The Opportunity
As
Director, Platform Product Management – FinOps
, you will lead the strategy and execution of the platform’s
cost transparency, optimization, and governance capabilities
. This role sits at the intersection of
engineering, product, and finance
, enabling teams to understand
platform unit economics, manage cloud and infrastructure costs, and operate the platform efficiently at scale
. You will build the systems and insights that connect
usage, cost, and business value
, empowering teams to make informed decisions while improving
margin, efficiency, and operational discipline
across the platform. This role requires a
builder mindset and hands-on FinOps expertise
, with the ability to work across multiple product and engineering teams to embed
cost-aware design and operational practices
into the platform.
What You’ll Contribute
FinOps Platform Strategy & Roadmap
- Define and drive the
FinOps platform strategy and roadmap
, aligned with engineering, product, finance, and leadership goals.
- Identify opportunities to improve
cost transparency, economic efficiency, and financial accountability
across the platform.
- Build and scale the
FinOps capabilities required to support a growing platform ecosystem
.
Cost Transparency & Attribution
- Build capabilities for
granular cost attribution and allocation
across platform capabilities, services, tenants, and environments.
- Enable
showback and chargeback models
that provide clear accountability for platform consumption.
- Deliver visibility into
cost drivers across infrastructure, services, and product workloads
.
Unit Economics & Financial Insights
- Define and operationalize
platform unit economics
, linking infrastructure usage to product and business outcomes.
- Deliver insights into metrics such as
cost per transaction, cost per API call, cost per tenant, and margin by product capability
.
- Provide analytics that inform
product pricing, packaging, and revenue strategy
.
Cost Optimization & Efficiency
- Enable
continuous cost optimization
through insights, recommendations, alerts, and automated controls.
- Partner with engineering teams to embed
cost-aware architecture, capacity planning, and operational practices
.
- Identify opportunities to improve
resource utilization, efficiency, and platform margins
.
Governance & Financial Controls
- Establish
FinOps governance frameworks
, including budgets, forecasting, policies, and guardrails.
- Define and track KPIs such as
budget variance, cost efficiency trends, and optimization impact
.
- Create mechanisms that drive
financial accountability across platform and product teams
.
Platform & Systems Integration
- Integrate FinOps capabilities with
metering, billing, observability, cloud provider tooling, and financial systems
.
- Partner with data and engineering teams to ensure
accurate, scalable cost intelligence and reporting
.
Cross-Functional Leadership
- Work closely with
multiple product teams, engineering leaders, finance partners, and platform stakeholders
to drive adoption of FinOps capabilities.
- Serve as the
FinOps thought leader and advisor
to platform leadership and product teams.
- Communicate complex platform economics clearly to both
technical and business audiences
.
What We’re Seeking
- 10–15 years of product management or platform leadership experience
, with senior leadership exposure.
- 5+ years of experience in FinOps, cloud cost management, or infrastructure economics
.
- Experience working with
SaaS platforms, cloud-native infrastructure, or large-scale distributed systems
.
- Hunter mentality
with a demonstrated ability to
identify opportunities and build new platform capabilities from the ground up
.
- Experience operating in
large-scale platform environments supporting multiple product teams
.
- Proven ability to drive initiatives from
concept to adoption in complex, multi-stakeholder environments
.
- Active practitioner in FinOps, cloud cost management, or platform economics
, with hands-on experience in cost attribution, cost optimization, or financial governance.
- Strong understanding of
cloud cost models, distributed systems economics, and infrastructure cost drivers
.
- Experience building or operating
cost transparency, showback/chargeback, or unit economics capabilities
.
- Proven ability to work across
engineering, product, platform, and finance teams
.
- Experience influencing
engineering and product decisions through cost insights and financial data
.
- Ability to engage with
platform consumers or customers
to understand usage patterns and drive adoption.
- Strong communication skills with the ability to
translate complex infrastructure and cost data into clear business insights
.
- Ability to influence stakeholders through
data-driven insights, storytelling, and governance mechanisms
.
- Experience with cloud platforms such as
AWS, Azure, or GCP
.
- Familiarity with FinOps and cost management tools such as
Cloudability, CloudHealth, Kubecost, or native cloud cost management platforms
.
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Finance, Economics, or a related field.
About US
FICO is a leading analytics and decision management company that empowers businesses and individuals around the world with data-driven insights. Known for pioneering the FICO® Score, a standard in consumer credit risk assessment, FICO combines advanced analytics, machine learning, and sophisticated algorithms to drive smarter, faster decisions across industries. From financial services to retail, insurance, and healthcare, FICO's innovative solutions help organizations make precise decisions, reduce risk, and enhance customer experiences. With a strong commitment to ethical use of AI and data, FICO is dedicated to improving financial access and inclusivity, fostering trust, and driving growth for a digitally evolving world
