## About the Role

Starbucks is hiring a Manager, Technology FinOps for the Unified Cloud organization to lead its enterprise FinOps practice. The role is focused on strengthening cloud financial accountability, improving cost transparency, and driving optimization and value realization across a hybrid, multi-cloud environment.

This position will shape FinOps operating practices, governance, and financial accountability frameworks while supporting cloud financial management across Azure, AWS, private cloud, and on-premises environments. It also partners closely with Technology, Finance, Sourcing, Enterprise Architecture, and Operations to align technology spend with business priorities.

The role is expected to translate technical decisions into financial and business impact, including ROI, risk, and total cost of ownership. It will also help scale FinOps adoption across engineering, product, operations, finance, and leadership teams.

## Key Responsibilities

– Develop and mature the company’s FinOps strategy, governance model, operating practices, and financial accountability framework.
– Lead cloud financial management across Azure, AWS, private cloud, and on-premises environments, including forecasting, budgeting, reporting, and variance analysis.
– Build and maintain showback, chargeback, cost allocation, tagging, hierarchy, and ownership models.
– Drive cloud cost optimization efforts such as rightsizing, utilization management, commitment planning, workload placement, and modernization opportunities.
– Deliver executive-ready dashboards, KPI scorecards, forecasting models, business cases, and total cost of ownership analyses.
– Automate cost controls, anomaly detection, savings tracking, and cloud financial reporting processes.
– Advise stakeholders on financial impact, business value, ROI, and risk considerations tied to technology decisions.
– Promote FinOps adoption across engineering, product, operations, finance, and leadership teams.
– Lead and develop partner teams while encouraging accountability, collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement.

## Required Skills

– 5+ years of experience in FinOps, cloud financial management, infrastructure cost management, cloud operations, product management, or a related discipline.
– Experience supporting large-scale hybrid and multi-cloud environments, including Azure and AWS.
– Strong background in forecasting, budgeting, financial modeling, cost optimization, KPI development, and executive reporting.
– Experience implementing financial governance frameworks, showback/chargeback models, cost allocation standards, and accountability mechanisms.
– Demonstrated ability to influence and partner with technical, financial, and executive stakeholders.
– Experience translating technical architecture decisions into business outcomes, total cost of ownership, ROI, and investment recommendations.
– Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business, Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.

## Preferred Skills

– FinOps Foundation certifications or experience with enterprise FinOps maturity models.
– Experience with cloud cost management platforms, Power BI, Databricks, APIs, and automation technologies.
– Experience supporting marketplace procurement, reserved capacity planning, and enterprise optimization programs.
– Experience with business value measurement, TCO/ROI benchmarking, and multi-cloud strategy initiatives.

## Cloud Platforms & Technologies

### Cloud Providers
– Azure
– AWS
– Private cloud
– On-premises environments

### FinOps Platforms
– Cloud cost management platforms

### Data & Analytics
– Power BI
– Databricks

### Collaboration Tools
– APIs
– Automation technologies

## FinOps Responsibilities

– Lead cloud financial management across hybrid and multi-cloud environments.
– Improve cloud cost transparency through showback, chargeback, cost allocation, tagging, hierarchy, and ownership models.
– Drive forecasting, budgeting, reporting, and variance analysis.
– Deliver dashboards, KPI scorecards, business cases, and TCO analyses for decision-making.
– Automate cost controls, anomaly detection, savings tracking, and financial reporting.
– Support rightsizing, utilization management, commitment planning, workload placement, and modernization opportunities.
– Promote cost governance and accountability across technical and business teams.

## Benefits

– Medical, dental, and vision coverage
– Basic and supplemental life insurance
– Short-term and long-term disability coverage
– Paid parental leave
– Family expansion reimbursement
– Paid vacation from date of hire
– Sick time accrual at 1 hour for every 25 hours worked
– Eight paid holidays per year
– Two personal days per year
– 401(k) retirement plan with employer match
– Discounted company stock program (S.I.P.)
– Starbucks equity program (Bean Stock)
– Incentivized emergency savings
– Financial well-being tools
– 100% upfront tuition coverage for a first-time bachelor’s degree through Arizona State University’s online program via the Starbucks College Achievement Plan
– Student loan management resources
– Access to other educational opportunities
– Backup care
– DACA reimbursement

## Useful Links

– Company Website: https://starbucksbenefits.com

## Why You Might Be Interested

This role offers the opportunity to shape an enterprise FinOps function within a large hybrid and multi-cloud environment. It combines strategic financial governance with hands-on cloud cost optimization, executive reporting, and cross-functional influence. The position is well suited to someone who wants to connect technical decisions with measurable business outcomes. It also includes a broad benefits package and a structured hybrid working model with four days onsite per week.