Director, Technology FinOps

About the role

The Director of FinOps will build and lead BNY's Technology FinOps capability to drive financial accountability and maximize ROI across the technology estate. Operating in a dual-report structure to the Engineering Hub Lead and the CFO, Engineering, this role spans strategy, execution, and influence—standing up the operating model, recruiting and leading a team, and embedding cost-conscious decision-making across a complex, multi-cloud, multi-vendor environment.

Responsibilities

• AI-First Strategy and Operating Model - Define and execute the enterprise FinOps strategy centered on agentic products and autonomous workflows, aligned with engineering, finance, and business objectives. Establish a FinOps Agent Suite roadmap.
• Financial Data Products and Allocation - Partner with Finance to codify cost taxonomy, allocation rules, and metadata/tagging standards to enable showback, chargeback, forecasting, auditability, and unit economics-delivered through self-service AI assistants. Build data products that expose transparent allocation by business unit, product, application, environment, owner, and workload type.
• AI-Driven Cost Optimization - Manage commitment-based spend and optimize coverage versus utilization across providers. Deploy anomaly detection agents, variance reporting copilots, and automated remediation workflows with human-in-the-loop approvals for high-risk actions. Build forecasting models and track unit economics tied to measurable business outcomes.
• Data, Automation, and Engineering Excellence - Partner with Engineering Analytics to normalize the spend data model across provider feeds and maintain an authoritative cost graph with lineage and quality checks. Oversee the cost data pipeline from ingestion to near real-time reporting, surfacing insights via dashboards and conversational agents for Finance and Engineering. Enable automated alerting, recommendations, and enforcement.
• Governance, Risk, and Compliance - Establish and improve governance cadences: weekly operational agent reviews, monthly forecast/budget reviews, and quarterly contract/architecture reviews with AI-driven insights. Partner with procurement and legal on contract renewals, vendor rationalization, and commercial optimization. Embed responsible AI practices in all agentic workflows.

Requirements

• 10+ years in technology finance, cloud engineering, infrastructure operations, or related discipline; at least 3 years leading a FinOps or technology cost management function.
• Proven track record of building a FinOps capability from early maturity to a steady-state operating model in a large enterprise.
• Strong understanding of cloud pricing models, commitment instruments, and consumption-based billing across major providers.
• Experience designing cost allocation models, tagging taxonomies, and chargeback/showback frameworks.
• Demonstrated ability to influence without authority across engineering, finance, procurement, and executive stakeholders.
• Excellent analytical, communication, and executive presentation skills; capable of translating AI-driven insights into actionable decisions.
• Experience in financial services or a similarly regulated industry.
• PREFERRED: Expertise in building agentic systems (rule-based and learning agents), MLOps/FinOps integrations, forecasting and anomaly detection methods, and responsible AI governance in production environments.

Qualifications

• Expertise in building agentic systems (rule-based and learning agents), MLOps/FinOps integrations, forecasting and anomaly detection methods, and responsible AI governance in production environments.

Skills

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams.
• Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, etc.
• Knowledge of financial management principles and practices.
• Experience with data analytics and visualization tools.
• Experience with automation and scripting languages.

Benefits

BNY offers highly competitive compensation, benefits, and wellbeing programs rooted in a strong culture of excellence and our pay-for-performance philosophy. We provide access to flexible global resources and tools for your life’s journey. Focus on your health, foster your personal resilience, and reach your financial goals as a valued member of our team, along with generous paid leaves, including paid volunteer time, that can support you and your family through moments that matter.

Pay

The base salary for this position is expected to be between $136,500 and $230,000 per year at the commencement of employment. However, base salary if hired will be determined on an individualized basis, including as to experience and market location, and is only part of the BNY total compensation package, which, depending on the position, may also include commission earnings, discretionary bonuses, short and long-term incentive packages, and Company-sponsored benefit programs.

Schedule

This position is at-will and the Company reserves the right to modify base salary (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, change in geographic location, Company or individual department/team performance, and market factors.