Manager, Technology FinOps

Starbucks
Seattle, WA, United States
15 days ago
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Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Experience required
5 years minimum
Working hours
Regular working hours
Job source

Tech stack

Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) Amazon Web Services Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) Microsoft Azure Cloud Computing Information Systems Power BI Private Cloud Environment Multi-Cloud Information Technology Databricks

Job description

  • Develop and mature Starbucks FinOps strategy, governance models, operating practices, and financial accountability frameworks.
  • Lead cloud financial management across Azure, AWS, private cloud, and on-premises environments, including forecasting, budgeting, reporting, and variance analysis.
  • Implement and manage showback, chargeback, cost allocation, tagging, hierarchy, and ownership models that improve transparency and accountability.
  • Partner with Technology, Finance, Sourcing, Enterprise Architecture, and Operations teams to align technology investments with business objectives.
  • Drive cloud cost optimization initiatives including rightsizing, utilization management, commitment planning, workload placement, and modernization opportunities.
  • Deliver executive-ready dashboards, KPI scorecards, forecasting models, business cases, and TCO analyses that support strategic decision-making.
  • Lead automation of cost controls, anomaly detection, savings tracking, and cloud financial reporting processes.
  • Serve as a trusted advisor who translates technology decisions into financial impact, business value, ROI, and risk considerations.
  • Influence and enable adoption of FinOps practices across engineering, product, operations, finance, and leadership teams.
  • Lead and develop partners while fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of experience in FinOps, cloud financial management, infrastructure cost management, cloud operations, product management, or related disciplines.
  • Experience supporting large-scale hybrid and multi-cloud environments, including Azure and AWS.
  • Strong expertise 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 across technical, financial, and executive stakeholder groups.
  • Experience translating technical architecture decisions into business outcomes, TCO, ROI, and investment recommendations.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business, Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.

Preferred:

  • 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.

Benefits & conditions

As a Starbucks partner, you (and your family) will have access to medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance, and other voluntary insurance benefits. Partners have access to short-term and long-term disability, paid parental leave, family expansion reimbursement, paid vacation from date of hire*, sick time (accrued at 1 hour for every 25 hours worked), eight paid holidays, and two personal days per year. Starbucks also offers eligible partners participation in a 401(k) retirement plan with employer match, a discounted company stock program (S.I.P.), Starbucks equity program (Bean Stock), incentivized emergency savings, and financial well-being tools. Additionally, Starbucks offers 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, and access to other educational opportunities. You will also have access to backup care and DACA reimbursement. Starbucks will comply with any applicable state and local laws regarding employee leave benefits, including, but not limited to providing time off pursuant to the Colorado Healthy Families and Workplaces Act, and in accordance with its plans and policies. This list is subject to change depending on collective bargaining in locations where partners have a certified bargaining representative. For additional information regarding partner perks and more detailed information about benefits, go to starbucksbenefits.com.

*If you are working in CA, CO, IL, LA, ME, MA, NE, ND or RI, you will accrue vacation up to a maximum of 120 hours (190 in CA) for roles below director and 200 hours (316 in CA) for roles at director or above. For roles in other states, you will be granted vacation time starting at 120 hours annually for roles below director and 200 hours annually for roles director and above.

The actual base pay offered to the successful candidate will be based on multiple factors, including but not limited to job-related knowledge and skills, experience, geographical location, and internal equity. At Starbucks, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at the high end of the range for their role.

We believe we do our best work when we’re together, which is why we’re onsite four days a week.

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