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Gitlab Staff Technical Program Manager, FinOps in Ireland
Staff Technical Program Manager, FinOps
Remote, Americas · Remote, EMEA
GitLab is an open core software company that develops the most comprehensive AI-powered DevSecOps Platform (https://about.gitlab.com/solutions/devops-platform) , used by more than 100,000 organizations. Our mission (https://about.gitlab.com/company/mission) is to enable everyone to contribute to and co-create the software that powers our world. When everyone can contribute, consumers become contributors, significantly accelerating the rate of human progress. This mission is integral to our culture, influencing how we hire, build products, and lead our industry. We make this possible at GitLab by running our operations (https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/using-gitlab-at-gitlab) on our product and staying aligned with our values (https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/values) . Learn more about Life at GitLab (https://vimeo.com/gitlab/gettoknowgitlab) .
An overview of this role
Technical Program Managers at GitLab are responsible for providing financial visibility across organization’s cloud infrastructure, and driving optimization of both infrastructure costs and capacity utilization. The FinOps Technical Program Manager is expected to work with Infrastructure Engineers, Financial Analysts, and Product teams to achieve operational excellence at acceptable cost.
What you'll do
Cost Optimization and Efficiency
Proactively monitor cloud usage patterns and identify anomalies, enabling quick action to prevent cost overruns.
Develop and implement sophisticated cost allocation and chargeback models
Build unit economics frameworks that provide actionable insights to Engineering, Finance, Product and other business teams
Create advanced forecasting models for both capacity requirements and infrastructure spend
Design and implement automation for capacity management and cost optimization processes
Drive the development of capacity planning approaches and dashboards for better visibility
Strategy & Process Improvement
Develop and articulate long-term strategy and short-term plans in collaboration with engineering teams
Build consensus amongst cross-functional teams through strong quantitative analysis and actionable recommendations
Design and launch new processes and improvements to help teams scale
Research and evaluate new technologies to enhance our capacity management capabilities
Provide technical leadership in capacity-related architectural decisions
Foster a culture of efficiency and optimization across the engineering organization
Program Management
Lead cross-functional initiatives to optimize cloud spending and capacity utilization
Create and track KPIs for measuring program success and cost efficiency
Drive quarterly planning and budgeting processes for cloud infrastructure
Manage stakeholder relationships across Engineering, Finance, Product and other business teams as needed
Set project/program success criteria and create measurable milestones
What you'll bring
Strong experience in capacity planning, or cloud operations, preferably in a large-scale SaaS environment
Excellent quantitative analysis and problem-solving skills.
Expertise in data analysis and modeling methodologies for capacity forecasting
Proven track record with cloud cost management tools, and capacity planning systems
Experience with SaaS business models and economics
Strong understanding of cloud computing platforms (AWS, GCP, OCI, SaaS vendors) and Cloud Native technologies (Kubernetes, Prometheus, OpenCost, etc)
Experience with cloud cost management tools (Cloudability, CloudHealth, etc.).
Solid programming and automation skills (Python, Bash, CI/CD) with experience in infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, Ansible, Chef)
Experience with Data Visualization Tools (E.g. Looker Studio, Snowflake, Grafana, Kibana)
Solid understanding of data ingestion methodologies (ETL, ELT, dbt, Airflow)
Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills, with demonstrated ability to build consensus across teams
Able to thrive in a fully remote organization
How GitLab will support you
Benefits to support your health, finances, and well-being (https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/total-rewards/benefits/general-and-entity-benefits/)
All remote (https://about.gitlab.com/company/culture/all-remote/guide/) , asynchronous (https://about.gitlab.com/company/culture/all-remote/asynchronous/) work environment
Flexible Paid Time Off (https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/paid-time-off/)
Team Member Resource Groups
Equity Compensation & Employee Stock Purchase Plan (https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/stock-options/)
Growth and development budget (https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/total-rewards/benefits/general-and-entity-benefits/#growth-and-development-benefit)
Parental leave (https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/total-rewards/benefits/general-and-entity-benefits/#parental-leave)
Home office (https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/finance/procurement/office-equipment-supplies/) support
Please note that we welcome interest from candidates with varying levels of experience; many successful candidates do not meet every single requirement. Additionally, studies have shown that people from underrepresented groups (https://about.gitlab.com/company/culture/inclusion/#examples-of-select-underrepresented-groups) are less likely to apply to a job unless they meet every single qualification. If you're excited about this role, please apply and allow our recruiters to assess your application.
Remote-Global
The base salary range for this role’s listed level is currently for residents of listed locations only. Grade level and salary ranges are determined through interviews and a review of education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities of the applicant, equity with other team members, and alignment with market data. See more information on our benefits (https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/total-rewards/benefits/general-and-entity-benefits/)_ _and equity (https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/stock-options/)_ _. Sales roles are also eligible for incentive pay targeted at up to 100% of the offered base salary.
California/Colorado/Hawaii/New Jersey/New York/Washington/DC/Illinois/Minnesota pay range
$120,400-$258,000USD
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