Cloud Economics & Strategy Lead

Netflix, Inc.; Los Gatos (CA); On-site; USD 485,000 - 830,000; Full time

Job summary

Netflix, Inc. in Los Gatos, CA, seeks a Head of Cloud Infrastructure Finance & Strategy to lead the AWS relationship and align cloud cost strategy with engineering priorities.

You will supervise a team of managers and analysts, drive multi-year cloud spend planning, and present clear, data-driven recommendations to executive leadership. The role emphasizes financial modelling, vendor negotiations, and partnering with engineers to optimize cost, performance, and innovation across Netflix’s

Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience in cloud economics, infrastructure finance, or technology strategy at a cloud provider, large cloud consumer, technology company, or technology consulting firm.
• Track record of leading complex, high-value vendor negotiations or strategic partnerships.
• Strong analytical and financial modeling skills, with the ability to distill complex technical topics for non-technical audiences and senior leaders.
• Comfort partnering with engineers and understanding how architecture choices drive cost.
• Experience leading and developing people, including managers.
• Curiosity, sound judgment, and a high standard of integrity, with the candor to give and receive direct feedback.
• Comfort exploring data on your own.
• SQL or a scripting language like Python is a plus, since we’re a self-service, data-driven team.
• Experience with streaming, media, or large-scale consumer products; familiarity with data systems (e.g., Cassandra, Spark, Trino); a degree in a quantitative field such as economics, engineering, or computer science.

Responsibilities

• Lead our strategic and commercial relationship with AWS, including negotiations, commitments, and long-term capacity planning.
• Partner with senior Engineering and Finance leadership to develop NFLX’s long-term cloud strategy to balance cost, performance, and innovation.
• Build the multi-year view of cloud spend and unit economics, and turn it into clear recommendations for senior leadership.
• Oversee the cloud efficiency program, setting the metrics, models, and cost-visibility tools our teams use to make decisions on their own.
• Own cloud capacity planning across Netflix business lines.
• Evaluate strategic options such as workload placement and build vs. buy.
• Coach and grow a team of managers and analysts who lead cross-functional work with software engineers, data engineers, and data scientists.

Skills

Vendor negotiations

Strategic leadership

Analytical thinking

Financial modelling

Cost optimization

People leadership

Data-driven mindset

Tech storytelling

Education

Quantitative degree

Tools

SQL

Python

Spark

Cassandra

Job description

Netflix, Inc. in Los Gatos, CA, seeks a Head of Cloud Infrastructure Finance & Strategy to lead the AWS relationship and align cloud cost strategy with engineering priorities.

You will supervise a team of managers and analysts, drive multi-year cloud spend planning, and present clear, data-driven recommendations to executive leadership. The role emphasizes financial modelling, vendor negotiations, and partnering with engineers to optimize cost, performance, and innovation across Netflix’s