Cloud Governance Director

Premier; United States; Remote; USD 113,000 - 188,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading organization in the United States is seeking a Cloud Governance Director to establish and drive a Cloud FinOps practice. You will optimize cloud costs and ensure financial accountability by collaborating with finance, engineering, and operations teams. The ideal candidate will have over 7 years of experience and a Bachelor's degree, along with expertise in Azure, AWS, and data analysis. A comprehensive benefits package is included.

Benefits

Health insurance

401k retirement program

Paid time off

Qualifications

• 7 or more years of applicable experience is required.
• Familiarity with cloud infrastructure, primarily Azure and AWS, is critical.
• Excellent communication, teamwork, and problem-solving skills are essential.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development and implementation of a FinOps strategy.
• Collaborate with teams to establish best practices for cloud cost management.
• Drive expense transparency across products, customers, and lines of business.

Skills

Cloud financial management

Data analysis

Communication skills

Problem-solving

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

SQL

BI platforms

Azure

AWS

Job description

Cloud Governance Director

The Cloud Governance Director is responsible for establishing a Cloud FinOps practice that optimizes cloud costs, ensures financial accountability and transparency, and drives cloud financial best practices within an organization.

The Cloud Governance Director will manage the day-to-day operations of the program, by collaborating with various stakeholders, including finance, engineering, and operations teams, to align cloud spending with business objectives and maximize the return on cloud investments as well as driving expense transparency across products, customers, and lines of business.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the development and implementation of a FinOps strategy to manage cloud spending effectively.
• Build and maintain a cloud financial management framework, including budgeting and forecasting.

Cost Management and Optimization

• Collaborate with teams to establish best practices for cloud cost management.
• Identify opportunities to save costs and drive initiatives that reduce cloud expenditures without sacrificing performance.
• Use analytical skills to monitor, analyze, and report on cloud usage and spending.
• Analyze usage patterns to identify cost-reduction opportunities and implement chargeback mechanisms for accountability.
• Drive expense transparency across products, customers, and lines of business.
• Collaborate with finance, engineering, product, and operations teams to align cloud spending, shared costs with business objectives and maintain financial models.
• Develop and maintain financial models to forecast cloud costs.

Cloud Governance Platform

• Own and maintain the cloud governance platform to facilitate workflows that support the FinOps program.
• Develop expertise with the toolset and share knowledge across the organization.
• Develop reporting capabilities and communicate to stakeholders: Prepare reports and dashboards to track cloud spend and ensure visibility throughout the organization.

Team Development and Education

• Educate and train teams on cloud cost management.
• Work with stakeholders to ensure financial strategies align with business objectives.

Strategic Planning and Innovation

• Stay informed with industry trends and emerging technologies.
• Develop and implement cost optimization strategies for cloud environments.

Special Assignments & Projects

Required Qualifications

• 7 or more years of applicable experience.
• Bachelor's degree required.

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with cloud infrastructure, primarily Azure and AWS, and services is critical.
• Proficiency in analyzing data, familiarity with tools like SQL and creating visualizations with BI platforms.
• Excellent communication, teamwork, and problem-solving skills are essential for success in this role.
• Independently identify and resolve cost-related issues.

Premier offers a competitive salary range of $113,000 - $188,000 and a comprehensive benefits package, including health, dental, vision, life and disability insurance, 401k retirement program, paid time off, and participation in Premier’s employee incentive plans.

Premier is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to unlawful discrimination because of their age, race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, familial status, pregnancy status, genetic information, status as a victim of domestic violence, covered military or protected veteran status, disability, or any other applicable federal, state or local protected class, trait or status or that of persons with whom an applicant associates.