Cloud Finops Practice Lead

At DigiRen, we passionately believe the cloud is the best place to get work done. Founded by industry experts, DigiRen is a specialised consultancy focused on helping large commercial and public sector organisations build and scale new capabilities and ways of working to fully realise the benefit of public cloud computing. Through decades of combined experience, we know that success in cloud computing is less about the technology and more about implementing a "cloud operating model" that allows organisations to establish new cloud-specific capabilities, adopt and embed new tools and processes, and scale these new ways of working across the business. DigiRen is vendor agnostic but with deep experience and understanding of hyperscale cloud technologies. We anchor our engagements on the orchestration of change and the delivery of strategic customer outcomes. As trusted advisors, we help our customers build new organisational capabilities, become self-sufficient, and take control of their cloud journey. DigiRen operates a flat, highly collaborative, and supportive working environment. Our focus on people drives our company culture. We are an inclusive team that nurtures our people for the long term. We value diversity of experience and anyone who can drive outcomes that deliver value to our customers; DigiRen is a community that enables great work and accelerated learning. **Role Overview***: We are seeking an experienced and senior Cloud FinOps leader to establish and build the DigiRen Cloud FinOps practice. This is an important senior leadership role within the business, responsible for driving the development of a Cloud FinOps delivery framework and building a team of expert Cloud FinOps consultants to work with our customers as trusted advisors, developing cloud financial management strategies to help them achieve their business goals - Have led consulting teams and have a breadth of experience across enterprise-scale technology, business and finance. - Understand cloud economics and have experience with public cloud offerings, consumption models and billing concepts. - Be highly analytical, exceptional in distilling value for customers, love to be customer-facing, and be prepared and capable of rolling up the sleeves to deliver. **Position Responsibilities**: As a Cloud FinOps Practice Lead at DigiRen, you will: - Establish the DigiRen Cloud FinOps practice by building and leading a team of recognized Cloud FinOps specialist consultants - Design and deliver cloud financial management strategy, governance, change and value realization outcomes for our enterprise customers, which you will directly deliver if required. - Generate insights and develop new product offerings that help our customers develop capabilities to accelerate business value from their cloud transformation. - Be a thought leader in Cloud FinOps, creating and publishing educational content and representing DigiRen at industry events to drive awareness of DigiRen's Cloud FinOps capabilities. - Build and grow relationships with our vendor partners - Establish the DigiRen FinOps Practice as a leading Cloud FinOps advisory service. **Requirements**: - Extensive career experience as a leader in Finance, IT and/or Cloud computing, - 'C' level presence with excellent written and verbal communication skills, including group leadership and executive presentations - Demonstrated people management experience in an enterprise technology context performing matrixed leadership in complex environments. - Deep knowledge of AWS, Azure and GCP pricing structures, discount programs and usage optimization - Experience defining cloud cost optimization and FinOps initiatives - Experience working with large commercial and or public sector organizations. - Ability to travel to client locations within Australia when needed. - Australian Citizenship or Permanent Residency **Benefits** DigiRen is an equal opportunity employer. We believe passionately that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success. We provide highly competitive remuneration and a range of additional benefits.