FinOps Practice Manager (part-time)

What You'll Actually Do: You'll assess how companies are running their FinOps programs and tell them what's working, what's broken, and what they need to fix. This isn't about finding cost savings—it's about evaluating whether their FinOps practices are mature enough to handle their scale (especially for organizations spending $100M+/year on cloud).

The Real Work:

• Interview stakeholders across FinOps, Finance, Engineering, and Leadership to understand how they're actually managing cloud spend (vs. how they think they are)

• Assess the maturity of their cloud financial management processes, team structures, and capabilities

• Evaluate their AWS contract structures and governance frameworks

• Benchmark their practices against what actually works at scale

• Design the FinOps operating model they should have based on their size and complexity

• Recommend the right tooling and automation for their maturity level

• Advise on whether their chargeback/showback models make sense for their organization

• Build 12-18 month transformation roadmaps that acknowledge where they are today

• Deliver findings to executives who need to understand why their current approach won't scale

What Makes You Right for This:

• You've built and run FinOps programs at multiple companies—from scrappy startups to enterprises

• You've managed cost management programs at serious scale ($100M+/year)

• You know what good FinOps looks like at different organizational sizes and maturity levels

• You can spot the difference between a process that works and one that just looks good on paper

• You can assess an organization's FinOps maturity without making them feel like they're failing a test

• You understand that the best solution for a Fortune 500 might be terrible for a high-growth startup

This is part-time because we know the best FinOps practitioners are probably already committed elsewhere. We need someone who's implemented these programs multiple times and can quickly diagnose what's missing in our clients' approaches.