{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"ec7b8968003adfaccfcf7e33","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/ec7b8968003adfaccfcf7e33","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/ec7b8968003adfaccfcf7e33","title":"Cloud Cost Optimization Program Manager","description":"Cloud Cost Optimization Program Manager About Virtasant Virtasant is a global technology services company with a network of over 4,000 technology professionals across 130+ countries. We specialize in cloud architecture, infrastructure, migration, and optimization, helping enterprises scale efficiently while maintaining cost control.Our clients range from Fortune 500 companies to fast-growing startups, relying on us to build high-performance infrastructure, optimize cloud environments, and enable continuous delivery at scale.\nAbout the role We are looking for a senior Cloud Cost Optimization Program Manager (FinOps) to support a large-scale cloud optimization program for a Fortune 50 technology organization. This role sits at the intersection of FinOps, cloud infrastructure, data, and technical program management. You will work directly with Cloud Service Provider (CSP) partners, engineering teams, and senior leadership to identify cloud savings opportunities, drive optimization initiatives through execution, and establish scalable processes for cloud cost governance. This is not a reporting-only FinOps role. We’re looking for someone who can understand the technical and financial drivers of cloud spend, turn data into actionable initiatives, and influence engineering teams to deliver measurable outcomes. This opportunity is open to candidates based in the United States and Canada and requires significant overlap with Pacific Time (PST/PDT). For US-based candidates, this is a W-2 contract opportunity. We are unable to provide current or future employment visa sponsorship for this role.\nWhat You’ll Do Partner directly with AWS and GCP account and technical teams to identify savings opportunities, resolve billing or data issues, and drive optimization commitments through completion.\nBuild and manage a pipeline of cloud cost reduction initiatives across compute, storage, networking, and platform services.\nPartner with engineering teams to scope, prioritize, and track initiatives such as rightsizing, commitment optimization, architecture changes, and workload migrations.\nMonitor cloud spend, anomalies, forecasts, and optimization opportunities, proactively identifying risks and areas for improvement.\nWork with cloud billing, usage, tagging, and allocation data to support cost analysis and savings validation.\nPrepare financial analyses, business cases, forecasts, and savings reports for senior and executive stakeholders.\nTranslate complex cloud infrastructure and financial data into clear recommendations and decision-making narratives.\nOwn recurring cloud cost governance and reporting cadences across engineering and leadership teams.\nImprove processes around tagging, forecasting, cost allocation, savings validation, and optimization tracking.\nManage timelines, dependencies, risks, and deliverables across multiple engineering and business teams.\nDrive execution through influence and strong stakeholder relationships rather than direct authority.\nWhat We’re Looking For Must-Have Experience 14+ years of professional experience, including significant experience leading complex technical programs in large enterprise environments.\nStrong experience with FinOps, cloud cost optimization, cloud economics, or cloud financial management.\nStrong knowledge of AWS and/or GCP, including cloud infrastructure, pricing, billing, usage, and cost optimization concepts.\nDemonstrated experience driving measurable cloud cost optimization initiatives with engineering or infrastructure teams.\nStrong Technical Program Management experience across complex, cross-functional engineering initiatives.\nExperience partnering directly with Cloud Service Providers and/or managing CSP-related technical and cost initiatives.\nAbility to work with cloud cost and usage data, with working knowledge of SQL, scripting, data pipelines, and/or data modeling.\nExperience developing financial analyses, forecasts, business cases, savings reporting, and executive-level communications.\nProven ability to influence engineering teams and drive delivery without direct management authority.\nExcellent written and verbal communication skills, including experience presenting to senior and executive stakeholders.\nBased in the United States or Canada with availability for significant Pacific Time overlap.\nFor US candidates, existing authorization to work in the United States without current or future employment visa sponsorship.\nNice-to-haves Experience with Apptio Cloudability, VMware CloudHealth, or similar FinOps platforms.\nExperience with AWS Cost Explorer, AWS Cost and Usage Reports (CUR), GCP Cloud Billing, or equivalent native CSP tooling.\nFinOps Foundation certification or other formal FinOps training.\nExperience supporting cloud environments operating at significant enterprise scale.\nExperience designing or improving tagging, cost allocation, forecasting, anomaly management, or cloud governance processes.\nExposure to multi-cloud cost optimization across both AWS and GCP.\nTools and Environment AWS\nGoogle Cloud Platform (GCP)\nApptio Cloudability / CloudHealth\nNative CSP billing and cost-management tools\nSQL and cloud cost/usage datasets\nData pipelines and reporting platforms\nFinOps frameworks and practices\nWhy This Role is Exciting Why This Role is ExcitingYou’ll have the opportunity to influence cloud economics at significant enterprise scale, working directly with engineering organizations, CSP partners, and executive stakeholders.Rather 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We specialize in cloud architecture, infrastructure, migration, and optimization, helping enterprises scale efficiently while maintaining cost control.Our clients range from Fortune 500 companies to fast-growing startups, relying on us to build high-performance infrastructure, optimize cloud environments, and enable continuous delivery at scale.\nAbout the role We are looking for a senior Cloud Cost Optimization Program Manager (FinOps) to support a large-scale cloud optimization program for a Fortune 50 technology organization. This role sits at the intersection of FinOps, cloud infrastructure, data, and technical program management. You will work directly with Cloud Service Provider (CSP) partners, engineering teams, and senior leadership to identify cloud savings opportunities, drive optimization initiatives through execution, and establish scalable processes for cloud cost governance. This is not a reporting-only FinOps role. 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