

Communication

Education

FinOps certifications

FinOps Certified Professional

FinOps Certified Practitioner (FOCP)

FinOps Certified FOCUS Analyst

AWS Solutions Architect – Professional

Azure Solutions Architect Expert (AZ-305)

Power BI Data Analyst (PL-300)

Tools

Terraform

Looker

Tableau

QuickSight

BigQuery

Synapse

Snowflake

Databricks

Job description

Kyndryl Inc. in Madrid seeks a senior FinOps leader to drive governance, optimization strategies and cost analytics across Iberia.

You will mentor FinOps engineers, define cost controls, and collaborate with Finance, Purchasing and Engineering to align budgets with business objectives. Qualifications include 8–10 years in IT with cloud experience and FinOps certifications; strong BI skills (Power BI preferred) and experience with AWS/Azure are essential.