Accountabilities:

The Commercial FinOps Lead will own the commercial and analytical side of vendor management, ensuring that technology investments are optimized and governed effectively. Key responsibilities include:

• Managing end-to-end relationships with major cloud and SaaS vendors, including negotiations, renewals, commercial discussions, and strategic partnerships.
• Leading procurement governance processes, including competitive bidding, benchmarking, approval frameworks, and oversight of managed procurement partners.
• Driving FinOps initiatives focused on spend visibility, cost optimization, unit economics, licensing efficiency, and tooling consolidation.
• Building and maintaining vendor cost reporting, dashboards, and governance frameworks to improve transparency and accountability.
• Partnering with engineering teams to track cloud efficiency initiatives, ensuring savings opportunities are identified, measured, and realized.
• Establishing standards, processes, and operating models for the commercial function while maintaining ownership of vendor efficiency programs.
• Acting as the key connection point between finance, legal, engineering teams, and external technology providers.

Requirements:

The ideal candidate combines financial expertise, technical understanding, and commercial leadership skills to operate effectively in a fast-moving global environment. Required qualifications and experience include:

• 5+ years of experience in vendor management, commercial operations, procurement, FinOps, or technical/financial analysis in a senior ownership role.
• Proven experience managing vendor relationships, contract negotiations, renewals, and commercial optimization initiatives.
• Strong understanding of procurement governance processes, including competitive bids, benchmarks, approval workflows, and vendor performance management.
• Ability to analyze cloud and SaaS spending data, identify optimization opportunities, and translate insights into business actions.
• Hands-on experience creating cost dashboards and reporting using SQL, business intelligence tools, or similar analytical platforms.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms, SaaS billing models, licensing structures, and technology cost management.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to collaborate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• High level of ownership, strategic thinking, and the ability to influence teams without direct authority.
• Experience working in remote, distributed, or asynchronous environments.
• Ability to thrive in ambiguity and build processes, systems, and functions from the ground up.

Benefits:

The role offers a flexible and globally distributed working environment with benefits designed to support professional growth and employee wellbeing:

• Fully remote work environment with the flexibility to work from anywhere.
• Access to a co-working membership or remote workspace allowance.
• Equity ownership opportunities through an employee stock option program.
• Technology allowance to support an effective home office setup.
• Comprehensive health coverage, including full employee coverage and dependent support.
• Annual company off-sites focused on collaboration, connection, and team building.
• Flexible and asynchronous working practices based on trust and autonomy.
• Annual professional development allowance for courses, books, conferences, and learning opportunities.