Cloud FinOps - IT Agile Project Delivery Mgr. – (Contract and/or Contract to Hire)

PG&E is seeking an FinOps IT Agile project delivery manager to help drive our FinOps practice deliveries, as we scale to multi-cloud. We are looking for someone who:

· enjoys collaborating in a fast paced and supportive environment

· wants the opportunity to get in on the ground floor of a growing organization

· can solve complex problems, and advance the FinOps RoadMap

PG&E is seeking an FinOps IT Agile project delivery manager to help drive our FinOps practice deliveries, as we scale to multi-cloud. We are looking for someone who:

· enjoys collaborating in a fast paced and supportive environment

· wants the opportunity to get in on the ground floor of a growing organization

· can solve complex problems, and advance the FinOps RoadMap

Roles and Responsibilities:

- Deliver on the Cloud FinOps product road map, focusing on process improvement, tooling implementation & enablement of people

- Define requirements, and coordinate with internal teams and vendors to establish demos, rate tooling per requirements, complete Proof of Concepts and production implementations

- Contribute to maintaining our overall data set under direction of the Principal FinOps Analyst

- Hands on configuration of tooling, including business mappings to meet complex regulatory financial reporting requirements while delivering data & value to application teams

- Drive IAM Onboarding of tools and manage access management workflows & exceptions

- Develop & document operational procedures and end user training material for tools to ensure scalability and support shift-left strategy

- Actively participate in product and architectural discussions to help product/project teams make the best choices for tool selection

- Regularly train and advise cloud engineers, app developers and practitioners in FinOps tooling

- Maintain and build upon Cloud FinOps knowledge database (Wiki) making content easy to consume, concise and practical in order to enable teams to manage their cloud spend.

- Actively engage with projects to automate key FinOps processes – such as existing Show Back/Charge Back process with internal systems (SAP)

- Provide input to FinOps requirements and standards to support achieving overall FinOps strategy

Minimum Job Requirements:

- Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills in both technical and non-technical contexts

- Deep passion for cloud technology and ability to articulate the cloud value proposition in both technical and financial aspects

- Familiarity with data modeling and the FOCUS Specification

- Skilled at building relationships at all levels internally, with vendors and within FinOps community

- Persistent, tenacious and ability to navigate challenging business situations constantly finding opportunities to drive value

- Proficient working understanding of AWS and Azure cloud computing platform

Qualifications:

- Bachelor degree or relevant experience

- Certifications: FinOps Practitioner, PMP or similar experience

- Experience working in Agile/Scrum teams, familiarity with Atlassian Jira Cloud

- Familiar with SaaS tooling, APIs and IAM

- Advanced in AWS Cost Explorer, Azure Billing Console, Microsoft Excel.

- Experience with Microsoft Power BI, Atlassian Confluence

- Strong organizational skills, and the ability to facilitate stakeholder meetings and drive to decisions

- Ability to influence and enable stakeholders across multiple functional areas to drive change

- Must have a collaborative and participative management style

- Position is hybrid/remote, with ability to travel to Bay Area headquarters 1-2 times a month

Job Type: Contract

Pay: $130.00 - $165.00 per hour

Expected hours: 40 per week

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Oakland, CA 94612