FinOps Program Manager

UCLA Health is seeking a hands-on Fin Ops Program Manager to lead our enterprise cloud financial management (Fin Ops) program across public cloud (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud), AI, and data platforms. You will set the strategy and roadmap, lead the projects that deliver it, and lead a cross-functional governance workgroup that recommends policy and standards. Where commercial tooling (currently Apptio Cloudability) falls short, you will direct analytics, automation, and integrations with engineering partners.

The role works across a complex funding landscape of research grants, state allotments, and internal chargebacks. You will provide the budgeting process, data, and recommendations; budget approval and spending decisions remain with designated budget owners. This is an individual-contributor role with no direct reports.

• Direct Fin Ops projects with defined scope, plans, schedules, and risk management, leading cross-functional teams from engineering, finance, and research through delivery and handoff to operations
• Develop Fin Ops strategy, proposed policies, and standards, and obtain approval through established governance processes
• Lead cloud cost allocation, showback, and chargeback, mapping consumption to applications, departments, and funding sources such as grants
• Run the cloud budgeting and forecasting process with budget owners: track spend against each owner’s budget, report budget vs. actual, and flag variances early
• Manage implementation and enhancement of Fin Ops tooling (Apptio Cloudability), including reporting, integrations, tagging compliance, and anomaly detection
• Identify and track optimization opportunities, cost savings, and cost avoidance, and provide analysis for cloud commitments in partnership with finance and procurement
• Lead cost visibility and allocation for AI consumption (token-based services), Databricks, GPU, and research computing
• Report program KPIs, progress, and risks to executive leadership, and lead a cross-functional Fin Ops community of practice

Salary Range: $ - $ annually

Salary offers are based on a variety of factors. The University anticipates offering a salary between $140,000 - $160,000 depending on experience, qualifications, and internal equity.