Director, FinOps & Cloud Cost Governance

FinOps Weekly; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Extra days off for well-being

401(k) retirement savings plan with 3%

Maternity and parental leave

Mental health support through Modern  

Full health benefits

Job summary

Sysdig is seeking a Director of FinOps Operational Cost Control to lead cloud cost transparency, governance, and cost-to-serve insights across a multi-cloud environment. You will partner with engineering, product, and finance leadership to drive cost savings and establish governance for AI/GPU compute, telemetry pipelines, and data retention.

The role is highly visible, cross-functional, and centered on reporting, dashboards, and accountability to keep cloud spend disciplined while supporting

Qualifications

• 8+ years in FinOps, cloud cost optimization, or operational cost management.
• Proven experience leading enterprise-wide cost initiatives.
• Demonstrated success reducing cloud or hosting spend at scale in AWS, GCP, or Azure.
• Strong understanding of unit economics and translating infrastructure costs into business metrics.

Responsibilities

• Own cloud and hosting cost transparency through reporting and dashboards focused on unit economics and cost drivers by product, team, and workload.
• Partner with engineering teams to identify and implement cost reduction opportunities, including rightsizing and architecture improvements.
• Establish cost governance for AI/GPU compute and data retention in partnership with Security and Compliance.
• Translate infrastructure spending into cost-to-serve and gross-margin metrics to inform pricing and competitive strategy.
• Build cross-functional accountability across Finance, Product, and Engineering leadership.
• Embed with engineering teams to promote cost-aware architecture patterns and recurring cost review cadences.

Skills

FinOps

Cloud cost optimization

Unit economics

Governance

AWS/GCP/Azure

Cross-functional leadership

Cost reporting

Autonomy in leadership role

Tools

FOCUS framework

Job description

Sysdig is seeking a Director of FinOps Operational Cost Control to lead cloud cost transparency, governance, and cost-to-serve insights across a multi-cloud environment. You will partner with engineering, product, and finance leadership to drive cost savings and establish governance for AI/GPU compute, telemetry pipelines, and data retention.

The role is highly visible, cross-functional, and centered on reporting, dashboards, and accountability to keep cloud spend disciplined while supporting