Senior Product Manager, Finops

Salesforce Salesforce · Enterprise · San Francisco, CA +1

Salesforce is seeking a Senior FinOps Product Manager to define and own the product roadmap and vision for their internal FinOps platform. This role involves optimizing cloud spend and driving financial accountability by providing critical insights for strategic decisions. The candidate will manage the product lifecycle, collaborate with engineering and finance teams, and leverage cloud infrastructure expertise to deliver impactful FinOps solutions within an enterprise SaaS environment.

What you'd actually do

  1. Define and own the FinOps product vision and strategy, including how it integrates with and leverages existing internal business partner solutions across our cloud infrastructure.
  2. Drive the entire product lifecycle for our FinOps software and data pipeline solutions, from ideation and requirements gathering to development, launch, and continuous improvement.
  3. Oversee release management and planning for FinOps products, ensuring timely and effective delivery of new features and capabilities.
  4. Collaborate with Product Managers and Engineering Leadership across various cloud environments (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP, or other internal clouds) to identify opportunities for leveraging, extending, and optimizing FinOps capabilities within their products.
  5. Partner closely with Engineering to specify, detail, build, and release FinOps products and features that deliver tangible value.

Skills

Required

  • Demonstrable experience building and launching enterprise SaaS products, specifically within the FinOps or cloud cost management domain.
  • Deep understanding of FinOps principles and practices, including cost allocation, showback/chargeback, budgeting, forecasting, anomaly detection, and optimization strategies.
  • Exceptional product management skills and business acumen around building and launching successful products in a fast-paced, enterprise-grade environment.
  • Proven ability to work collaboratively with a team of other Product Managers, identifying and managing dependencies to ensure seamless delivery across intertwined product areas.
  • Strong ability to partner day-in and day-out with Development Engineers, Quality Engineers, User Experience specialists, and Business Analysts to provide clear direction, prioritization, detailed epics/user stories, and ensure successful delivery of FinOps solutions.
  • 10+ years of cloud infrastructure experience, with at least 7 years in product management focused on FinOps, cloud cost optimization, or related verticals within enterprise/SaaS environments.
  • Proficiency in cloud provider billing models (e.g., AWS Cost Explorer, Azure Cost Management, Google Cloud Billing).
  • Willingness to continuously learn and comprehend complex enterprise architecture and evolving cloud technologies.

Nice to have

  • Experience with ETL data pipelines for cost data.
  • Familiarity with financial reporting and analysis tools.
  • Hands-on experience with Python or SQL for data analysis.
  • FinOps Certified Practitioner (FOCP) or similar certification.

What the JD emphasized

  • FinOps
  • cloud cost management
  • FinOps principles and practices
  • cloud infrastructure
  • product management