AWS FinOps Project Lead: Governance & Cost Optimization

JobDiva, Inc.; McKinney (TX); Hybrid; USD 83,000 - 96,000; Full time

Job summary

NTT DATA, in McKinney, Texas, seeks a seasoned professional to establish and drive an AWS FinOps operating model, providing governance, coordination, and execution oversight for cloud financial management and optimization initiatives.

The role collaborates across Application, Data, Infrastructure, CloudOps, and Finance to move identified AWS cost optimization opportunities from discovery through realization, delivering measurable financial benefits and improved governance.

Qualifications

• 8 to 10 years of project/program management experience, preferably supporting AWS cloud or FinOps programs.
• Strong understanding of AWS cloud financial management and cost optimization concepts.
• Experience establishing governance and operating processes.
• Strong cross-functional coordination and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to drive identified opportunities from action to closure and benefit realization.
• Strong communication, tracking, and executive reporting skills.
• FinOps and/or AWS certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Establish and operationalize the AWS FinOps organization, governance model, processes, roles, and operating cadence.
• Manage AWS FinOps initiatives, priorities, milestones, risks, dependencies, and action items.
• Coordinate across Application, Data, Infrastructure, CloudOps, and Finance teams to drive AWS FinOps activities.
• Drive identified AWS cost optimization opportunities from identification through execution and closure.
• Track optimization opportunities, accountable owners, target dates, expected benefits, and realized savings.
• Facilitate regular FinOps governance, cost optimization, and stakeholder review meetings.
• Coordinate AWS budgeting, forecasting, spend tracking, and variance reviews.
• Develop and maintain FinOps dashboards, KPIs, project plans, and executive reporting.
• Drive accountability and follow-up across cross-functional teams.
• Support continuous improvement and automation of FinOps governance and reporting processes.

Skills

PM Experience

AWS FinOps

Governance

Cross-functional coordination

Opportunity realization

Executive reporting

FinOps Certification

Job description

NTT DATA, in McKinney, Texas, seeks a seasoned professional to establish and drive an AWS FinOps operating model, providing governance, coordination, and execution oversight for cloud financial management and optimization initiatives.

The role collaborates across Application, Data, Infrastructure, CloudOps, and Finance to move identified AWS cost optimization opportunities from discovery through realization, delivering measurable financial benefits and improved governance.