Lead IT Asset Manager (FinOps)

Department for Work and Pensions (DWP); Manchester; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

A UK government department is seeking a Lead IT Asset Manager to drive cloud cost optimization and manage the FinOps team. This pivotal role involves overseeing IT Asset Management policies and ensuring effective financial compliance. The ideal candidate will lead a talented team and define the cloud engineering strategy, ensuring all digital services deliver maximum value. This is a key position within one of Europe's largest digital transformations, shaping services provided to over 22 million users.

Benefits

Disability Confident employer

Opportunities for professional growth

Qualifications

• Proven experience in IT Asset Management or FinOps leadership roles.
• Strong analytical skills with a focus on cloud cost optimization.
• Experience in managing teams and driving improvements in financial processes.

Responsibilities

• Manage the HCS Transformation and Governance FinOps team.
• Oversee the planning, design, and implementation of asset management policies.
• Drive continuous service improvements in asset management systems.
• Provide meaningful management information on IT Asset Management's performance.
• Define cloud FinOps engineering strategy and standards.

Skills

Leadership

Cloud financial management

Cost optimization

Analytical skills

Communication

Job description

We are looking for a Lead IT Asset Manager to manage the HCS Transformation and Governance FinOps team, who are responsible for delivering high-quality analysis of departmental Digital Cloud Services to increase the organisation's ability to understand cloud costs and provide accountability to variable cloud spending. As a Lead IT Asset Manager, you will play a pivotal role in shaping how we manage and optimise our cloud infrastructure costs, ensuring investment in technology delivers real value. Your leadership will support DWP's mission to deliver secure, efficient and user‑centred digital services to millions of people. Please note this role requires you to pass Security Check clearance. For further information, please see 'Selection process details'.

• The planning, design, implementation, management, and ownership of DWP Asset Management policies, standards and processes.
• Communicating IT Asset Management policy and process objectives and supporting stakeholders to define the IT software and hardware assets to be controlled and the mechanisms to control them.
• Creation and maintenance of the overarching DWP Asset Management Plan, as well as supporting documentation such as standards, processes and procedures.
• Maintain renewals across Software and Hardware agreements and related contracts for governance and financial purpose.
• Auditing and verification of hardware and software assets, and IT Asset Management data.
• Management Reporting of areas of non‑compliance affecting licence agreements or breaches to DWP policy.
• Ensuring consistent execution of the DWP IT Asset Management Process by addressing process and compliance issues.
• Providing meaningful and timely management information on IT Asset Management's performance.
• Supporting reporting of IT Asset Management information to meet stakeholder needs.
• Driving Continuous Service Improvements relating to IT Asset Management Systems to optimise performance and ensure effective alignment with other process areas.
• Defining and own the cloud FinOps engineering strategy across multiple platforms, ensuring alignment with DWP's digital infrastructure and financial goals.
• Establishing cost management standards, policies and reporting tools to support engineering teams in delivering cost‑efficient, scalable services.
• Partnering with Commercial, Finance and Delivery leaders to support cloud contract decisions, supplier performance management and spend forecasting.
• Designing and lead the implementation of real‑time dashboards and tooling that monitor cloud usage, unit economics, and budget adherence.
• Analysing financial and usage data to identify optimisation opportunities and provide actionable insights to engineering teams and senior leadership.
• Providing subject matter expertise and assurance for cloud cost modelling during business case development and service design.
• Leading or matrix‑managing a team of analysts delivering FinOps services, ensuring they have the skills, direction and support to succeed.
• Ensuring risk management and financial compliance processes are integrated into technical operations and infrastructure changes.
• Disability Confident

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Are you ready to lead the charge in one of Europe's largest digital transformations, shaping how the UK government delivers services to over 22 million people? Do you have the vision and expertise to drive cloud cost optimisation and FinOps strategy at scale, ensuring every pound spent delivers real value? Can you inspire and lead a high‑performing team at the heart of Hybrid Cloud Services, transforming how the UK's largest government department manages its digital assets? This is a fantastic opportunity to join DWP Hybrid Cloud Services and to be part of one of the biggest digital transformations in Europe, implementing leading‑edge technologies with the user at the centre of everything we do – we create innovative digital solutions that make a difference to the lives of our 22 million users.