FinOps Lead: Cloud Cost Optimization & Strategy

Navina; New York (NY); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Navina is seeking a hands-on FinOps Lead to establish and manage its techno-financial operations across cloud, infrastructure, AI, data, and third-party services. The role partners with Engineering, DevOps, AI Infrastructure, Product, Finance, and leadership to improve cost visibility, forecasting, optimization, and governance.

The successful candidate will help engineering teams make cost-aware technical decisions while maintaining delivery speed, performance, and reliability.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in FinOps, Cloud Cost Management, Infrastructure Operations, DevOps, or related field.
• 3+ years of software development experience in backend or data-focused environments.
• Hands-on experience managing and optimizing cloud spend in AWS or another major cloud provider.
• Strong understanding of cloud billing, tagging, cost allocation, budgets, alerts, reservations, savings plans, and usage-based cost models.
• Ability to understand technical architecture and assess cost-optimization opportunities.
• Experience building dashboards, reports, COGS forecasts, and recurring cost-review processes.
• Ability to analyze large datasets and communicate clear recommendations.
• Experience driving cost-optimization initiatives through execution and measurable impact.
• Strong collaboration skills with Engineering, Finance, Product, and leadership stakeholders.
• Strong ownership, independence, attention to detail, and communication skills.
• Ability to explain technical and financial trade-offs clearly.
• Collaborative approach and team-oriented mindset.

Responsibilities

• Manage and optimize cloud and infrastructure spend.
• Improve cost visibility across cloud, infrastructure, AI, data, and third-party engineering services.
• Develop COGS forecasts and improve forecasting accuracy.
• Establish budgets, alerts, tagging, cost allocation, and broader cost governance practices.
• Analyze cost drivers and usage-based spending models.
• Support reservations and savings-plan optimization.
• Build dashboards, financial reports, and recurring cost reviews.
• Evaluate optimization initiatives against performance, reliability, and business outcomes.
• Enable engineering teams to make informed, cost-aware technical decisions.

Skills

FinOps

Cloud cost management

DevOps

Backend development

Data-focused development

Cloud billing & cost models

Dashboards & reports

COGS forecasting

Data analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

B.Sc. or M.Sc. in CS or Software Engineering

Tools

Datadog

Snowflake

Job description

Navina is seeking a hands-on FinOps Lead to establish and manage its techno-financial operations across cloud, infrastructure, AI, data, and third-party services. The role partners with Engineering, DevOps, AI Infrastructure, Product, Finance, and leadership to improve cost visibility, forecasting, optimization, and governance.

The successful candidate will help engineering teams make cost-aware technical decisions while maintaining delivery speed, performance, and reliability.