Azure Cloud FinOps & Operations Program Lead

NANA Regional Corporation; North Charleston (SC); On-site; USD 120,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

Five Rivers Analytics (FRA), an Akima company, seeks a Cloud Business Operations Program Manager to lead financial management, governance, and delivery for a large-scale Azure environment.

You will coordinate across mission owners, engineering, contracting, and leadership, translate technical consumption into financial impact, and drive cost optimization and funding strategies for enterprise cloud services.

Qualifications

• Secret clearance required or ability to obtain Top Secret.
• Bachelor's degree or 10 years related experience in lieu of a degree.
• 5+ years of IT/cloud/program management experience.
• Experience with Microsoft Azure or similar cloud environments.
• Strong budgeting, forecasting, and cost analysis skills.
• Ability to coordinate technical and non-technical requirements.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience in Agile or DevSecOps environments.

Responsibilities

• Manage Azure consumption, budgets, forecasts, cost trends, and transparency.
• Identify cost optimization opportunities (reservations, savings plans).
• Develop cost models and funding strategies for enterprise cloud services.
• Translate technical consumption into financial impacts for leadership.
• Manage relationships with application and mission owners consuming cloud services.
• Support onboarding, service adoption, cost awareness, and requirements gathering.
• Track customer funding, consumption, priorities, and technical initiatives.
• Support Agile planning, prioritization, backlog alignment, and delivery tracking.
• Coordinate cross-team dependencies, releases, and milestones.
• Support procurement for cloud services, licensing, and vendor proposals.
• Evaluate licensing models, marketplace offerings, and vendor proposals.
• Maintain governance processes for cloud operations.
• Create repeatable workflows for onboarding, service requests, and reporting.

Skills

Cloud & DevSecOps

Azure Cloud

Program management

Financial budgeting

Stakeholder management

Agile/DevSecOps

Security clearance

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Azure DevOps

Azure Cost Management

Vendor management tools

Job description

Five Rivers Analytics (FRA), an Akima company, seeks a Cloud Business Operations Program Manager to lead financial management, governance, and delivery for a large-scale Azure environment.

You will coordinate across mission owners, engineering, contracting, and leadership, translate technical consumption into financial impact, and drive cost optimization and funding strategies for enterprise cloud services.