FinOps Lead

FinOps Weekly; New York, Northern (NY, KY); Hybrid; USD 125,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

RSUs & ESPP

Career development

Benefits package

Job summary

Datadog is seeking a FinOps Lead in New York to optimize cloud spend and build predictive financial models. You will own cost drivers across AWS, Azure, GCP, and GPUs, partnering with Engineering and Finance to drive capacity planning and margins.

You will move from manual workflows to automated insights and develop dashboards for CFO-level visibility. The role requires 5+ years in Strategic Finance or FinOps, strong SQL, and experience translating complex roadmaps into clear financial

Qualifications

• 5+ years in Strategic Finance, Cloud Ops, FinOps, or Data Analytics.
• Proven ability to handle large datasets and provide actionable insights.
• Experience translating technical roadmaps into financial narratives.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end modeling for hosting expense drivers (AWS, Azure, GCP, GPUs).
• Partner with Engineering and Finance to drive variance analysis and cost optimization.
• Lead the shift from manual workflows to automated, real-time insights.
• Define and track unit economics and efficiency metrics with cross-functional teams.
• Oversee AI tooling spend and vendor partnerships, aligning with usage and revenue.
• Translate technical roadmaps into financial narratives for leadership.

Skills

SQL

Cloud cost modeling

Forecasting

Data analytics

Tools

Pigment

Tableau

Metabase

Job description

Datadog# FinOps Lead## Job DescriptionDatadog’s Finance team collaborates with teams across the organization, providing commercial, operational and analytical support to ensure that Datadog’s business continues to scale rapidly and efficiently. The R&D Finance team enables the financial strategy behind Datadog’s Engineering and Product organizations. We partner directly with technical leadership to drive decision-making around our most critical investments. Your work will be highly cross-functional and play a pivotal role in connecting the dots across the organization through a financial lens, ensuring operational alignment and informing decision making. As we scale our infrastructure and accelerate our AI roadmap, we are hiring someone to optimize our cloud spend. This role sits at the intersection of Finance, Data Science, and Engineering. You will move beyond traditional reporting to build the predictive models and automated insights that allow us to scale efficiently. At Datadog, we place value in our office culture – the relationships and collaboration it builds and the creativity it brings to the table. We operate as a hybrid workplace to ensure our Datadogs can create a work-life harmony that best fits them. What You’ll Do: Own the end-to-end modeling for our largest hosting expense drivers (AWS, Azure, GCP, GPUs), leveraging cloud cost management tools to translate granular usage data into accurate financial forecasts. Partner with Engineering and Finance leadership to drive variance analysis, strategic capacity planning, and cost optimization initiatives. Lead the shift from manual workflows to automated insights. You will build real-time dashboards that give Finance & Engineering leaders visibility into their spend without waiting for month-end. Partner with Engineering to define and track unit economics and efficiency metrics; identifying specific opportunities to improve gross margin and driving them to execution. Oversee the financial performance of our AI tooling and strategic vendor partnerships, ensuring our investment scales in line with usage and revenue. Translate complex technical roadmaps into clear financial narratives for the CFO and Executive leadership, ensuring capital allocation aligns with our long-term product strategy. Become proficient with various financial planning and business intelligence (BI) tools, including but not limited to Pigment, Tableau, and Metabase. Work on ad-hoc projects and strategic initiatives for senior management, which may include assessing analyzing various business challenges/opportunities and proposing solutions Who You Are: ~5 years in Strategic Finance, Cloud Ops, FinOps, or Data Analytics. You have a track record of solving complex problems, not just reporting on them. You are comfortable working with large datasets. Proficiency in SQL is highly preferred; you know how to query data to find answers yourself. You understand the mechanics of cloud infrastructure (Compute, Storage, GPUs) and the nuances of consumption-based pricing models. You are dissatisfied with the status quo. You have examples of tools, models, or dashboards you built from scratch to solve a manual pain point. You can fluently switch between “Engineering speak” (utilization, retention, instances) and “Finance speak” (margins, opex, cash flow). You are a clear, concise communicator and team player with a humble mindset and ‘can-do’ attitude Bonus points if you are a FinOps Certified Practitioner Datadog values people from all walks of life. We understand not everyone will meet all the above qualifications on day one. That’s okay. If you’re passionate about technology and want to grow your skills, we encourage you to apply. Datadog values people from all walks of life. We understand not everyone will meet all the above qualifications on day one. That’s okay. If you’re passionate about technology and want to grow your skills, we encourage you to apply. Benefits and Growth: Generous and competitive benefits package New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan Continuous career development and pathing opportunities Product training to develop an in-depth understanding of our product and space Friendly and inclusive workplace culture Benefits and Growth listed above may vary based on the country of your employment and the nature of your employment with Datadog. Datadog offers a competitive salary and equity package, and may include variable compensation. Actual compensation is based on factors such as the candidate’s skills, qualifications, and experience. In addition, Datadog offers a wide range of best in class, comprehensive and inclusive employee benefits for this role including healthcare, dental, parental planning, and mental health benefits, a 401(k) plan and match, paid time off, fitness reimbursements, and a discounted employee stock purchase plan. The reasonably estimated yearly salary for this role at Datadog is: $125,000—$170,000 USD About Datadog: Datadog (NASDAQ: DDOG) is a global SaaS business, delivering a rare combination of growth and profitability. We are on a mission to break down silos and solve complexity in the cloud age by enabling digital transformation, cloud migration, and infrastructure monitoring of our customers’ entire technology stacks. Built by engineers, for engineers, Datadog is used by organizations of all sizes across a wide range of industries. Together, we champion professional development, diversity of thought, innovation, and work excellence to empower continuous growth. 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