Director, Cloud FinOps Lisboa

Director, Cloud FinOps
Lisboa
Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal

Scopely is looking for a Director, Cloud Fin
Ops 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 Fin
Ops organization. We are seeking a Director, Cloud Fin
Ops to lead Scopely’s efforts in driving cost efficiency, define the Fin
Ops roadmap, and elevate the cost visibility, accuracy, and allocation for game teams.

As the Director, Cloud Fin
Ops, you will play a pivotal leadership role in defining and executing the organization’s Fin
Ops 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
- 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.

Responsibilities

Strategic Leadership & Roadmap Development

• Define and execute Scopely’s Fin
  Ops roadmap across our
  - 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
  - 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
  - time,
  - 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 Fin
  Ops 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
  - cloud environments and influencing organizational strategy
• Proven track record of driving successful Fin
  Ops initiatives in a
  - paced,
  - native organization
• Expertise in Fin
  Ops 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 Big
  Query and Looker
• Strong leadership and communication skills, capable of influencing both technical and
  - 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
- first video game company, home to many top,
- 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
- operates immersive games that empower a
-
- consumer experience across multiple
- -from mobile, web, PC and beyond.

Founded in 2011, Scopely is fueled by a
- 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
-
- dollar business due to its ability to create
- 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.

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