Director of Cloud Cost Optimization
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Director of Cloud Cost Optimization at LucidLink transforming cloud costs from reactive expenses to strategic levers for growth. Engage across engineering and finance for margin improvements and vendor negotiations.
Responsibilities:
- Build COGS optimization capability and deliver significant gross margin improvement
- Own the strategy and execution of cost optimization across cloud infrastructure
- Establish visibility and forecasting of costs
- Drive optimization initiatives with engineering
- Lead vendor negotiations for best deals
Requirements:
- 5+ years of experience in cloud cost optimization, FinOps, infrastructure economics, or related field
- Demonstrated history of delivering material cost savings or margin improvement ($1M+ or 3+ margin points)
- Experience leading (not just supporting) negotiations with cloud or infrastructure vendors
- Understanding of object storage economics (egress, API costs, tiering)
- Ability to engage credibly with engineering teams on infrastructure decisions
- Comfortable with SQL, spreadsheets, and building dashboards from complex billing data
Benefits:
- Flexible PTO
- Competitive salary
- Stock options
- Full health coverage















