Senior Manager, Cloud Strategy and FinOps

Palo Alto Networks • Santa Clara, CA

122d • $140,000 - $226,500

About The Position

In this role, you will have the opportunity to drive real impact at the intersection of finance, technology, and strategy. You will be the Cloud Finance business partner to Cortex, one of our largest and fastest growing product pillars. In this role you will work directly with senior product, engineering and other finance leaders to influence key decisions around our cloud hosting including and product strategy and help shape how we think about financial efficiency at scale. For example, you will own cloud spend forecasting, drive unit cost/economics analysis to enable decision making and lead negotiations with all the large Cloud Service Providers. This role requires a highly experienced cross-functional collaborator who has Management Consulting or Finance experience and is knowledgeable about Cloud Infrastructure or FinOps. If you're passionate about problem solving, thrive in cross-functional settings, and want to build a career at the cutting edge of FinOps and cloud strategy—this is your chance. This is an in office role in our HQ, Santa Clara, CA.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in management consulting, finance (especially product finance) or business analytics, ideally within the technology sector.
• 1+ years of experience in FinOps / Managing Cloud Cost: either through work experience and/or FinOps/Cloud certifications with GCP, AWS or Azure.
• Proven experience in modeling for budgeting, financial forecasting and profitability analysis.
• Demonstrated success working with product/engineering, finance and other cross-functional teams to drive change and impact.
• Exceptional presentation skills, with the ability to lead and clearly communicate complex ideas.
• Bachelor or Advanced Degree in Finance, Economics, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience).

Nice To Haves

• Basic programming skills for data extraction.
• Experience with Looker, Tableau or other visualization tools.

Responsibilities

• Drive alignment with all the Cortex teams and be responsible for Monthly Business Reviews, Monthly Forecast, Annual Planning, and Long-Range Planning.
• Negotiate with Cloud Service Providers to secure favorable terms and optimize long-term value.
• Be the thought partner to Cortex on cloud hosting strategy, cost optimization, unit cost/economics to enable business growth.
• Develop and monitor critical success metrics, providing actionable insights that empower product and cross-functional teams to drive key business decisions.
• Define and lead Cloud FinOps initiatives, bringing industry best practices and mobilizing cross-functional teams to jointly deliver on our priorities.

Benefits

• FLEXBenefits wellbeing spending account with over 1,000 eligible items selected by employees.
• Mental and financial health resources.
• Personalized learning opportunities.
• Restricted stock units and a bonus.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree