Cloud FinOps Principal

MRO Careers•Norristown, PA

About The Position

The Principal, Cloud FinOps will serve as the MRO’s senior subject-matter expert and strategic leader for cloud financial operations across AWS, Azure, GCP, and hybrid infrastructure. This role will own the cloud cost lifecycle—from forecasting and budgeting to optimization strategy, governance, stakeholder enablement, and executive reporting. This person will partner closely with Engineering, Product, Finance, Procurement, and Executive Leadership to drive a high-maturity FinOps practice that aligns cloud investment with business value. The ideal candidate has hands-on technical depth, strong financial acumen, and a proven ability to influence engineering and VP-level stakeholders.

Requirements

8+ years of hands-on experience in Cloud FinOps, Cloud Cost Optimization, Cloud Architecture, or related fields.
Deep expertise in cloud billing constructs (AWS, Azure, GCP), including RIs, Savings Plans, committed-use discounts, and enterprise agreements.
Strong analytical skills with experience in cost modeling, forecasting, or FinOps automation.
Proven success influencing engineering and executive stakeholders in a technical environment.
Experience in a high-availability, highly regulated environment (healthcare, financial services, SaaS, or similar).
Proficiency with cloud analytics tools (AWS Cost Explorer, Azure Cost Management, GCP Billing, CloudHealth, Cloudability, etc.).

Nice To Haves

FinOps Certified Practitioner or Advanced certification preferred.
Experience in mid-sized or rapidly scaling SaaS/healthcare companies.
Familiarity with HIPAA, HITRUST, SOC2, and healthcare data security requirements.
Strong understanding of Kubernetes, serverless, data platforms, networking, and storage performance/cost tradeoffs.
Experience developing chargeback/showback models or cost governance frameworks.

Responsibilities

FinOps Strategy & Leadership Lead the enterprise Cloud FinOps practice, driving a multi-year roadmap that improves cloud cost visibility, optimization, and accountability.
Establish and evolve FinOps frameworks, processes, and KPIs aligned to the FinOps Foundation standards.
Act as the primary advisor to CTO, Technology CFO, and product/engineering leaders on cloud cost management, forecasting, and optimization strategies.
Build and maintain a culture of cost ownership across engineering teams through education, tooling, and dashboards.
Cloud Cost Optimization & Engineering Partnership Analyze complex cloud usage patterns to identify architectural, rightsizing, and scaling optimizations.
Partner with engineering leads to implement cost-efficient designs and influence future cloud architectural decisions.
Drive reserved instance and savings plan strategies to increase coverage, reduce waste, and maximize savings.
Evaluate and recommend tools for cost monitoring, anomaly detection, optimization, and reporting.
Budgeting, Forecasting & Reporting Own cloud spend forecasting models and monthly reviews for all cloud platforms.
Work with Technology CFO to integrate cloud spend into annual planning, COGS vs. SG&A allocation models, and business unit reporting.
Prepare and deliver executive-level reports, insights, and recommendations related to cloud consumption and efficiency.
Governance, Policy & Vendor Management Develop cloud usage policies, guardrails, and tagging standards to support compliance and financial transparency.
Partner with Technology CFO on major cloud contract negotiations, enterprise agreements, pricing models, and spend commitments.
Ensure alignment with security, compliance, and risk management requirements across cloud workloads.
Automation & Tooling Build or drive automation around cost reporting, anomaly detection, and optimization execution.
Implement dashboards and chargeback/showback models using tools such as CloudHealth, Cloudability, native cloud tools, or custom solutions.