
Director of Cloud Cost Optimization
LucidLink
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: United States
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Salary
💰 $160,000 - $210,000 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Build COGS optimization capability and deliver significant gross margin improvement
- Own the strategy and execution of cost optimization across cloud infrastructure
- Establish visibility and forecasting of costs
- Drive optimization initiatives with engineering
- Lead vendor negotiations for best deals
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in cloud cost optimization, FinOps, infrastructure economics, or related field
- Demonstrated history of delivering material cost savings or margin improvement ($1M+ or 3+ margin points)
- Experience leading (not just supporting) negotiations with cloud or infrastructure vendors
- Understanding of object storage economics (egress, API costs, tiering)
- Ability to engage credibly with engineering teams on infrastructure decisions
- Comfortable with SQL, spreadsheets, and building dashboards from complex billing data
Benefits
- Flexible PTO
- Competitive salary
- Stock options
- Full health coverage
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
cloud cost optimizationFinOpsinfrastructure economicsSQLspreadsheetsdashboard buildingcost forecastingvendor negotiationsobject storage economicsbilling data analysis
Soft Skills
leadershipstrategic thinkingnegotiationcollaborationcommunication