Senior IT Strategy & Cloud FinOps Leader

Lumen; Salem (OR); Remote; USD 160,000 - 213,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, Life, Voluntary Lifestylebenef

Comprehensive benefits package

Job summary

Lumen is seeking a Principal, IT Strategy & Operations Manager to shape IT strategy and translate technology investments into business value. You will oversee cloud program budgeting, forecasting, governance, and executive reporting while partnering with Technology VPs, Finance, and business leaders.

The role demands 12+ years of relevant experience, strong financial acumen, and a track record of influencing senior leaders.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of progressive experience in IT strategy, technology finance, business operations, consulting, transformation, or related disciplines.
• Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Technology, Engineering, or related field; advanced degree preferred.
• Strong financial acumen, including budgeting, forecasting, accruals, variance analysis, business cases, capital and expense management, accounting, and investment governance.
• Strong knowledge of cloud economics, FinOps, cloud-provider billing, professional-services spend, procurement, invoicing, and commitment management.
• Ability to connect technology strategy to business outcomes, operational efficiency, customer value, and revenue impact.
• Experience influencing senior leaders and coordinating work across Technology, Finance, Procurement, Accounts Payable, vendors, and business teams.
• Strong analytical, communication, executive-presentation, and problem-solving skills; experience with dashboards, reporting, AI, and automation.

Responsibilities

• Partner with VPs to define transformation priorities, future-state capabilities, roadmaps, and investment choices.
• Identify and advance AI, automation, analytics, and process-improvement opportunities that reduce manual effort and boost productivity.
• Manage cloud-program budgets, forecasts, milestones, funding requests, business cases, and actuals; align with transformation office and finance.
• Coordinate professional-services funding requests and governance reviews; guide procurement; maintain contract-level capital and expense forecasts; post monthly actuals.
• Maintain dashboards, scorecards, leadership decks, and portfolio reporting.
• Lead cross-functional follow-through on priorities, risks, dependencies, and actions; improve financial controls and operating processes.
• Provide cloud-spend analysis across AWS, Microsoft, and Google; support monthly accruals and dashboard validation.

Skills

IT strategy

Finance

Business operations

Transformation

Executive reporting

Dashboards

AI/Automation

Forecasting

Vendor coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree

Advanced degree

Job description

Lumen is seeking a Principal, IT Strategy & Operations Manager to shape IT strategy and translate technology investments into business value. You will oversee cloud program budgeting, forecasting, governance, and executive reporting while partnering with Technology VPs, Finance, and business leaders.

The role demands 12+ years of relevant experience, strong financial acumen, and a track record of influencing senior leaders.