Director, Cloud FinOps

2 Weeks ago • 7 Years + • DevOps

Job Summary

Job Description

Scopely seeks a Director, Cloud FinOps to lead its cloud cost management roadmap, ensuring maximum value from cloud investments. This role involves defining and executing the FinOps strategy across multi-cloud environments (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud), driving cost efficiency through optimization strategies, and collaborating with various teams (engineering, finance, legal, game teams). Responsibilities include developing cost allocation methods, providing regular financial reports, and fostering a culture of financial accountability. The ideal candidate possesses extensive experience in cloud operations, cost optimization, and FinOps frameworks, with strong leadership and communication skills.
Must have:
  • 7+ years cloud operations/optimization experience
  • 5+ years leadership in multi-cloud environments
  • Proven track record of successful FinOps initiatives
  • Expertise in FinOps frameworks, tools, and methodologies
  • Deep AWS knowledge; strong Azure and GCP understanding
  • Exceptional analytical and data visualization skills

Job Details

Description

Scopely is looking for a Director, Cloud FinOps to join our Technology Operations Department in Portugal on a remote basis.

At Scopely, we care deeply about what we do and want to inspire play, every day - whether in our work environments alongside our talented colleagues, or through our deep connections with our communities of players. We are a global team of game lovers who are developing, publishing and innovating the mobile games industry, connecting millions of people around the world daily.

The IT/Ops team keeps everything behind the scenes running smoothly and we make sure all teams are equipped and connected - whether across the office or halfway around the world. AV struggles? Don’t worry, we’ve got this.

What You Will Do 
Scopely is a leading mobile gaming publisher and developer dedicated to delivering engaging and innovative experiences to millions of players around the globe. With workloads across all three major public cloud providers (AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud) we recognize the critical importance of efficient cloud operations and in turn, are looking to enhance our FinOps organization. We are seeking a Director, Cloud FinOps to lead Scopely’s efforts in driving cost efficiency, define the FinOps roadmap, and elevate the cost visibility, accuracy, and allocation for game teams.
As the Director, Cloud FinOps, you will play a pivotal leadership role in defining and executing the organization’s FinOps strategy. You will own the cloud cost management roadmap, ensuring cloud investments deliver maximum value while fostering a culture of accountability and financial discipline across teams. By staying updated with industry best practices and innovations, you will guide the organization through the fast-changing approaches to cloud financial optimization.
This role is highly collaborative, requiring close partnership with engineering, finance, legal, and central/game teams. In addition, this role will regularly engage with senior leadership to align cloud financial goals with overall business objectives.
  • Strategic Leadership & Roadmap Development
    • Define and execute Scopely’s FinOps roadmap across our multi-cloud environments
    • Drive alignment between cloud financial goals and business objectives through strategic planning, forecasting and budgeting, and stakeholder collaboration
    • Stay ahead of industry best practices, innovations, and emerging vendors
  • Optimization & Cost Efficiency
    • Lead efforts to identify and implement cost optimization strategies, including usage of Reserved Instances, Savings Plans, and Committed Use Discounts
    • Optimize Scopely’s cloud infrastructure through instance and service rightsizing
    • Partner with game teams to ensure efficient cloud resource utilization and cost-effective architecture design
  • Data-Driven Insights & Reporting
    • Develop cloud cost allocation methods for better accuracy, faster reporting, and more visibility across Scopely’s central and developer ecosystem
    • Increase cloud cost, usage reporting and alerting to provide real-time, game-specific visibility into cloud spending
    • Deliver regular financial reports, forecasts, and variance analysis to senior leadership and stakeholders
  • Cross-Functional Collaboration
    • Partner with game and central teams to discover, plan, and take action on cloud optimization opportunities
    • Collaborate with finance, central, and game teams to establish a culture of financial accountability and cost awareness
    • Drive training and evangelization of FinOps principles across the organization
  • Vendor Management
    • Build and maintain strategic relationships with major cloud service providers (AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud)
    • Identify opportunities for cost savings including private pricing, vendor consolidation and migration, and optimized contract commercials
What We’re Looking For

  • 7+ years of experience in cloud operations, cloud cost optimization, or related fields
  • 5+ years in a leadership role, managing multi-cloud environments and influencing organizational strategy
  • Proven track record of driving successful FinOps initiatives in a fast-paced, cloud-native organization
  • Expertise in FinOps frameworks, tools, and methodologies
  • Deep knowledge of AWS, with a strong understanding of Azure and Google Cloud platforms
  • Exceptional analytical and data visualization skills, using tools such as BigQuery and Looker
  • Strong leadership and communication skills, capable of influencing both technical and non-technical stakeholders across diverse teams and timezones
 
At Scopely, we create games for everyone - and want to ensure that the people behind our games reflect that!   We are committed to creating a diverse, supportive work environment where everyone is treated with respect. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities and welcome individuals from all backgrounds to join us & embrace the adventure!

About Us
Scopely is a global interactive entertainment and mobile-first video game company, home to many top, award-winning experiences such as "MONOPOLY GO!," “Star Trek™ Fleet Command,” “Stumble Guys,” “MARVEL Strike Force,” and “Yahtzee® With Buddies,” among others.
Scopely creates, publishes, and live-operates immersive games that empower a directed-by-consumer™ experience across multiple platforms--from mobile, web, PC and beyond.
Founded in 2011, Scopely is fueled by a world-class team and a proprietary technology platform Playgami that supports one of the most diversified portfolios in the games industry.
Recognized multiple times as one of Fast Company’s “World’s Most Innovative Companies,” Scopely is a multi-billion-dollar business due to its ability to create long-lasting game experiences that players enjoy for years.
Scopely has global operations in more than a dozen markets across Asia, EMEA, and North America, and is home to many internal game development teams, referred to as Scopely Studios, with additional game studio partners across four continents.
Scopely was acquired by Savvy Games Group in July 2023 for $4.9 billion, and is now an independent subsidiary of Savvy.
For more information on Scopely, visit: scopely.com.
Notice to candidates: Scopely, Inc and its affiliates will never request payment or ask for financial information as a condition for applying to a position or receiving an offer of employment. All official Scopely, Inc. recruiters only use email domains that end with @scopely.com.
Our official website is www.scopely.com. Please only apply to positions posted on our official website and ensure the recruiter only communicates via the official email domain.
Should you have any questions or encounter any fraudulent requests/emails/websites, please immediately contact recruiting@scopely.com.
 

 

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