FinOps Lead: AI Cost & Cloud Pricing Strategy

Jobtailor; California (MO); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor seeks a senior FinOps professional to own cost governance, forecasting, and chargeback across our cloud estate. You will optimize rightsizing, reserved capacity, and vendor rates as usage grows, linking costs to business units and matters through tagging standards.

You will build models for AI provider costs (OpenAI, Azure AI, Copilot, Harvey, Anthropic) and track cost-per-workflow for AI-enabled work, guiding pricing decisions with Finance and Pricing teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent with related experience in FinOps or cloud finance.
• 7+ years in FinOps, cloud financial management, or technology finance.
• FOCP certification or willingness to obtain within 180 days.
• Hands-on with at least one major cloud cost management platform; multi-cloud preferred.
• Knowledge of AI/LLM pricing structures and fast learning curve for pricing changes.
• Strong financial modeling and cross-functional collaboration with Finance and Pricing.

Responsibilities

• Own cost governance, forecasting, and chargeback across cloud estate.
• Manage rightsizing, reserved-capacity, and vendor rate optimization as usage grows.
• Establish tagging and attribution standards linking costs to business units and matters.
• Build models of token and inference cost across AI providers and platforms.
• Track cost-per-workflow and cost-per-matter for AI-enabled work by model and volume.
• Advise on cost implications of model selection and workflow design.
• Partner with Pricing to translate cost data into pricing inputs and contracts.
• Set budget guardrails and consumption thresholds for AI usage.
• Represent cost considerations in vendor negotiations and renewals.
• Provide scenario modeling to inform pricing decisions with Pricing and Finance.
• Lead reporting, recruitment, and change-management to improve workflows.
• Set priorities and delegate efficiently; travel to other offices as needed.

Skills

FinOps

Cloud Cost Mgmt

Financial Modeling

Pricing Strategy

Vendor Negotiation

Multi-Cloud

Cost Attribution

Analytical Skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in related field

Tools

Azure Cost Management

AWS Cost Explorer

GCP Billing

Microsoft Office

AI Providers

Job description

Jobtailor seeks a senior FinOps professional to own cost governance, forecasting, and chargeback across our cloud estate. You will optimize rightsizing, reserved capacity, and vendor rates as usage grows, linking costs to business units and matters through tagging standards.

You will build models for AI provider costs (OpenAI, Azure AI, Copilot, Harvey, Anthropic) and track cost-per-workflow for AI-enabled work, guiding pricing decisions with Finance and Pricing teams.